OK, yes, the week of Dec. 29 was a holiday week, traditionally a down time vis a vis TV ratings.
That caveat notwithstanding, “Live with Kelly and Michael” had a particularly strong showing, finishing as TV’s top-rated daytime talk show that week (4.2 million viewers) with its best showing since 2011, beating usual daytime winner “Dr. Phil” by 1 million viewers. The fact that “Live” (Kelly Ripa, Michael Strahan) did this with pre-taped shows and reruns? Well, that’s even more impressive. The show was also tops in women 25-54, the “money” demo in daytime.
Last, but not least . . .
Samuel J. Jackson appears in TV PSAs, starting Friday, for St. Baldrick’s Foundation and Stand Up to Cancer to increase awareness about childhood cancers . . . Pat Collins hosts “Kinky Boots — The Road to Broadway,” airing Friday (10 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.) on CUNY TV. Included: interviews with show stars Stark Sands, Annaleigh Ashford and Billy Porter and librettist Harvey Fierstein . . . “New York Live” (12:30 p.m./Ch. 4) reached an all-time series high with a 1.5 rating this past Monday, Jan. 6 . . . Military Channel will morph into American Heroes Channel on March 3 . . . Lindsay Lohan’s reality show, “Lindsay,” premieres March 9 on OWN.