Oscar overshadowed by "Idol" in weekly ratings
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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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Foxâs combination of âAmerican Idolâ and âThe Moment of Truthâ lifted it far ahead of its rivals in the Wednesday night ratings.
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Daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres drew a million more U.S. TV viewers to the Oscars than last year's telecast, but some critics found her easy-going style too low-key for Hollywood's biggest night.
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One day after the premiere audience for Foxâs "American Idol" fell 4 million viewers shy of the seriesâ 2007 debut, the talent competition slipped further in the ratings on Wednesday.
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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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The hit musical gets a surprising Oscar snub, leaving Babel as the Best Picture frontrunner. Richard Corliss's analysis
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By DAVID BAUDER  NEW YORK - As anticipated, the Super Bowl and "American Idol" overshadowed everything on television last week.
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LOS ANGELES - Oscar and the Olympics were headed for a scheduling clash, and Oscar blinked first. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Thursday said the 2006 edition of Hollywoodâs highest honors
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"American Idol" piled up more  gargantuan ratings in its third week and helped make the Fox  network medical drama "House" the most-watched scripted  broadcast on U.S. television this season.
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A look back at some of the more memorable elements of Oscar broadcasts past.
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LOS ANGELES  - There's no official starting gun to the annual Oscar race, and the finish line for the 80th Annual Academy Awards isn't until February 24. But a number of races already have begun -- some quietly, some not so quietly.
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LOS ANGELES  - A dominating ratings  performance from "American Idol" took Fox where it hadn't been  since last season's May 24 finale of the talent show -- atop  the weekly ratings among adults 18-49 without the help of  sports.
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Fox ruled prime-time television  ratings last week as the combination of "American Idol" and a  closely-fought football playoff game trumped everything  broadcast by the other major networks.
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By Corilyn Shropshire, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Feb. 6--This week's episodes of "American Idol" nearly didn't happen for  some Pittsburgh fans.
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A look at the top movie stories this week.
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&quot;I&#39;m blessed, you know,&quot; says Oscar De La Hoya of those matinee idol looks which have survived the baddest intentions of hundreds of envious fighters.
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Hollywood's Oscar race for best film appears to be wide open heading into its final month with several award watchers on Tuesday giving comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" a slight edge over "The Departed" and "Babel."