‘Jeopardy!’ & ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Latest Ratings Reveal Big Swing
The latest game show ratings show the gap closing between Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, with around 500,000 viewers separating the two long-running series.
According to USTVDB.com, citing Nielsen ratings, Jeopardy! averaged 7,787,000 million total viewers for the week of June 23. This was up on the week beginning June 9, which averaged 7,749,000 million viewers, and the week beginning June 2, which averaged 7,846,000 million viewers.
However, Jeopardy! has dropped over a million viewers since its last reported ratings in March. From March 3 to March 7, the show averaged 8,902,000 million viewers. This was also down from its February 24 to February 28 numbers, which averaged a whopping 9,314,000million viewers.
Wheel of Fortune, meanwhile, has begun to close the gap on its sister show. Both Jeopardy! and Wheel air in syndication, with the latter regularly trailing the former in ratings.
For the week beginning June 23, Wheel averaged 7,264,000 million viewers, around 500,000 fewer than Jeopardy! This was down slightly from the week beginning June 9, which averaged 7,285,000 million viewers, but up on the week beginning June 2, which averaged 7,456,000 million viewers.
The only time Wheel has beaten Jeopardy! this season was in its premiere week from September 9 to September 15, which averaged 8,310,000 million viewers compared to Jeopardy!‘s 7,113,000 million. This marked Ryan Seacrest‘s debut as host as he took over from Pat Sajak.
Elsewhere, Family Feud finished in third place for the week of June 23, averaging 6,824,000 million viewers.
Wheel of Fortune is now airing summer reruns, while Jeopardy! is set to wrap up its current season on July 25. Both shows will remain on hiatus until the new seasons premiere in September.
Jeopardy!, Weeknights, check local listings
Wheel of Fortune, Season 43, Fall 2025, check local listings
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Ratings for early evening shows always decline during daylight savings time months relative to the same show in the same time slot during the winter months. The longer the sun is up, the more folks attend to activities outside the home.
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Both shows are all about entertainment. Jeopardy obviously contrived to help certain contestants Ryan Seacrest ha been a wonderful host. Full of fun, good humor, and all about making the contestants comfortable.
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Totally disagree Ryan has been anything but wonderful. I can’t believe how big his mouth is and I can’t believe how much money he’s getting. Ridiculous.
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Well. ZJeapardy. Is running too many championship shows. Weeks on end. From one type to another .For someone who lets everyone know just how smart HE is at every opportunity Jennings own mispronunciations ar more than enjoying and his attempts at having A personality especially when he interviews guests are painful. He’s just not a host type and he’s had long enough to try….Ryan Seacrest. Is growing into his role. He’s a natural I still watch both shows. But I don’t enjoy
Jeopardy as much anymore
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Totally agree! Ken is just way too full of himself
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I think you should remove the consistent spam posts about the huge incomes these scammers make. I’m really tired of it.
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Too much pop culture too many word games boring
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Correct, the quality of writing has dropped a great deal the last few years. Add in the blatant political leanings of the writers, and it's alienating people. It's clear they are tailoring the topics and questions for a purpose. It's a real turn off for people, literally.
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Jeopardy, eventually will have to dumb down the questions or have fewer shows.
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Bullshit
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jeoardy should be cancelled lost all class.
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More info
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You know it is a scam, right?
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