Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not

Nielsen Media Research is reporting the following overall national rating results for day one of the Democratic National Convention:

All Households: 17.11 million
White Households: 12.75 million
African American Households: 3.28 million
Hispanic Households: 869,029
Total Viewers: 22.30 million
Persons 18-49: 7.68 million
Persons 18-34: 3.16 million
Persons 55+: 10.08 million
Persons 12-17: 417,496

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-Dear Prudence Scores on Hallmark Channel:
Hallmark Channel's latest original movie, Dear Prudence, finished Saturday, Aug. 23 as the highest-rated ad-supported cable movie of the day, with 2.7 million total viewers. Comparably, that placed the cable network fourth overall for the day in prime-time among all ad-supported cable networks.
-National Ratings in Syndication – Week of August 11, 2008:

What follows are the top 10 rated programs in syndication based on households for the week of August 11, 2008, followed by any highlights of note:

Wheel of Fortune (CBS Television Distribution): 6.0 rating

Jeopardy (CBS): 5.2
Judge Judy (CBS): 4.3
Two and a Half Men (Warner Bros.): 4.2
Oprah (CBS): 3.9
Family Guy (Twentieth): 3.7
Entertainment Tonight (CBS): 3.6
Dr. Phil (CBS): 3.2
CSI: Miami (CBS): 3.1
Seinfeld (Sony Pictures Television): 3.0

-Oprah extended its winning streak in talk to 485 straight weeks, with a 22 percent advantage over its nearest competitor.

-Jeopardy was the only game show to grow from one year earlier, with an increase of two percent in households.

-Two and a Half Men led the off-network sitcom category for the 43rd consecutive week in households (without the benefit of a cable run), and was first in adults 25-54 (2.6), women 18-49 (2.4, tie), women 25-54 (2.8) and men 25-54.

-Warner Bros.' TMZ dominated the magazine category for the 19th straight week in women 18-34 (1.1, tie), adults 18-34 (1.0) and men 18-34 (0.9).


Source: Nielsen Media Research data

-- Marc Berman