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-Yesterday's Winners: Criminal Minds (CBS), CSI: NY (CBS), Barbara Walters Special: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009 (ABC) Full Story »

Here are the top 20 rated programs in syndication for the week of November 23 based on households. Due to Thanksgiving week, Thursday and/or Friday may be excluded from the weekly average and are noted as follows: * = three day average, ** = four day average. Full Story »

After weeks of speculation, weekend anchor George Stephanopoulos has been named the official replacement for Diane Sawyer on ABC's Good Morning America. Sawyer, of course, is taking over the anchor chair on ABC's World News Tonight and Stephanopoulos will begin on GMA opposite Robin Roberts on Monday, December 14. Stephanopoulos will also continue moderating the Sunday morning news hour This Week With George Stephanopoulos. Full Story »

-Yesterday's Winners: The Biggest Loser (NBC), NCIS R (CBS), NCIS: Los Angeles R (CBS) Full Story »

It sounds repetitive, I know. But CBS and Fox shared leadership for the week of Nov. 30, with CBS first in households and total viewers, and Fox No. 1 in the three key demos -- adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and adults 18-34. CBS, which has now ranked first in total viewers for 9 of the last 10 weeks, dipped by double-digits year-to-year, while Fox was on par with year-ago levels (with its seventh fourth quarter weekly demo victory). Full Story »

-Yesterday's Winners: Survivor: Samoa (CBS), Bones (Fox), CSI R (CBS), The Mentalist R (CBS) Full Story »

-Yesterday's Winners: Christmas in Rockefeller Center (NBC), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer R (CBS), Law & Order: SVU R (NBC), Criminal Minds R (CBS) Full Story »

It was yet another week of split leadership between CBS and Fox, with CBS first in households, total viewers and adults 25-54, and Fox No. 1 among adults 18-49 and adults 18-34 for the holiday week of Nov. 23. CBS, which has now ranked first in total viewers for eight of the last nine weeks, was down in the low double-digits demo-wise compared to one year earlier. Fox, in contrast, built by margins of 11 to 19 percent. Full Story »

-Yesterday's Winners: NCIS (CBS), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), The Good Wife (CBS) Full Story »

Excluding adults 18-49 (which was a tie between ABC and Fox), CBS swept the week of Nov. 16, with a first-place finish in households, total viewers, adults 18-49 (tied with ABC) and adults 25-54. Comparably, CBS has now ranked first in total viewers for eight of the last nine weeks. ABC, which like CBS was consistent from the year-ago week, finished one notch below CBS in the aforementioned four categories. Full Story »