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-Friday's Losers (excluding repeats): Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation (ABC), Dollhouse (Fox), Ugly Betty (ABC), The Jay Leno Show (NBC) Full Story »

Based on the final national ratings in November, CBS' The Late Show With David Letterman scored its first November sweeps victory in households, total viewers and adults 25-54, and best competitive position among adults 18-49 (tied with Conan O'Brien) in 15 years. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, in contrast (and without Jay Leno), dipped by 50 percent in households, 52 percent in total viewers and as much as 38 percent among adults 25-54. Here are the results (with percent change versus the comparable year-ago period in parentheses): Full Story »

Nielsen Media Research has announced it will begin measuring television viewing in Puerto Rico beginning in first quarter 2010. The initial clients who have signed up are WKAQ-TV, the owned and operated Telemundo station; WLII-TV, the Univision affiliate; and independent WAPA-TV. The TV ratings will be determined from a sample of 500 homes equipped with electronic push-button meters called People Meters installed on each television set in their homes. 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 »

-Yesterday's Winners: Dancing With the Stars (ABC), House (Fox), Two and a Half Men (CBS), The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Find My Family (ABC), CSI: Miami (CBS) Full Story »

-Yesterday's Winners: Criminal Minds (CBS), CSI: NY (CBS) Full Story »