NBC's 'Medium' Has Hot Monday Debut
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LOS ANGELES  - The new drama starring  Patricia Arquette as a psychic who helps police solve crimes  got off to a stellar start Monday, nearly catching an original  episode of CBS' "CSI: Miami" and ABC's live coverage of the  Sugar Bowl.
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Numbingly low Nielsen ratings for last week made it clear why NBC this week hired a new team to oversee its prime-time entertainment department.
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The real wild card for Fox on Sunday night wasn't the NFL playoffs but the return of its signature drama "24." The real-time thriller didn't disappoint the network, posting strong numbers for its two-hour fourth-season premiere.
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Monday's ratings battle  between Jack Bauer's "24" and NBC's "Heroes" ended much as the  first, with another win for the Peacock.
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The new CW  network shone brightly walking down the runway on its debut  night.
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CBS pounded NBC in their first skirmish of the new TV season on Thursday, prime-time&#39;s richest night. Most stunning, CBS&#39;s &quot;Without a Trace&quot; became the first drama ever to cop a bigger audience
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The marquee matchup that  opened NBC's regular-season "Sunday Night Football" prevailed  in an unusually strong night of television highlighted by  September 11-related programming and premieres of Fox's sitcom  lineup.
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"Jimmy Kimmel Live" has  landed a second home on basic cable.
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These two shows, both debuting Monday at 9, deal with identity quests.
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By Aaron Barnhart, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Dec. 10--In addition to "One Punk Under God," featured on the cover of this section, three new cable miniseries make for a rich menu of new TV shows this week.   TONIGHT  "Tsunami, the Aftermath" (7 p.m., HBO).
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LOS ANGELES  - NBC's new drama "LAX"  encountered little turbulence in its Monday debut as it got the  jump against next week's return of CBS' "CSI: Miami" in the 10  p.m. hour. The WB Network also had a pretty good night with the  season premieres of "7th Heaven" and "Everwood."
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Monday was a night of dueling dramas in primetime. Fox and NBC parried with "24" and "Las Vegas" at 9 p.m., and then at 10 p.m., NBC's hot midseason entry "Medium" made it a horse race with CBS' "CSI: Miami."
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NBC&#39;s live competition  series &quot;Phenomenon&quot; is set to premiere October 24. The show,  featuring illusionist Criss Angel and mentalist Uri Geller,  centers on the search for the next great mentalist.
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Oprah Winfrey will make her radio debut on Monday
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LOS ANGELES  - On a busy Monday for the  Big Four networks, "24" stayed healthy for Fox in the second  night of its two-pronged season premiere, while viewership of  NBC's Patricia Arquette drama "Medium" remained high in its  second outing.
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As the Big Four broadcasters settled into their new Tuesday night lineups, family sitcom "According to Jim" popped for ABC while hospital comedy "Scrubs" showed some spunk for NBC.
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Producer Glenn Gordon  Caron is looking to follow up his hit NBC series "Medium" with  another paranormal drama featuring a female lead.