Elimidate tops syndies
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/8/2002 5:00:00 AM
The fresh breeze in a week of summer doldrums for syndicated shows was provided by Elimidate, the only syndicated offering to hit a personal best for the week ended July 28.
Elimidate's 1.9 Nielsen Media Research rating, up 6 percent from the prior week, was good enough for a tie with usual dating leader, Blind Date, which was down 10 percent from the previous week. Elimidate is up 90 percent over its September debut.
The other two rookie dating shows -- Fifth Wheel at a 1.4 and Shipmates at a 1.0 -- were unchanged from the previous week.
By contrast with Elimidate, most of the game and dating shows were soft. All of those shows that were on the air last season were down year to year by double digits except top show, Wheel of Fortune, which was only down 7 percent to a still-enviable 7.7. Week to week, Wheel was down 5 percent.
For the second time in the past seven weeks, Jeopardy! was out of the No. 2 spot among all syndicated shows, beaten again by Friends. At a 6.1, Jeopardy! was down 16 percent from last year and down 12 percent from last week.
Meanwhile, Friends, the top off-net sitcom, was up 5 percent from last week to a 6.4.
In other game action, Hollywood Squares was up 8 percent from the previous week to a 2.6, but down 19 percent year to year.
Family Feud was down 12 percent from last year to a 2.2, and down 4 percent week to week.
Street Smarts was down 22 percent from last year to a 1.4, unchanged from the prior week.
Among the veteran dating shows, Blind Date was down 21 percent from last year at a 1.9 and down 10 percent from last week.
Change of Heart was down 30 percent year to year to a 1.4, unchanged from the prior week.
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