'O.C.' Premiere Propels Fox to New Ratings Mark
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Fox television's sun-soaked teen drama "The O.C." gave the network some of its best ratings in years on Thursday, proving the show could fend for itself on TV's toughest night.
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LOS ANGELES  - Monster viewer turnouts  for the AFC Championship Game on CBS and for the return of  "American Idol" on Fox determined the network rankings for the  week ended Jan. 23, with CBS and Fox finishing No. 1 and No. 2  among total viewers and adults 18-49.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - Fox took the crown for the week ending July 15 in both total viewers and the adults 18-49 demographic thanks to the performance of such series as "Hell's Kitchen," "Don't Forget the Lyrics" and "So You Think You Can Dance."
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NEW YORK  - Hot on the heels of its  beating the broadcast networks in coverage of the Republican  National Convention, Fox News Channel has added another feather  to its cap: It averaged more primetime viewers than its  competitors combined in the third quarter.
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Fox Broadcasting Co. has  premiered its police drama &quot;K-Ville&quot; online ahead of its  September 17 broadcast debut.
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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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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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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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NEW YORK  - Fox rode "American Idol" to another weekly win in viewership and the adults 18-49 demographic and was aided by big numbers for the premiere of "The Moment of Truth."
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&quot;Hell&#39;s Kitchen&quot; heated a  summer Monday night for Fox, leading the network to the win in  the adults 18-49 demographic.
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The Patriots-Colts season opener Thursday night did a 26.8 rating (45 share) on Channel 5.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - "American Idol" is poised to set ratings records when Fox's talent show returns to the airwaves with a four-hour season premiere on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - "Celebrity Duets" carried a   strong tune Tuesday, with its two-hour premiere leading Fox to   a primetime victory in two key measures.
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Rupert Murdoch's upstart Fox Business  Network drew an estimated 6,000 average weekday viewers in its  first few months on U.S. cable television, far behind  entrenched rival CNBC, according to early ratings estimates  obtained by Reuters.
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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