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02 Mar 2010 20:46

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Culture: Jay Leno’s first episode back a ratings, uh, blockbuster

  • 6.6M number of people who watched the re-premiere of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” last night
  • 17.7M number of people who watched the premiere of “The Jay Leno Show” back in September
  • 9.2M number of people who watched the premiere of “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” source
  • In other news: “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels is on Team Coco, saying that he’s a guy with a good character who always prevails, “And I’m sure he will again.” source
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01 Feb 2010 20:40

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Music: Surprisingly, people actually watched the Grammys this year

  • 35% increase from 2008; 26.6 million watched source
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26 Jan 2010 09:38

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Culture: The Haiti telethon on Friday drew an absolutely massive audience

  • 83
    million     people watched the telethon on one of many TV networks Friday night
  • $61
    million     poured in as a direct result of the George Clooney-led telethon source
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22 Jan 2010 10:24

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Biz: It’s Jeff Zucker’s fault: GE’s profits dipped significantly last quarter

  • 19% freefall when “The Jay Leno Show” was on the air source
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10 Jan 2010 10:06

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Culture: If Conan loses his “Tonight Show” time slot, he gets paid big bucks

  • $80 million paycheck to Conan if he gets bumped source
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06 Oct 2009 20:36

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Sports: Brett Favre proves his football AND TV-ratings-grabbing skills

  • turning forty Lordy Lordy, Brett Favre’s age; despite that, he easily led the Minnesota Vikings over his former team, the Green Bay Packers, last night; bravo, bro
  • 21.8 million people watched the game on ESPN last night – the largest audience in cable TV history; makes all the preseason hemming and hawing worth it, right? source
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02 Oct 2009 18:37

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Culture: Clearly, David Letterman mentioned the scandal for ratings

  • 22% boost in ratings for Letterman’s confession last night source
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11 Sep 2009 09:46

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U.S.: The latest episode of “Obama TV takeover” got better ratings

  • 32.1 million people tuned in to see Obama’s health care speech – that’s up 22%, or seven million, from July’s very special episode of the hit show
  • three times this year, Fox has ignored Obama’s primetime addresses; it was OK though, because Michelle likes “So You Think You Can Dance” source
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08 Sep 2009 02:42

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Music: Pitchfork spews forth a torrent of Beatles reissue love

  • 5,390 words on the Beatles’ reissues were published today – and they’re not even done yet!
  • 9.3 average score of the five albums they reviewed – “A Hard Day’s Night” was the best at 9.7 source
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27 Aug 2009 20:26

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Politics: The Glenn Beck ad boycott isn’t killing him; it’s making him stronger

  • 33 boycotts of Glenn Beck’s show by major corporations – just three major advertisers and a bunch of infomercials are left
  • three million people watched Beck’s show last night after Sarah Palin gave him a shoutout; thanks, Sarah, for doing nothing again source
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