Wheel of Fortune was the top regular syndicated program in Household ratings, and in total viewers for the week ending October 21, 2012.
Dr Phil topped the talk shows for the sixth week in a row. Live! with Kelly & Michael was second.
We've entered the wacky time of year when Nielsen counts the local broadcast of the Monday Night Football games as syndicated shows and while it is syndicated to the local markets of the teams playing, Nielsen also includes the numbers from ESPN so MNF will always put them at the top of the list, pay no attention to them.
Top 25 Syndicated Shows for the week ending October 21, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Dist | Days | HH rating | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | ESPN NFL REGULAR SEASON | ESP | M...... | 8.7 | 13602 |
| 2 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | MTWTF.. | 6.5 | 9801 |
| 3 | JUDGE JUDY (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 6.2 | 8441 |
| 4 | BIG BANG-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 5.7 | 8849 |
| 4 | JEOPARDY (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 5.7 | 8522 |
| 6 | 2012 REG SEASON GAMES | NFL | ...T... | 4.9 | 7979 |
| 7 | TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 4.7 | 6900 |
| 8 | WEEKEND ADVENTURE | DAL | ......S | 4.4 | 5836 |
| 9 | FAMILY FEUD (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 4.2 | 5981 |
| 10 | BIG BANG WKND B (AT) | WB | ......S | 4.0 | 6426 |
| 11 | LAW & ORDER: SVU-SYN (AT) | NBU | ......S | 3.9 | 5455 |
| 12 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 3.8 | 5271 |
| 13 | Family Guy-MF-SYN (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 3.6 | 5363 |
| 13 | BIG BANG WKND A (AT) | WB | ......S | 3.6 | 5830 |
| 15 | Family Guy-WK-SYN (AT) | 2/T | ......S | 3.5 | 4912 |
| 16 | 2012 NFL REG SEA POSTGUN | NFL | ...T... | 3.3 | 5202 |
| 17 | LAW & ORDER:CI-MF-SYN(AT) | NBU | MTWTF.. | 3.0 | 3917 |
| 17 | INSIDE EDITION (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 3.0 | 4101 |
| 19 | DR. PHIL SHOW (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 2.9 | 3813 |
| 20 | LAW & ORDER-SYN (AT) | NBU | ......S | 2.8 | 3810 |
| 21 | LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL | DAD | MTWTF.. | 2.6 | 3352 |
| 22 | HOW I MET-MTHR-MF-SYN(AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 2.5 | 3647 |
| 22 | CSI MIAMI-SYN (AT) | CTD | ......S | 2.5 | 3339 |
| 24 | Criminal Minds-SYN (AT) | CTD | ......S | 2.4 | 3072 |
| 25 | MILLIONAIRE (AT) | DAD | MTWTF.. | 2.3 | 3112 |
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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.
Whoa at SVU. It wasn’t even in the top 25 last week, and it comes soaring in at No. 11. Does the “S” indicate one day of weekend viewing or possibly both?
SVU is one of the weekly back-to-back airings for MNT on Mondays.
All the court syndicated shows and only Judge Judy makes it into the top 25…amazing.
How is Katie doing?
If you disregard the football programs erroneously placed on this list, ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ is on the top spot and ‘SVU’ is actually #9, not #11. And ‘Weekend Adventure’ is at #6…