Legend of the Seeker fans, the show's fifth episode of the season two two didn't make the top 25 below fourth episode of season but it had an average audience of 2.30 million, that's down from the fourth episode's 2.408 which was down from the third episode's 2.504 million which was up from the 2.24 million for the second episode and still off a bit from the season two premiere which averaged 2.58 million viewers.
WWE Raw fans - Smackdown! didn't make the top 25 with its December 4 airing that averaged 3.097 million.
For more context and info on shows that weren't among the top 25 listed below, please check out Broadcasting & Cable's post covering the week's syndicated ratings.
Please note that the syndicated weekly results are delayed versus normal reporting. While we get the broadcast and cable ratings for the prior Monday-Sunday period every Tuesday, there is an extra week of lag time with the syndicated ratings and these numbers are not for last week, but for the week before last. So while Friday Night Smackdown! is now counted as a syndicated show and we are seeing the numbers again, they are delayed. The numbers below are for Friday December 4, not December 11.
Top 25 Syndicated Shows for the week ending December 6, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Duration | HH Rating | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | ESPN NFL REGULAR SEASON | ESP | M...... | 187 | 13.7 | 22,771 |
| 2 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 7.3 | 11,747 |
| 3 | JEOPARDY | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 6.1 | 9,442 |
| 4 | TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 30 | 5.2 | 8,188 |
| 5 | JUDGE JUDY (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 4.6 | 6,559 |
| 6 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 4.4 | 6,424 |
| 7 | OPRAH WINFREY SHOW | CTD | MTWTF.. | 60 | 4.6 | 6,127 |
| 8 | CENTURY PREMIERE | 2/T | ......S | 150 | 3.8 | 5,894 |
| 9 | FAMILY GUY-MF-SYN (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 30 | 3.5 | 5,354 |
| 10 | CSI NEW YORK-SYN(AT) | CTD | ......S | 60 | 3.5 | 5,182 |
| 11 | OFFICE-SYN (AT) | NBU | MTWTF.. | 30 | 3.1 | 4,761 |
| 12 | INSIDE EDITION (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 3.2 | 4,639 |
| 13 | LAW & ORDER:CI-WKL (AT) | NBU | M...... | 60 | 3.2 | 4,614 |
| 14 | 2009 NFL REG SEASON GAMES | NFL | ...T... | 176 | 2.6 | 4,094 |
| 15 | DR. PHIL SHOW (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 60 | 3.0 | 4,057 |
| 16 | GEORGE LOPEZ (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 30 | 2.8 | 4,007 |
| 17 | SEINFELD-WKND (AT) | SPT | ......S | 30 | 2.7 | 4,004 |
| 18 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND B (AT) | WB | ......S | 30 | 2.6 | 4,003 |
| 19 | SEINFELD (AT) | SPT | MTWTF.. | 30 | 2.7 | 3,836 |
| 20 | REVOLUTION 1 | 2/T | ......S | 120 | 2.5 | 3,820 |
| 21 | REVOLUTION 1A | 2/T | ......S | 120 | 2.4 | 3,732 |
| 22 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND A (AT) | WB | ......S | 30 | 2.4 | 3,651 |
| 23 | CSI MIAMI-SYN (AT) | CTD | ......S | 60 | 2.4 | 3,537 |
| 24 | DR. OZ SHOW (AT) | SPT | MTWTF.. | 60 | 2.6 | 3,531 |
| 25 | Bones-SYN (AT) | 2/T | ......S | 60 | 2.3 | 3,489 |
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Please note that the #s for Monday Night Football are the total number both for the ESPN airings and the local markets where the games are syndicated to one of the local affiliates (a rule to ensure the markets playing the game can watch them, even if they don't have ESPN). As a result Monday Night Football will be at or near the top of the syndicated lists until football season is over It's sort of bogus, but I'm just reporting it as Nielsen does, but you can figure most of the viewing is actually directly on ESPN. As of mid-November, the same now holds true for the Thursday games on NFL Network.
For syndicated shows which air on multiple days, the viewership shown is the average of all telecasts.
BUENA VISTA items are syndicated packages of old Disney movies. For more information click here.
DAD = Disney ABC Domestic Television, SPT= Sony Pictures Television, 2/T=Twentieth Television, ESP = ESPN, CTD = CBS Television Distribution.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Does Bones skew older than daytime Millionaire? Bones had a 2.3 HH rating and barely made the top 25 in syndicated shows with the most total viewers, while Millionaire had a 2.4 HH rating and didn’t make the top 25. Regis Philbin hosted that week so I expected Millionaire to be somewhere in the top 15 because of the older viewers he attracts to the primetime show, but apparently Regis doesn’t skew older than Meredith in daytime.
I don’t get any good age detail. the household rating is age independent and is just calculating the number of homes. The list above is sorted by average viewers, not household rating. All I can tell you for sure is that on average, slightly more people per household watched Bones than Millionaire.
It seems like whoever is writing for this site does not like Oprah. Most of the stories seems to spin to make it seem like Oprah show is failing. Considering Oprah shows are reruns lately I think she is doing very well. Same way you guys tried to make it seem like the Oprah WhiteHOuse show failed when it actually got the highest numbers for a entertainment show compatable to the AMA’s,especially being a family show at such a late hour against football. Why the Oprah hate?
And BOO to all these shows/media programs acting so orgasmic with these disgusting false stories about Mr. Woods. Leave him and his family alone. God bless them and I hope they can work it out.
it’s so amazing that seinfeld has been off the year almost 13 years and it is still a top rated syndicated show. That’s so awesome
So by the end of the season, how long will that “Legend of the Seeker” paragraph be?
Ha! Yeah, you should probably just add a chart to the syndicated posts to make things easier.
The way her show is spinning into oblivion, Oprah should retire sooner.
Tiger doesn’t look too happy. Maybe this will help him forget his troubles:
Oprah was in reruns, I believe.
Holly says:
–December 15, 2009 at 7:12 pm
So by the end of the season, how long will that “Legend of the Seeker” paragraph be?–
LOL..That would be quite a challenging read. Mental whiplash occurs afterwards.
Legend of the Seeker S2
1st episode– 2.58 million
2nd episode–2.24 million
3rd episode–2.504 million
4th episode–2.408
5th episode–2.30 million
Those are healthy syndication numbers for The Office and Bones.
Glad someone mentioned the Oprah-hate on this site.She had reruns for most part of the week and the Obama special did wonderfully given that hour of 10 pm.A 2.8 isn’t bad at all I’d think.
Are these survivable numbers for Seeker
I think for a show on a saturday during the day its doing pretty good considering that most people are probably out with there friends on saturday evening. Its just like the shows on fridays. I also would say that LOTS will get on the top 25 soon enough since it has 16 more episodes still to air. I wish it wouldnt go on break till janurary tho when it only aired 6 episodes.
But im still and always will cheer on LOTS its a great show and my 3rd favorite show of all time. Sorry but Smallville and Supernatural are first and second.
just a shame that Tiger, Jon Gosselin and Levi Johnston weren’t connected by the same woman – imagine wall to wall ET coverage of that foursome
Smallville, LOTS has hovered in a range of ~300,000 viewers for the last five weeks. There isn’t any sustained growth or decline. Why would you predict it will go up by the 1+ million viewers necessary to make this list?
Robert, HEY ITS POSSIBLE!!! But even if it doesnt thats a good way to let LOTS fans sad. Including me.
Thanks Robert for the LOTS information. Est. costs are $1.5m an episode, does it make sense at their present number of viewers that the show can make a profit to hang in? I realize this is total speculation on your part.
Thank you