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DANCING FINALE DRAWS BIGGEST TV RATINGS OF YEAR The season finale of ABC's Dancing With the Stars contest, won by actress-model Brooke Burke, drew the best numbers for any regular show of the season Tuesday night, averaging 20.58 million viewers over its two hours.
The show's audience built steadily, beginning with 18.75 million at 9:00 p.m., then rising to 19.41 million at 9:30 p.m., 21.99 million at 10:00 p.m., and peaking at 22.17 million for the announcement of the winnert during the final 10:30 p.m. half-hour.
Amazingly, CBS drew solid numbers despite the strong competition.
After attracting 18.16 million viewers to NCIS at 8:00 p.m. -- making it the top show in that hour -- the network's The Mentalist registered 15.91 million viewers against the first
Even its Law & Order franchise faltered, hitting a series low with just 8.55 million viewers.
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MOVIE REVIEWS of all the TOP FILMS
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Bolt
Quantum of Solace
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The Secret Life of Bees Soul Mendir. Malcolm D. Lee Starring Bernie Mac Samuel L. Jackson |  Madagascar 2dir. Eric Darnell Tom McGrath Voices by Ben Stiller Chris Rock |  Role Modelsdir. David Wain Starring Paul Rudd Seann William Scott |
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RocknRolla
ROSIE VARIETY SHOW FAILS TO GET ANY SUPPORT
Rosie O'Donnell's effort to revive the live variety format on TV Wednesday night was pilloried by critics today (Thursday). Perhaps the mildest comment came from Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times, who wrote, "Ms. O'Donnell can be very funny, but she didn't try very hard Wednesday night."
Mary McNamara in the Los Angeles Times was tougher, concluding: "O'Donnell was clearly attempting to recapture the uplifting unapologetic wonder of the big Broadway musical and the television variety show. But having a bunch of talented guests does not a terrific show make -- you have to actually give them something interesting to do. Otherwise you're left with, well, a rubber turkey."
In the Hartford Courant, Roger Catlin wrote, "It was tough to put a finger on exactly what was going on. ... There was not a single well honed sketch." Tim Graham of the conservative Media Research Center, posted a review on the NewsMax website complaining that O'Donnell did not keep her vow to keep politics out of the show. Moreover, he wrote, "The show was supposed to be some nostalgic version of an old-time variety show, but it wasn't really for the family-hour set.
O'Donnell began by repeatedly touching her breasts and making jokes about how her Spanx undergarments were holding her together. She also said 'dammit' in the first few minutes."
And Matt Roush in TV Guide began his review by remarking, "If the TV variety format weren't already dead, the ghastly ego trip of NBC's Thanksgiving-eve turkey Rosie Live would surely have killed it."
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