Judge Judy was the top regular syndicated program in Household ratings, but The Big Bang Theory won with total viewers for the week ending November 25, 2012.
Dr Phil matched his season high and topped the talk shows for the tenth week in a row. Ellen DeGeneres 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 November 18, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Dist. | Days | HH rating | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | ESPN NFL REGULAR SEASON | ESP | M...... | 8.5 | 13367 |
| 2 | JUDGE JUDY (AT) | CTD | MTW.... | 7.2 | 10166 |
| 3 | BIG BANG-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 6.4 | 10353 |
| 4 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | MTWTF.. | 6.3 | 9962 |
| 5 | JEOPARDY (AT) | CTD | MTWT... | 5.5 | 8458 |
| 6 | BIG BANG WKND B (AT) | WB | ......S | 5.3 | 8739 |
| 7 | TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 5.0 | 7696 |
| 8 | BIG BANG WKND A (AT) | WB | ......S | 5.0 | 8007 |
| 9 | LAW & ORDER: SVU-SYN (AT) | NBU | ......S | 4.2 | 5822 |
| 10 | FAMILY FEUD (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 4.1 | 6076 |
| 11 | WEEKEND ADVENTURE | DAL | ......S | 4.1 | 5910 |
| 12 | Family Guy-WK-SYN (AT) | 2/T | ......S | 3.6 | 5689 |
| 13 | Family Guy-MF-SYN (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 3.5 | 5448 |
| 14 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 3.4 | 4826 |
| 15 | DR. PHIL SHOW (AT) | CTD | MTW.... | 3.3 | 4403 |
| 16 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE WKND | CTD | ......S | 3.1 | 4834 |
| 17 | LAW & ORDER-SYN (AT) | NBU | ......S | 3.0 | 3872 |
| 18 | HOUSE-SYN (AT) | NBU | ......S | 2.9 | 3709 |
| 19 | HOW I MET-MTHR-MF-SYN(AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 2.8 | 3960 |
| 20 | LAW & ORDER:CI-MF-SYN(AT) | NBU | MTWTF.. | 2.8 | 3852 |
| 21 | INSIDE EDITION (AT) | CTD | MTWT... | 2.8 | 3940 |
| 22 | Criminal Minds-SYN (AT) | CTD | ......S | 2.7 | 3614 |
| 23 | ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW | WB | MTW.... | 2.6 | 3515 |
| 24 | LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL | DAD | MTW.... | 2.5 | 3296 |
| 25 | CSI MIAMI-SYN (AT) | CTD | ......S | 2.5 | 3315 |
-
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.
-
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.
Ellen is doing fantastic this season. It’s amazing how long her show has been running and all this time later she’s getting some of her best ratings.
Judge Judy rocks
ELLEN ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!! BEING KIND ROCKS IN DAYTIME!!!!!!
Pretty sizable jump for SVU there.
My Network Television! You should get deal with ESPN broadcasting Football from Labor Day through BCS
Championship! How in the world you beat the best in syndication market, ION network! Smackdown was rated when it was on your network! You should schedule Cable shows on your network! Not off the air programs should be your field of program!
Wow!! Look at House!!