'Dancing' scores big in Nielsen ratings
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Networks spent millions developing and promoting new series this fall, when all they really needed was Emmitt Smith across a stage.
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CBS won last week's  primetime ratings race in both viewership and the adults 18-49  demographic, while the network's adventure series "NCIS" took  advantage of the paucity of original episodes to become the  most-watched show for the first time in its four-season run.
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Three new broadcast network shows that most media agencies and TV critics did not expect to last very long produced solid ratings last week, proving that audience viewing patterns are unpredictable.
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NEW YORK  - The "Biggest Loser" finale  and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" led NBC to a strong  victory Tuesday night in total viewers and adults 18-49,  according to preliminary data released Nielsen Media Research.
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Fox and CBS dominated last  week's top 10 ratings, with Fox taking the top four slots and  its reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" outdistancing  NBC's waning rival "America's Got Talent."
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NBC took ratings gold, attracting big prime-time audiences for its first three nights of Olympics coverage. Sunday's 4 1/2-hour broadcast was last week's most-watched show, winning NBC a huge audience of 25.8 million viewers and a 26 percent share of all the evening's viewers.
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Big stars. Even bigger premiere for "Ocean's Twelve."
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"Rock Star: Supernova"  was the highest rated show among adults 18-49 Wednesday, while  "CSI: New York" pulled in the most viewers, according to  preliminary ratings estimates from Nielsen Media Research.
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CBS dominated the first week of the  new U.S. television season, ranking as the most watched network  overall and winning target audiences with help from its "CSI"  crime drama franchise, according to data issued on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Fueled by coverage of the first three nights of the Summer Olympics, NBC handily won primetime in the week ended Aug. 15, according to Nielsen Media Research data issued Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES  - "CSI: Crime Scene  Investigation" crested the 30 million-viewer mark again on  Thursday, leading CBS to an easy victory for the night.
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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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Friday night was a good  one for Disney Channel and USA Network.
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NBC landed three season or series premieres in Nielsen's top 10 last week, giving the network a ratings victory and leading top executive Jeff Zucker to pronounce its early start strategy a success.
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CBS dominated the first week of the new U.S. television season, ranking as the most watched network overall and winning target audiences with help from its "CSI" crime drama franchise, according to data issued on Wednesday.
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Nielsen Media Research launched on Thursday a U.S. ratings service that tracks how many people watch TV commercials, potentially creating a new standard for how the industry buys and sells advertising time.
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By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK -- During the week leading up to the opening of the new television season, "Dancing With the Stars" made a strong return, Katie Couric won again and Fox's "Happy Hour" appears anything but.