Does Wheel do well in your city?

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Does Wheel do well in your city? Mar 12, 2013 13:22:34 GMT -5

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Post by gweagraff on Mar 12, 2013 13:22:34 GMT -5

The reason why I'm starting this thread is because in the market right next door to me, the Providence/New Bedford DMA (I'm in the Boston DMA), both Wheel and Jeopardy! have been on WPRI-12 (CBS) for almost 3 decades. For the first time ever, the NBC affiliate in Providence beat Wheel's ratings with their own 7pm newscast. I wonder what this will mean for Wheel on channel 12. Perhaps it could end up on another station, with Jeopardy! remaining on WPRI.

In Boston, both shows have moved several times, from WHDH for 17 years to WSBK for 8 years, and then finally to WBZ. Boston is one of only three CBS O&Os that air Wheel of Fortune (the others being KTVT Dallas and WCCO Minneapolis).

Here in the Boston area, this is what Wheel currently competes against:

WCVB-5 (ABC): Inside Edition
WHDH-7 (NBC): Access Hollywood
WFXT-25 (Fox): TMZ
WSBK-38 (MyTV): Big Bang Theory
WLVI-56 (CW): Two and a Half Men

In Providence:

WLNE-6 (ABC): omg! Insider (they DID have a 7pm newscast recently, to compete against WJAR)
WJAR-10 (NBC): 7pm news, as discussed
WLWC-28 (CW): Big Bang Theory
WNAC-64 (Fox): TMZ

So in both Boston and Providence, both Wheel and Jeopardy! are not on the #1 rated station in the market (WCVB in Boston, WJAR in Providence). Are there any other markets where Wheel of Fortune did get replaced with a 7pm newscast?

Last Edit: Mar 12, 2013 13:26:12 GMT -5 by gweagraff

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Does Wheel do well in your city? Mar 12, 2013 14:31:23 GMT -5

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Post by MarioGS on Mar 12, 2013 14:31:23 GMT -5

Is there a website where you can find out the ratings of the show for a particular station?

In the New York City area, Wheel on WABC-7 competes against...

WCBS-2 (CBS): Entertainment Tonight
WNBC-4 (NBC): Access Hollywood
WNYW-5 (FOX): The Big Bang Theory
WWOR-9 (My#): The King of Queens
WPIX-11 (CW): Family Guy

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Does Wheel do well in your city? Mar 12, 2013 22:23:21 GMT -5

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Post by therealcu2010 on Mar 12, 2013 22:23:21 GMT -5

Being that I live in a small market (Watertown, NY), ratings reports are usually never published.

In Watertown, WWNY-DT (the CBS affiliate) airs Wheel. WWNY has the unique position of being the only real news station in the market (the ABC affiliate, WWTI, stopped airing its own newscasts years ago and currently simulcasts news from WSYR in Syracuse; the FOX affiliate, WNYF, is owned by WWNY, and doesn't air a 6pm newscast); that, combined with the powerful CBS lineup, causes WWNY to have a competitive advantage in the Watertown market. In addition, the market lacks a NBC affiliate- where I live, WPTZ out of Plattsburgh serves as the NBC affiliate, and does feature North Country content on its 6pm newscast- but it also airs Wheel, at the same time WWNY does. Until last season, we also had a third Wheel affiliate in CBC, but as we know, CBC no longer airs Wheel.

In my area, at 730pm:

WWNY-TV (CBS): Wheel of Fortune
WWTI-TV (ABC): The Big Bang Theory
WWTI-DT2 (CW, part of The CW+): Rules of Engagement
WNYF-CA (FOX): Dish Nation
WPTZ-TV (NBC, from Plattsburgh): Wheel of Fortune
CJOH-DT (CTV, from Ottawa): The Big Bang Theory
CBOT-DT (CBC, from Ottawa): Coronation Street

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Does Wheel do well in your city? Mar 12, 2013 22:36:35 GMT -5

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Post by whammy007 on Mar 12, 2013 22:36:35 GMT -5

Where I am is kind of between markets. Most of the networks come from the Cape Girardeau, MO market, but some also come from southern Illinois and western Kentucky. In my area at 6:30 Central (7:30 Eastern):

WPSD (NBC - Paducah, KY): Wheel of Fortune
WSIL (ABC - Harrisburg, IL): Entertainment Tonight
KFVS (CBS - Cape Girardeau, MO): Everybody Loves Raymond
WQWQ (CW/MeTV - digital subchannel of KFVS): How I Met Your Mother
KBSI (FOX - Cape Girardeau): The Big Bang Theory
WDKA (MyNetworkTV - Paducah): Family Feud (second half of double-run)

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Does Wheel do well in your city? Mar 14, 2013 10:01:20 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2013 10:01:20 GMT -5

Wheel is #1 in Dallas (KTVT), as per Ed Bark. It goes up against:

KDFW (FOX)- Access Hollywood
KXAS (NBC)- Extra
WFAA (ABC)- Entertainment Tonight
KTXA (Independent)- 1st half of The Fan Sports Show
KDFI (MyNetwork)- The Big Bang Theory
KDAF (CW)- Two And A Half Men