“ Jeopardy ” maintained its status as the most-watched syndication series on television in its premiere week, debuting with 7.5 million viewers.

That’s a 4% increase from its premiere week viewership the year before, according to Live + Same Day data from Nielsen. The Ken Jennings-hosted trivia show was one of seven produced by CBS Media Ventures to make the top 10 most-watched syndicated series during the week of Sept. 8-14. The other six were “Wheel of Fortune” at No. 2, “Inside Edition” at No. 4, “Entertainment Tonight” at No. 5, “Hot Bench” at No. 6, “The Drew Barrymore Show” at No. 8 and “Flip Side” at No. 9.

Of those seven, five achieved year-over-year premiere week growth. Along with the 4% bump for “Jeopardy,” “The Drew Barrymore Show” increased 8% to 1.3 million viewers, bec

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