The typical top three of Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy and Two and a Half Men were still at the top of the charts for the week ending March 13. Oprah, which was entirely in repeats slid to 7th place and Judge Judy (which I believe was mostly new episodes that week) climbed into fourth place.
Because syndication includes all parts of the day and different types of shows target different types of viewers, there's not really a standard advertising benchmark like there is in broadcast primetime with adults 18-49. But, some have asked about the 18-49 ratings.
Two and a Half Men's Mon-Fri strip was the week's top show with adults 18-49 with a 3.2 rating. Family Guy was next with a 2.5, followed by Wheel of Fortune with a 1.8 (yep, "Wheel" skews old, hardly a surprise). How I Met Your Mother and The Office tied with a 1.7 rating.
Seinfeld's Mon-Fri strip was next with a 1.6 rating, tied with Two and a Half Men's "Weekend B" distribution. It's pretty impressive that Seinfeld, which ran out of new episodes nearly 13 years ago is still a top performer. Jeopardy was next with a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. Six shows had a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating: Judge Judy Entertainment Tonight, Criminal Minds, Seinfeld's weekend edition, Two and a Half Men's "Weekend A" edition and TMZ.
Below is the normal top 25, sorted by household rating.
Top 25 Syndicated Shows for the week ending March 13, 2011:
| Rank | Program | Dist | Day | HH Rating | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | MTWTF.. | 7.3 | 11,837 |
| 2 | JEOPARDY | CTD | MTWTF.. | 6.0 | 9,481 |
| 3 | TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 5.9 | 9,519 |
| 4 | JUDGE JUDY (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 4.5 | 6,480 |
| 5 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 4.0 | 5,925 |
| 6 | Family Guy-MF-SYN (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 3.7 | 5,847 |
| 7 | OPRAH WINFREY SHOW | CTD | MTWTF.. | 3.7 | 5,086 |
| 8 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND B (AT) | WB | ......S | 3.1 | 4,889 |
| 9 | INSIDE EDITION (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 3.1 | 4,568 |
| 10 | Criminal Minds-SYN (AT) | CTD | ......S | 3.0 | 4,486 |
| 11 | DR. PHIL SHOW (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 2.8 | 3,727 |
| 12 | LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY | DAD | MTWTF.. | 2.7 | 3,584 |
| 13 | LAW & ORDER:CI-WKL (AT) | NBU | ......S | 2.7 | 3,968 |
| 14 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE WKND | CTD | ......S | 2.6 | 4,424 |
| 15 | MY WIFE AND KIDS (AT) | DAD | MTWTF.. | 2.6 | 4,182 |
| 16 | SEINFELD (AT) | SPT | MTWTF.. | 2.6 | 3,879 |
| 17 | EVRY LVS RAYMOND-SYN(AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 2.6 | 3,588 |
| 18 | SEINFELD-WKND (AT) | SPT | ......S | 2.5 | 3,799 |
| 19 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND A (AT) | WB | ......S | 2.5 | 4,093 |
| 20 | HOW I MET-MTHR-MF-SYN(AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 2.4 | 3,591 |
| 21 | ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW | WB | MTWTF.. | 2.3 | 3,287 |
| 22 | DR. OZ SHOW (AT) | SPT | MTWTF.. | 2.3 | 3,195 |
| 23 | CLOSER (AT) | WB | ......S | 2.3 | 3,432 |
| 24 | OFFICE-SYN (AT) | NBU | MTWTF.. | 2.3 | 3,591 |
| 25 | MILLIONAIRE (AT) | DAD | MTWT... | 2.3 | 3,255 |
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Why Aren't The Simpsons on This List?!
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.
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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: ©2011 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
