Friday, May 22, 2026

“Jeopardy!” Score Card: CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gutpa Keeps Show Under 5 Million, Tied with Savannah Guthrie

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The doctor was in, but his guest hosting wasn’t a successful prescription.

“Jeopardy!” ratings for Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s first week of work at the fabled game show remained under 5 million– 4.9 million to be exact.

The CNN medical expert retained the same number of viewers left him by Savannah Guthrie. He didn’t improve on her numbers but he didn’t go below, so that’s a good thing.

This week, ABC’s George Stephanopolous has taken over. He’ll be followed by his “GMA” co-anchor Robin Roberts. Then comes LeVar Burton.

Elsewhere in the syndication world, talk shows are in and out of reruns or mixing them up with new shows even though this month is a ratings period. “Live with Kelly and Ryan” is still number 1 but down to a 1.6 million audience because viewers “smell” that the shows are cobbled together with older interviews. For that reason, Drew Barrymore rose to a still very low 5 million viewers.

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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