• Broadcasting & Cable, Wednesday, May 2, 2007 11 AM

Preemptions and interruptions to cover the Virginia Tech shootings, coupled with viewer erosion, meant no syndicated shows gained at all during the last final week before May sweeps. "Entertainment Tonight" was able to keep its losses even with almost two dozen news preemptions over two nights in big major CBS markets, losing 11% to 5.0 from a prior week mark of 5.6 -- still better than a year-ago mark of 4.7.

"Oprah" sounded to a season low of 5.2, down 15% from the prior week and 17% from last year. That meant the gulf between the top talk queen and Dr. Phil narrowed. None of the nine court shows were up on the week, although "Judge Mathis" rose to a 2.4 from a 2.2 year-over-year.

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