Talk shows proved their ratings appeal during the second week of the syndication season, while “Deal or No Deal” led the freshman show pack. For the week ending Sept. 21, five talk shows increased week-to-week. Only one other program from another genre, court show “Judge Judy,” moved the needle upward...
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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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