Wheel of Fortune was the top regular syndicated program in Household ratings, and with total viewers for the week ending December 2, 2012.
Dr Phil topped the talk shows for the eleventh week in a row. Ellen DeGeneres and Live With Kelly & Michael tied for 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 December 2, 2012:
| Rank | Program | Dist | Days | HH rating | Viewers (000) |
| 1 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | MTWTF.. | 7.5 | 11870 |
| 2 | ESPN NFL REGULAR SEASON | ESP | M...... | 7.4 | 11408 |
| 3 | BIG BANG-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 7.3 | 11661 |
| 4 | JUDGE JUDY (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 7.0 | 9544 |
| 5 | JEOPARDY (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 6.5 | 9868 |
| 6 | TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT) | WB | MTWTF.. | 5.7 | 8314 |
| 7 | BIG BANG WKND B (AT) | WB | ......S | 5.2 | 8285 |
| 8 | 2012 REG SEASON GAMES | NFL | ...T... | 5.0 | 8114 |
| 9 | FAMILY FEUD (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 4.9 | 7335 |
| 10 | BIG BANG WKND A (AT) | WB | ......S | 4.7 | 7656 |
| 11 | WEEKEND ADVENTURE | DAL | ......S | 4.5 | 5857 |
| 12 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 4.1 | 5947 |
| 13 | Family Guy-MF-SYN (AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 4.0 | 6233 |
| 14 | LAW & ORDER: SVU-SYN (AT) | NBU | ......S | 4.0 | 5564 |
| 15 | Family Guy-WK-SYN (AT) | 2/T | ......S | 3.8 | 5381 |
| 16 | 2012 NFL REG SEA POSTGUN | NFL | ...T... | 3.6 | 5534 |
| 17 | INSIDE EDITION (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 3.2 | 4478 |
| 18 | DR. PHIL SHOW (AT) | CTD | MTWTF.. | 3.1 | 4190 |
| 19 | LAW & ORDER-SYN (AT) | NBU | ......S | 3.0 | 3947 |
| 20 | HOW I MET-MTHR-MF-SYN(AT) | 2/T | MTWTF.. | 2.9 | 4088 |
| 20 | LAW & ORDER:CI-MF-SYN(AT) | NBU | MTWTF.. | 2.8 | 3657 |
| 22 | LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL | DAD | MTWTF.. | 2.6 | 3401 |
| 23 | ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW | WB | MTWTF.. | 2.6 | 3462 |
| 23 | 2012 NFL REG SEA PREKICK | NFL | ...T... | 2.6 | 4093 |
| 25 | Criminal Minds-SYN (AT) | CTD | ......S | 2.6 | 3659 |
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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.
Live with Kelly and Michael and Ellen are not tied for second. Kelly and Michael are second (barely); Ellen is third.
Kelly “NO TALENT RIPA ” needs to just go away and give us all a break. She only thinks about herself and only talks about herself. She should go back to what she really is- thats a washd up soap actress
Judge Judy still hanging strong
Any news on Katie or any of the other talk shows this week?
I don’t think there were press releases on any of them last week either.
Although Ellen And Ripa are tied at 2.6, the overall viewer tally goes to Ellen by 61 thousand. Not sure why Ripa is 22nd & Ellen is 23??
Nice for Wheel. And with none of the advantages of shows with multiple telecasts per day.
Ellen had streak going of beating the horrible and boring No Talent Ripa & Michael Show two weeks in a row, and this should really be the third week since Ellen had more viewers.
One show probably had a slightly higher household rating but both averaged out the same.
Also, I’m just thrilled that football didn’t come first for once.
@JR
Nice for Wheel. And with none of the advantages of shows with multiple telecasts per day.
Actually, in the New York City market, Wheel airs twice in one day: at 5:30 on WLNY and at 7:30 on WABC.
I don’t watch any of the talk show anymore since Regis left but I don’t understand why so many dislike Kelly as she is a very nice person. She did a great job on AMC & she was great with Regis.
I like Michael Stahan but Kelly Ripa is truly too egotistically annoying to
tolerate-not to mention her overly exaggerated and disgusting stories.
When this show goes down, I hope Michael gets something better-he deserves it. Maybe they’ll get rid of her and get a co-host for Michael. In the end, no matter how they spin it, it’s still (and always will be) Regis’ show.