Couric's newscast finishes debut week at No. 1
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It may be too soon to anoint Katie  Couric queen of network news, but her debut as the CBS Evening  News anchor has given the program its first No. 1 finish in the  weekly ratings race in more than six years.
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After more than four months of nonstop hype and speculation,   O'Donnell made her daytime television comeback Tuesday as moderator of   The View, kicking off a day of returns as two of the most   high-profile TV personalities make their highly anticipated homecomings   to the airwaves.  Katie Couric gets her CBS Evening News close-up   tonight.
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CBS has given a  full-season pickup to "The Unit," the No. 1 new drama last  season with more than 15 million viewers weekly.
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Fox dominated the ratings on Tuesday, thanks to two popular shows, âAmerican Idolâ at 8 p.m. and âHouseâ at 9. Those shows delivered 28.1 million and 22.5 million viewers, Nielsen estimated. A repeat of CBSâs âNCISâ at 8 attracted the nightâs third-largest audience (11.7 million). CBSâs all-rerun lineup tied NBC for runner-up on the night, but NBC fared better among adults 18 to 49 with âThe Biggest Loserâ at 8 (8.3 million) followed by âLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitâ at 10 (9.4 million). ABC finished fourth overall. On Monday President Bushâs final State of the Union address attracted the smallest audience of his two terms, 37.5 million viewers. That tally was 8 million fewer than a year ago, but 6 million more than President Clintonâs last State of the Union address in 2000. The speech was broadcast live at 9 p.m. on a total of nine network and cable channels.
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Actor Tom Cruise's infant daughter   made her debut on Tuesday as freshman CBS Evening News anchor   Katie Couric broke the story of Vanity Fair magazine landing   the much-anticipated first photos of baby Suri.
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Two of the most hyped U.S. females debuted on the CBS Evening News Tuesday night -- news anchor Katie Couric and new celebrity spawn Suri Cruise.  Couric made dual history by being the first solo female anchor on a major U.S.
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Katie Couric got off to a robust   start in the ratings as anchor of the CBS Evening News, but her   debut and the program's much-ballyhooed make-over drew reviews   on Wednesday ranging from tepid to disparaging.
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Television sweetheart Katie Couric  debuted on Tuesday as "CBS Evening News" anchor and the first  woman to solo host a newscast on one of the country's three  major broadcast networks.
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Millions of Americans can scarcely remember a weekday where Katie Couric wasn&#039;t a part of their morning routine. Maybe the &quot;Today&quot; show was on in the background when they gathered their homework for school. Later, she was there when they gulped a quick cup of coffee before work. In a few years, they&#039;d watch TV while feeding the baby and Couric was still there &amp;#151; a few hairstyles later.
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It was a huge week for Fox in the TV ratings Â with one asterisk.
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By JESSICA HESLAM  For the first time in nearly a decade, NewsCenter 5's 11 p.m. newscast has reclaimed first place during a major sweeps period, knocking longtime front-runner 7News out of the top spot.
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A month after Katie Couric's  heavily promoted debut as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," the  viewership ratings presented by Nielsen Media Research offer a  mixed message about the extent of her success.
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âSurvivor: Micronesiaâ helped CBS draw the most viewers on Thursday night, though ABC fared better with adults 18 to 49. ABC also had the top-rated show, âLost,â which led at 9 with 13.6 million viewers, according to Nielsenâs estimates. âSurvivorâ won the 8 oâclock time slot with 13.1 million viewers; NBCâs âDeal or No Dealâ had 12 million. Trailing âLostâ at 9 were CBSâs âCSIâ repeat (11 million) and NBCâs âCelebrity Apprenticeâ (9.1 million). NBC tied CBS for second among the 18-to-49 set and tied ABC for second in total viewers. Fox finished fourth over all.
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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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Katie Couric got a vote of confidence from a very important viewer Tuesday &#151; her boss, CBS Corp. President and CEO Leslie Moonves.
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The CBS anchor Katie Couric, who nabbed a one-on-one interview with Mr. Bush while on assignment in Iraq, is in Iraq at just the right time to pre-empt the flurry of harsh assessments awaiting her first anniversary as anchor of the âCBS Evening News.â
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By EVAN WEINER  I DON'T KNOW about you, but I don't plan to watch Katie Couric's ascendancy as top newsreader at CBS Sept. 5, nor do I plan to download it on my computer. I am not interested.