Nearing the halfway point of the season, NBC Universal Domestic Television’s “Deal or No Deal” and CBS Television Distribution’s “The Doctors” are quickly pulling ahead of the freshman first-run daily syndication pack for 2008. “Deal” and “Doctors” continue to fight for the top spot. At the beginning...
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Three weeks into its season, “The Bonnie Hunt Show” from Warner Bros. posted its first national numbers last week, putting up figures that placed it near the rear of the ratings pack among freshman first-run syndicated shows. Among other first-year shows, NBC Universal’s “Deal or No Deal” improved its...
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During the first week of the syndication season, viewers seemed too distracted by other events to make crowning a clear-cut winner easy. Five shows debuted during the week of Sept. 8, but they competed with big news events including hurricanes, the economic meltdown and the intensifying presidential...
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NBC Universal Domestic Television’s “Deal or No Deal” took the top ratings prize among syndicated rookies for the 2008-09 season thus far, trumping the rest of the freshman pack for its first official week’s ratings. For the week ending Sept. 14, “Deal” drew a household rating of 1.6, giving the series...
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New syndicated strips continued to settle into their schedules on Wednesday, as four of the five series to debut this week took dips, according to Nielsen Media Research. CBS series “The Doctors” continued to tumble but still leads the rookie crop, earning a 1.3/4, down 7% from Tuesday’s score. Fellow...
Day two for the new crop of syndicated series saw ratings decline for the most part, although some series are still claiming first place in some major-market time slots, according to Nielsen Media Research. The three top-rated new series—“The Doctors,” “Deal or No Deal” and “The Bonnie Hunt Show”—all...
Most of the new crop of syndicated first-run shows took the stage for the first time Monday, and CBS Television Distribution’s “The Doctors” posted the highest opening numbers, according to Nielsen Media Research’s weighted metered-market average. “The Doctors” posted an average 1.6 rating/4 share in...
With the launch of 2008’s upcoming syndicated shows just around the corner, distributors have had little time to enjoy a relatively successful 2007-08 season that saw only two series completely leave the airwaves. Exclusive Video Check back all week for fresh interviews. Monday: "Family Court With...