Note: the table below is now ranked by household rating, which is the industry standard when it comes to focusing on syndicated ratings. All ratings Live+SD (same day DVR viewing).
With Christmas a few days away, I figured I'd include a little something extra in your syndicated ratings stocking. Along with the "top 25" which features all the usual suspects, I'm also including the bottom 25. For those wanting us to produce such lists every week (or the entire list), we can't, and we won't. But it's Christmas! I'll leave you to decide whether it's a present or a lump of coal.
Why Aren't The Simpsons on The List Below?!
While The Simpsons repeats are available nationally its ratings are not counted in the weekly syndicated ratings because The Simpsons does not sell any national advertising in syndication.
Top 25 Syndicated Shows for the week ending December 12, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Dist | Day | HH Rating | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | ESPN NFL REGULAR SEASON | ESP | M...... | 11.0 | 18,232 |
| 2 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | MTWTF.. | 7.3 | 11,764 |
| 3 | JEOPARDY | CTD | MTWTF.. | 6.1 | 9,563 |
| 4 | TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 6.0 | 9,651 |
| 5 | JUDGE JUDY (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 4.5 | 6,350 |
| 6 | OPRAH WINFREY SHOW | CTD | MTWTF.. | 4.5 | 6,022 |
| 7 | FAMILY GUY-MF-SYN (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 4.1 | 6,552 |
| 8 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 3.9 | 5,733 |
| 9 | 2010 NFL REG SEASON GAMES | NFL | ...T... | 3.8 | 6,289 |
| 10 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND B (AT) | WB | ......S | 3.6 | 5,469 |
| 11 | CRIMINAL MINDS-SYN (AT) | CTD | ......S | 3.4 | 4,982 |
| 12 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE WKND | CTD | ......S | 3.2 | 4,980 |
| 13 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND A (AT) | WB | ......S | 3.0 | 4,765 |
| 14 | LAW & ORDER:CI-WKL (AT) | NBU | ......S | 2.9 | 4,239 |
| 15 | INSIDE EDITION (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 2.9 | 4,101 |
| 16 | MY WIFE AND KIDS (AT) | DAD | MTWTF.. | 2.9 | 4,430 |
| 17 | EVRY LVS RAYMOND-SYN(AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 2.8 | 4,065 |
| 18 | SEINFELD-WKND (AT) | SPT | ......S | 2.8 | 4,316 |
| 19 | DR. PHIL SHOW (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 2.7 | 3,672 |
| 20 | SEINFELD (AT) | SPT | MTWTF.. | 2.7 | 4,083 |
| 21 | LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY | DAD | MTWTF.. | 2.7 | 3,598 |
| 22 | HOW I MET-MTHR-MF-SYN(AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 2.6 | 3,939 |
| 23 | NUMB3RS-SYN (AT) | CTD | ......S | 2.6 | 3,793 |
| 24 | GEORGE LOPEZ (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 2.4 | 3,733 |
| 25 | ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW | WB | MTWTF.. | 2.4 | 3,280 |
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Bottom 25 Syndicated Shows for the week ending December 12, 2010:
| Rank | Program | Dist | Day | HH Rating | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | MGM SHOWCASE | MGY | ......S | 0.7 | 1,066 |
| 2 | SCRUBS-SYN (AT) | DAD | MTWTF.. | 0.7 | 954 |
| 3 | FRIENDS WKND A | WB | ......S | 0.7 | 1,027 |
| 4 | DEADLIEST CATCH SYN (AT) | DIC | ......S | 0.6 | 1,016 |
| 5 | JUDGE KAREN'S COURT (AT) | NBL | MTWTF.. | 0.6 | 801 |
| 6 | HEARTLAND | NBU | ......S | 0.6 | 937 |
| 7 | HOMETIME | IMG | ......S | 0.6 | 747 |
| 8 | SCRUBS WKND-SYN (AT) | DAD | ......S | 0.6 | 839 |
| 9 | SOUTH PARK (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 0.6 | 873 |
| 10 | HILLS, THE (AT) | TRI | ......S | 0.5 | 652 |
| 11 | STR TRK: NEXT GEN | CTD | MTWTF.. | 0.5 | 653 |
| 12 | AMER FUNNY HOME VID | DAD | MTWTF.. | 0.5 | 852 |
| 13 | REAL HOUSEWIVES-SYN | NBU | MTWTF.. | 0.5 | 689 |
| 14 | WALL ST JOURNAL REPORT | CNC | ......S | 0.5 | 603 |
| 15 | STARGATE UNIVERSE (AT) | MGY | ......S | 0.4 | 541 |
| 16 | PETS.TV (AT) | CFE | ......S | 0.4 | 560 |
| 17 | AMERICAS COURT JUDGE ROSS | CFE | MTWTF.. | 0.4 | 536 |
| 18 | THIS OLD HOUSE-SYN | WB | ......S | 0.4 | 594 |
| 19 | CHAPPELLE'S SHOW (AT) | MGY | ......S | 0.3 | 478 |
| 20 | PUNK'D (AT) | TRI | MTWT... | 0.3 | 411 |
| 21 | STARGATE (AT) | MGY | ......S | 0.3 | 469 |
| 22 | COLD CASE FILES M-F (AT) | TRI | MTWTF.. | 0.3 | 472 |
| 23 | YOUNG ICONS | CFE | ......S | 0.3 | 316 |
| 24 | CAREER DAY | CFE | ......S | 0.1 | 189 |
| 25 | DAILY BUZZ | DBZ | MTWTF.. | 0.1 | << |
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Note: there were a total of 130 programs measured in the national syndicated rankings for the week.
Why Aren't The Simpsons on This List?!
Yes, twice with this disclaimer.
While The Simpsons repeats are available nationally its ratings are not counted in the weekly syndicated ratings because The Simpsons does not sell any national advertising in syndication.
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.
ESPN Monday Night Football is syndicated to a local affiliate in the markets of the two teams playing. Unfortunately (for us) Nielsen includes all of the viewing that happened on ESPN too (which was almost all of it) in the numbers below. As a result, for the rest of football season Monday Night Football will show up at the top of this chart most weeks during football season because that's how Nielsen reports the data. Same goes for the Thursday NFL Network games.
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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.
DAD = Disney ABC Domestic Television, SPT= Sony Pictures Television, 2/T=Twentieth Television, ESP = ESPN, CTD = CBS Television Distribution.
AT = Additional Time/Telecasts, more than the typical number of episodes or time periods/week.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2010 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
