Ratings: Pat and Vanna and Alex hit season highs

The week of January 15-21 was a good one for syndies in general, and game shows shared in the happy happy joy joy. January may be a dreary month for most, but it's fun time for syndies. TV News Check has the gladsome household ratings...

Family Feud 7.4 - up a tick
Wheel of Fortune 7.1 - up a couple ticks to a season high
Jeopardy 7.1 - up a tick to its own season high
Millionaire 1.9 - up a tick to celebrate its renewal
Funny You Should Ask 0.5 - flat at the usual number

It wasn't a game show, but GSN's latest ep in the Cover Story series got okay ratings by the network's standards. 415K viewers and a 0.06 18-49 rating. Overall, GSN had a solid January with 421K/312K viewers prime time/total day. The network ranked 38th and 28th in the windows.

Speaking of GSN, they're putting Richard Dawson's Family Feud into the Saturday night oldies block for the next two weeks alongside Match Game. Talk about giving Buzzr the sincerest form of flattery! The diginet runs Match Game and Dawson Feud all the time.

My guess (again pure speculation!) is that, if the Saturday night oldies block survives at all, it'll end up being all Match Game and Dawson Feud. Those are clearly the biggest ratings winners on Buzzr. If GSN wants oldies in prime time, they'll go for the best numbers they can get.

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