Talkers Have Loudest Voices In Ratings Room

Review based on a national syndicated rating report for the week ending January 15, 2023.

Four of the six highest-rated veteran talk shows surged in the session ending January 15^th.

Leader Live with Kelly and Ryan (three-week high 1.7 live plus same day national Nielsen rating, up 6% from the week before) set the pace in the most closely-watched category for the 34^th straight week.

 Dr. Phil (1.5, up 15%), Tamron Hall (0.8, up 14% in households and up 33% to new high 0.4 in the key W25-54 demo) and Rachael Ray (0.7, up 17%) all delivered double digit increases in ratings.

Two magazines hit their loftiest ratings marks of the syndication year.  Entertainment Tonight (new season high 2.4, up 4%) moved into a first place tie with Inside Edition (2.4, unchanged) and Extra (new season high 0.7, up 17%) tied TMZ (0.7, unchanged).  Extra has been pretty exciting lately, leaping 40% in the past two weeks.

Among this season’s top syndication newcomers Sherri (0.7, up 17%) returned to original episodes after three weeks of reruns, while Jennifer Hudson (0.6, steady and up 50% among W25-54 to tie Sherri in the demo) blew by some of the year-ago ratings recorded by Ellen DeGeneres, which it replaced in several markets.

  For instance, in Birmingham, Alabama, the country’s 45^th largest market, Hudson (1.6 household rating at 2pm on WVTM) was up 60% from what Ellen did in ratings the same week last year.