It was either Daylight Saving Time, which began March 12, or March Madness, or both, that took a bite out of the top syndicated access games in the week ending March 19, according to Nielsen Syndication Service national ratings. Hardest hit was Wheel of Fortune, which tumbled 12% to a third-place 4.5 from a […]
Live with Kelly and Ryan continued to top the talkers with an unchanged 1.6 Nielsen Syndication Service national rating for the week ending March 5. Soon to depart first-run Dr. Phil held on to second, but climbed 17% to a 1.4. Kelly Clarkson was also on the upswing, growing 11% to a 1.0 and claiming third […]
There was a slight reshuffle at the top of the syndication chart for the week ending March 1. Jeopardy hung onto first place despite dipping 5% to a 5.5 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen household rating, while Family Feud and Wheel of Fortune flipped-flopped. Feud took second place with a 2% increase to 5.3, and Wheel did […]
Most of the syndication stars were hit with minor losses in the session ending Feb. 12, even though the frame featured several major television attractions including the Super Bowl, the State of the Union address and the Grammy Awards. The only talkers in the top five able to resist the household rating downtrend were Disney’s […]
Even the most beloved and proven TV programming genres and franchises must continuously evolve to keep pace with their audiences. TVNewsCheck will explore how some of the industry’s most creative content producers and executives are doing so during a panel, Rethinking Genres: Games, Travel, Talk and More, at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at NAB Show in Las Vegas. […]