Hard Numbers: Game Shows See A Decline In Ratings As The Year Closes & ‘Sherri’ Leads The Freshman Talk Show Pack
Steve Harvey - Family Feud
Contestant: Diving into the long-living and will-never-end gameshow favorites— Family Feud's ratings have stayed consistent these last few weeks but have steadily declined as the year continues compared to its averages over the summer. Based on the Nielsen live-plus-same-day averages between the weeks of October 17 to November 13, the long-time-favorite game series has averaged slightly over 5.87 million viewers; in the target demographic of women 25 to 54 (compared to the over 6 million it averaged in the summer). Although it is worth mentioning, November and the holiday season are rough for certain programs to keep up with their ratings having to share airwave space with midterm elections and the return of sports splitting the viewership around. The other-other game show favorite— Let's Make a Deal on CBS, averaged over 2.29 million viewers for the weeks between October 23 to November 18 and averaged a total of 489,600 viewers for the demographic of women 25 to 54 in that same timeframe.
Judge Marilyn Milian - The people’s court
Court: We the People with Judge Lauren Lake is the newest series to enter the courtroom. The newcomer saw a consistent 0.3 rating in its target demographic for the first few weeks and grew by 33 percent the last week—making the show's average a total of 397,800 viewers in the target demographic for women 25 to 54. Judge Mathis' courtroom saw more traction this month, with a total average of 734,000 viewers in the same target demographic. Divorce Court scored slightly behind Mathis, averaging 612,000 viewers, and the People's Court took the lead averaging 979,200. All court shows reported are calculated based on the Nielsen live-plus-same-day averages between the weeks of October 17 to November 13.
Harris faulkner - The faulkner focus/Fox news
Informative: The Talk averaged 2.29 million viewers for the weeks between October 23 and November 18. The informative talk show series with co-hosts Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and Sheryl Underwood averaged 397,800 viewers in the target demographic of women 25 to 54. Meanwhile, Disney's Tamron Hall on ABC has kept consistent in its target demographic rating, averaging 856,800 viewers for women 25 to 54. The exact total it averaged in the previous rating roundup. Entertainment Tonight also averages 2.41 million viewers for the same target demographic.
The newcomers of daytime talk: Sherri, The Jennifer Hudson Show, and Karamo, have kept consistent ratings these last few weeks. In the target demographic of women 25 to 54 and for the weeks between October 17 to November 13, Sherri leads the pack averaging 856,800 viewers, with Jennifer Hudson following closely behind with an average of 756,000 viewers. Karamo averaged 397,800 viewers. Check out our review of the newcomers here.
Meanwhile, in the world of political newscasters— As of the week of November 21, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt holds a 52-week high in total viewers averaging 8.33 million. The evening broadcast series also holds a 37-week high in the demographic of adults 25 to 54 viewers averaging 1.37 million. Holt has proven popular, delivering more week-to-week growth than his competition.
After averaging the eleven episodes between November 7 and November 22, The Faulkner Focus averaged 1.93 million viewers total, reaching 173,691 of the target demographic described as people 18 to 49. The Chris Salcedo Show did not average as high as Faulkner. Salcedo averaged 231,167 viewers for the twelve episodes that aired between November 7 and November 22. The Reid Out scored 1.28 million viewers for their twelve episodes between the same dates and reached 113,075 of the same target demographic.
