Ratings: tale of two originals

While I wait for the syndie game show ratings, Show Buzz Daily provides an interesting bit of info on GSN's two recent originals. The site's latest top-150 chart for Friday, August 3 lists America Says with a typically good 397K viewers and a 0.06 18-49 rating. Caroline & Friends trails behind at 279K and 0.05.

As I blogged before, it looks like John Michael Higgins and his friends have already won a renewal. The jury is still out on Caroline Rhea and her buddies. Often, Caroline & Friends lands outside the top-150 chart on Show Buzz Daily. The site bases the chart on the 18-49 demo and it's not friendly to the ancient skewing GSN. So I don't have a lot of numbers on the show. Overall, Caroline & Friends doesn't seem to be bombing horribly, but it's not a solid hit like America Says, either. Stay tuned as the show's fate unfolds.

TV News Check has now posted the syndie game show ratings for July 23-29. Not much movement except for a couple of small moves up. Summer doldrums in the household ratings...

Family Feud 6.3 - flat
Jeopardy 5.6 - flat
Wheel of Fortune 5.4 - up a tick for its single run (I promised a commenter!)
Millionaire 1.5 - flat, really boring, no?
Funny You Should Ask 0.5 - up a tick for the cellar dweller

Don't have the latest week for cable yet. But the numbers for July 23-29 are out. GSN got 442K/298K viewers prime time/total day. The network ranked 31st and 24th in the windows. America Says has to be helping the total day rank.

TV Newser has now posted the July 30-August 5 cable numbers. A smidge lower for GSN. 434K/286K viewers prime time/total day. The ranks were 34th and 29th.

UPDATE: As a commenter points out, ABC has renewed all its Sunday night game shows for another season. No surprise. Celebrity Family Feud, 100K Pyramid and To Tell the Truth have routinely led the night.