"Stars" still shining for ABC on Wednesday
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"Dancing With the Stars"  pulled out another win Wednesday with a results show that  knocked out talk-show host Tucker Carlson, but Matt Lauer's  interview with disgraced teacher Debra LaFave on "Dateline NBC"  nearly toppled it in the adults 18-49 demographic.
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-Ratings Breakdown: CBS scored a clean Wednesday victory, with a first-place overnight finish in every half-hour as a result of Power of 10 (5.8/10), a repeat of Criminal Minds (6.4/10), and a repeat of CSI: NY (6.7/11). For more on Power of 10, which is a shoo-in for renewal, see TV Tidbits below. Obviously, if upcoming Wednesday 8 p.m. occupant Kid Nation crashes, CBS already has a replacement. Congrats, Drew Carey and Michael Davies!
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The best days may still be ahead for Jordin Sparks, but the same may not be said for "American Idol."
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&quot;Wife Swap&quot; may already be a hit, and its tawdry title couldn&#39;t have hurt. An episode of the new ABC series was &quot;sneak previewed&quot; Sunday night and ranked No.
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Wednesday, after a momentum-shattering 13-week hiatus, ABC's "Lost" will be found.  But will viewers still care, and tune in? And if they do, will they get swept back into the riptide of what was once TV's hottest water-cooler show?  They ought to.
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A fine display of shooting stars is underway and peaks overnight Wednesday into early Thursday morning. Astronomers expect the 2004 Perseid meteor shower to be one of the best versions of the annual event in several years.
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NEW YORK  - Three days after the controversial finale of "The Sopranos," the two creators of "Lost" on Wednesday promised that their hit ABC drama would not conclude in similarly murky fashion.
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ABC is confident its Academy Awards telecast will air as planned on February 24 despite the Hollywood screenwriters strike and sees no need to offer Oscar advertisers contingencies for lower-than-expected ratings, the network said on Tuesday.
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The return of âLost,â albeit a two-hour repeat of last seasonâs finale, buoyed ABCâs ratings on Wednesday during a night otherwise dominated by Foxâs âAmerican Idolâ and âThe Moment of Truth.â
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Big stars. Even bigger premiere for "Ocean's Twelve."
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Will there be any kind of recognizable Oscars show if the writers strike continues?
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LOS ANGELES - An estimated 14 million viewers watched the triumphs of HBO's "The Sopranos" and "Angels in America" on the Emmy Awards Sunday night on ABC - an alarmingly low number for what is supposed to be television's big night.    If those preliminary Nielsen Media Research numbers hold up, that would represent the smallest audience for the Emmys since 12.3 million saw it in 1990 on Fox - at the time a new network that many people weren't used to seeking out...
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In a quirky fairy tale of a mystery show called âPushing Daisies,â ABC has yet another series that is building strong enthusiasm in advance of the fall television season.
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With ABC&#39;s new dark comedy series &quot;Desperate Housewives&quot; scoring big numbers for a second consecutive week, it&#39;s only a matter of time before the other broadcast networks put out APBs seeking
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ABC has given the green light to a full season of its reality series &quot;Wife Swap,&quot; which has proved a solid performer in the competitive Wednesday 10 pm
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ABC has turned off the lights for "Day Break" and "Show Me the Money." The low-rated series airing back-to-back on Wednesday have been pulled by the network.
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By SCOTT COLLINS and TINA DAUNT, SPECIAL FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES  LOS ANGELES  ABC is forging ahead with plans to air a miniseries starting today despite controversy over its efforts to dramatize  and some say unfairly politicize  the events leading up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.