ABC Scores Big Ratings with Two More Debuts
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ABC boasted more good news on  Monday as its darkly comic "Desperate Housewives" emerged as  the network's most watched series debut in eight years and the  highest-rated launch of a new show on U.S. television so far  this season.
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For a network desperate for hits, "Desperate Housewives" provided quite the tonic for ABC. The drama about suburban angst drew a stunning 21.3 million viewers for its premiere Sunday night, according to Nielsen Media Research. It follows the success of another new ABC drama, "Lost," which has also intrigued viewers during the first two weeks of the TV season.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 13-19.
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The Oscars and a new  episode of "Grey's Anatomy" helped ABC to its best week in the  ratings since it carried the Super Bowl in February 2006,  though it wasn't enough to beat the three-night-a-week  juggernaut that is Fox's "American Idol."
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The newest edition of CBS reality hit "Survivor" got off to a mighty start against NBC comedy "Joey," beating the "Friends" spinoff and "Will & Grace" premiere in their first matchup, according to early TV ratings on Friday.
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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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Fox pulled out another  strong week with a pair of two-hour episodes of "American Idol"  that overshadowed the rest of broadcast primetime in the adults  18-49 demographic.
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LOS ANGELES  - CBS was the Nielsen poll  winner again on Monday as "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Two and a  Half Men" and "CSI: Miami" delivered strong numbers.
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The Red Sox and Fox rhymed beautifully in the ratings last week when Boston's stunning comeback in the American League Championship Series and wins in the first two World Series games at Fenway Park propelled the network to its highest numbers in more than 2-1/2 years.
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LOS ANGELES  - ABC and CBS split the  nightly win on another active Wednesday in primetime.
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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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Whether it&#39;s true there is no such thing as bad publicity, ABC-TV certainly garnered its share of notice for its Sunday night hit show &quot;Desperate Housewives&#39;&#39; with
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CBS led the Monday ratings  with strong performances from "Two and a Half Men" and "CSI:  Miami," while NBC's "Heroes" was the top show in the coveted  adults 18-49 demographic.
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CBS claimed victory over NBC in the  first matchup of two Manhattan crime dramas as the debut of  "CSI: NY" convincingly beat the 15th-season launch of "Law &  Order" in ratings released on Thursday.
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In recent months, an unexpected late-night surge for ABC as the audience for ÂJimmy Kimmel LiveÂ increases to 1.5 million viewers.
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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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"Two and a Half Men" and  "CSI: Miami" lifted CBS to a primetime victory Monday, while  NBC's much-hyped "Studio 60" sank in its second week, losing to  the two-hour debut of ABC's "The Bachelor: Rome," which  delivered the show's highest premiere viewership since 2004.