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Positive Opening Week Results for ABC, CBS and Fox

2010-02-09

CBS opened this second week in February on a winning overnight note care of its combination of How I Met Your Mother, Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and CSI: Miami.  But ABC and Fox had crowing rights of their own.

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Weekend Rating Update

2010-02-08

Super Bowl XLIV on CBS is poised for over one million total viewers on Sunday, standing well above anything else for the week.  But also worth noting this weekend was a season-high for The CW's veteran Smallville on Friday, and another evening of victory for CBS.

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CBS Leads Thursday Overnights; ABC the Net to Beat Among Adults 18-49

2010-02-05

CBS led this first Thursday in February in the overnights, beating No. 2 ABC by 21 percent. But the strength of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice should be enough to life the alphabet network to victory among adults 18-49. 

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Syndicated Talk Show Ratings Update

2010-02-04

Midway through the 2009-10 season, CBS Television Distribution’s Oprah remains well above the competition at levels close to one year-earlier. But freshman spin-off Dr. Oz from Sony Pictures Television is neck-and-neck with declining  Dr. Phil from CBS, and NBC Universal mainstay Maury now ranks second overall among women 18-49. 

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Solid Return for ABC's Lost

2010-02-03

The final season of ABC's Lost built by 22 percent in the overnights from one year earlier, with the audience expected to hover in the 12-million range.

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Nominations Announced for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards

2010-02-02

Avatar and The Hurt Locker lead the pack, with nine Academy Award nominations each, while 10 movies compete for Best Picture for the first time since 1943.  We have a listing of the key categories.   

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Massive Results for The Grammy Awards on CBS

2010-02-01

It was all about The Grammy Awards on dominant CBS last night, with the 52nd annual festivities at a whopping 18.2 rating/27 share in the overnights from 8-11 p.m. Comparably, that outdelivered the year-ago telecast (12.8/20 on Feb. 8, 2009) by a considerable 52 percent.

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Conan Exits Tonight Show on a High Note

2010-01-29

As Jay Leno prepares to return to NBC’s The Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien bid adieu from the long-running franchise last Friday, Jan. 22 with a whopping 10.3 million viewers. 

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Conan Exits Tonight Show on a High Note

2010-01-29

As Jay Leno prepares to return to NBC’s The Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien bid adieu from the long-running franchise last Friday, Jan. 22 with a whopping 10.3 million viewers. 

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Fox Dominates the Week of Jan. 18

2010-01-27

Led by American Idol and the record-breaking NFC Championship Game on Sunday, dominant Fox stood well above the competition, with the highest-rated week for any network in the past two broadcast season in total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 18-34.

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Fox Wins Monday; ABC Impressive

2010-01-26

Opposite a night of all repeats on CBS, Fox led the Monday overnight troops care of House and 24.  But the real "winner" was ABC's sophomore Castle, which dominated the 10 p.m. hour.

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CBS Leads Thursday Overnights; Vampire Diaries on the Rise on The CW

2010-01-22

CBS led Thursday in the overnights, with an 11 percent advantage over second-place ABC. But ABC could, of course, win the evening among adults 18-49 on the strength of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice. Third overall was an improved Fox, followed by NBC and The CW, which has some bragging rights of its own.

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CBS Dominates Week of Jan. 11

2010-01-21

Excluding adults 18-34, it was a clean sweep for CBS, with a first place-finish in households, total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 despite the return of American Idol on Fox. As always, Fox dominated among adults 18-34. CBS’ victory was fueled by the massive 30.57 million viewers for The AFC Divisional Playoff on Saturday and Sunday’s AFC Divisional Playoff prime-time overrun.

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Positive Opening Week Results for ABC, CBS and Fox

2010-02-09

CBS opened this second week in February on a winning overnight note care of its combination of How I Met Your Mother, Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and CSI: Miami.  But ABC and Fox had crowing rights of their own.

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Mr. TV: A Sporting Chance

In what is arguably one of the worst prime-time seasons in the history of NBC, there is some relief on the horizon: the XXI Olympic Winter Games, live from Vancouver, B.C., Canada, which kicks off with the opening ceremonies this Friday.

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