WWE Raw fans - Smackdown! didn't make the top 25 with its December 11 airing that averaged 3.646 million.
Legend of the Seeker fans, the show's sixth episode (from the weekend of Dec-12-13) didn't make the top 25, but its 2.671 million average viewers was a season high and up almost 400,000 from the previous week and about around 90,000 higher than the season two premiere which had previously been the season's high.
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 are for Friday December 11, not December 18.
Top 25 Syndicated Shows for the week ending December 13, 2009:
| Rank | Program | Network | Day | Duration | HH Rating | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | ESPN NFL REGULAR SEASON | ESP | M...... | 214 | 8.8 | 14,427 |
| 2 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 7.5 | 12,130 |
| 3 | JEOPARDY | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 6.3 | 9,777 |
| 4 | TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 30 | 5.1 | 8,029 |
| 5 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 4.8 | 6,939 |
| 6 | JUDGE JUDY (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 4.7 | 6,813 |
| 7 | 2009 NFL REG SEASON GAMES | NFL | ...T... | 177 | 3.7 | 6,020 |
| 8 | OPRAH WINFREY SHOW | CTD | MTWTF.. | 60 | 4.2 | 5,556 |
| 9 | CSI NEW YORK-SYN(AT) | CTD | ......S | 60 | 3.5 | 5,386 |
| 10 | INSIDE EDITION (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 3.6 | 5,250 |
| 11 | Family Guy-MF-SYN (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 30 | 3.4 | 5,233 |
| 12 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE WKND | CTD | ......S | 30 | 2.9 | 4,811 |
| 13 | OFFICE-SYN (AT) | NBU | MTWTF.. | 30 | 3.1 | 4,693 |
| 14 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND A (AT) | WB | ......S | 30 | 2.7 | 4,222 |
| 15 | 2009 NFL REG SEA POSTGUN | NFL | ...T... | 3 | 2.6 | 4,197 |
| 16 | SEINFELD (AT) | SPT | MTWTF.. | 30 | 2.8 | 4,158 |
| 17 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND B (AT) | WB | ......S | 30 | 2.5 | 4,108 |
| 18 | LAW & ORDER:CI-WKL (AT) | NBU | M...... | 60 | 2.8 | 4,099 |
| 19 | SEINFELD-WKND (AT) | SPT | ......S | 30 | 2.7 | 4,065 |
| 20 | DR. PHIL SHOW (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 60 | 2.9 | 3,966 |
| 21 | LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY | DAD | MTWTF.. | 60 | 2.9 | 3,856 |
| 22 | ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW | WB | MTWTF.. | 60 | 2.8 | 3,792 |
| 23 | GEORGE LOPEZ (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 30 | 2.6 | 3,789 |
| 24 | MILLIONAIRE (AT) | DAD | MTWTF.. | 30 | 2.7 | 3,722 |
| 25 | DR. OZ SHOW (AT) | SPT | MTWTF.. | 60 | 2.7 | 3,721 |
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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.
Aaww, we lost the big Legend of the Seeker paragraph. That was my favorite part of these posts
Holly, yea me to except for it being bad. If it was good news then definitely. HORRAY FOR LOTS I THINK THAT WAS EPISODE FURY? OR WIZARD? Either way they were both real good. What day is it coming back by the way? Does anyone know?
“The Ellen Degeneres Show” still rocks in daytime!!!!!! If the ladies of “The View” are still driving you mad, Ellen will get you though your day.
I LOVE LOTS, BEST SHOW EVER ON A SATURDAY!!!
I usually end up watching legend of the seeker on hulu a few times, but I try to remember saturday nights as well. I wish they would play the previous weeks like the used to before the current episode that way if I missed the previous week I could watch them both. I think alot of shows stay on the air because of repeat viewers, online advertisement money, and dvd and other sales. THey should make a Seinfeld movie about nothing! Just thought I would add that in there. GO buy Legend of the seeker for christmas or the day after! We need as many seasons as xena or hercules for the story to play out, ofcourse how they do the story they could easily at any time do the finale, but it would be nice to push it for a little while. are the ratings anywhere near hercules or xena levels?