During the week of October 16-20, 2023, the most recent week in which daytime syndicated ratings are available, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” kicked off its fifth season with its most-watched and highest-rated premiere week since the launch of the show’s second season back in the fall of 2020.
For the week, the show attracted 1.344 million viewers and a 0.93 rating in Households, seeing a boost from last season – up +4% in Households and +2% among Total Viewers. In Women 25-54, the show was up +20%, scoring a 0.36 rating in the all-important sales demographic.
Overall, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” was up +2% in Total Viewers compared to the same week last year (1.344 million vs. 1.31 million) and ranked a solid second among the 11 syndicated daytime talk shows, behind only number one ranked “Live with Kelly and Mark” (2.235 million). “The Kelly Clarkson Show” managed to beat out third place “The Drew Barrymore Show” by +279,000 viewers (1.344 million vs. 1.065 million)*. Among Households, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” was up +4% year-to-year (0.93 rating vs. 0.89 rating).
Compared to the performance of “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “Dr. Phil” (repeats), “Sherri,” “Tamron Hall” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” the Kelly Clarkson-hosted daytime talk show currently ranks as the most-watched and highest-rated afternoon syndicated talk show among Total Viewers, Households, Women 25-54 and Adults 25-54.
The fifth season of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” kicked off with the show taping from its new home in New York City, within the iconic studio 6A at Rockefeller Center. The premiere episode began with an all-new season five Kellyoke video and featured Kelly’s new neighbors, including Andy Cohen, Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager and Seth Meyers, among others. The week continued with a popular “Songs and Stories” episode with Alanis Morissette and a duet and interview with Billy Porter. Additional guests included Jane Krakowski, Eric Nam, Nick Offerman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sesame Street’s Elmo and Oscar the Grouch, Paul Shaffer, Bowen Yang, a performance by Enhyphen, and new Kellyoke covers all week long, including “I Won’t Give Up” (Kelly Clarkson), “Stronger” (Kelly Clarkson), “New Attitude” (Patti LaBelle), “Crimson and Clover” (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts) and “1985” (Bowling for Soup).
Below is a breakdown of how the afternoon syndicated talk shows performed among Total Viewers during the week of October 16-20, 2023.
Total Viewers (Persons 2+) Rankings – Afternoon Syndicated Talk Shows:
- “The Kelly Clarkson Show” – 1.344 million
- “The Drew Barrymore Show” – 1.065 million (30 minute talk show x 2)
- “Dr. Phil” – 883,000 viewers
- “Sherri” – 869,000 viewers
- “Tamron Hall” – 830,000 viewers
- “The Jennifer Hudson Show” – 817,000 viewers
Note*: Syndicated ratings data excludes other NBCU Programs. “The Drew Barrymore Show” is broken into two separate half-hours. “Live with Kelly and Mark” primarily airs in morning time periods and is excluded from the afternoon syndicated talk show rankings. Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings data released by Nielsen.
“The Kelly Clarkson Show” is a Universal Television LLC production and distributed in national syndication by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios. The show airs in 100% of the country on more than 200 stations. Alex Duda is the show’s executive producer and showrunner. Kelly Clarkson is also executive producer.