In what may be encouraging signs for Warner Bros. Two and a Half Men and Twentieth Television’s Family Guy, ratings for both off-network programs in syndication are up from the previous week in metered markets, ever so slightly. Both look like they’re keepers.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent scored a 1.0/3 as a strip in off-network syndication in its first week, down 9 percent from its lead-in, but flat from year-ago time periods.
As for new first-run shows, TMZ and Steve Wilkos slipped in the ratings a bit, while Merv Griffin’s Crosswords, Temptation, and Judge David Young are stagnant.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit led new weekly shows in syndication with a 1.4/3. However, the others – The Dead Zone, Cold Case, and ReGenesis – turned in less than impressive results.
Program | RTG/SHR |
RTG/SHR |
w/o 9/17 | w/o 9/10 | |
First-Run | ||
TMZ | 1.4/3 | 1.5/3 |
Morning Show | 1.1/4 | 1.1/4 |
Steve Wilkos | 1.0/3 | 1.1/3 |
David Young | 0.8/3 | 0.8/3 |
Crosswords | 0.8/2 | 0.8/2 |
Jury Duty | 0.6/2 | ——- |
Temptation | 0.5/2 | 0.5/2 |
Off-Network | ||
Two-Half Men | 2.3/4 | 2.0/4 |
Family Guy | 2.0/4 | 1.9/4 |
Criminal Intent | 1.0/3 | ——– |
George Lopez | 1.0/3 | 1.0/3 |
Reno 911 | N/A | 0.6/2 |
Weeklies |
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Law-Order:SVU | N/A | 1.4/3 |
Cold Case | N/A | 0.7/2 |
Dead Zone | N/A | 0.6/3 |
ReGenesis | N/A | 0.6/1 |
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Mediaweek, Broadcasting & Cable
( This is an corrected version of this post at 9:54 p.m. The earlier post had “Family Guy’s” numbers in the wrong place and Judge David Young’s name misspelled. I apologize for the errors. If you spot an error, let me know in the comments section. Thanks- T.H.)