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TV Show: TV Ratings (US Broadcast & Cable Networks) | Thursday 1/5
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Melrose Place and 90210 did actually better than GG. Incredible 
Cougar Town's ratings need to go up 
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Dear John took the top spot this weekend!
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The Deep End 5.084 million viewers
Grey's Anatomy 12.549 million viewers
Private Practice 9.254 million viewers
Surviving Survivor 8.108 million viewers
CSI 14.491 million viewers
The Mentalist 14.682 million viewers
Community 5.230 million viewers
Parks and Recreation 4.877 million viewers
The Office 7.368 million viewers
30 Rock 5.792 million viewers
The Jay Leno Show 3.908 million viewers
Bones 12.372 million viewers
Fringe 7.395 million viewers
The Vampire Diaries 3.992 million viewers
Supernatural 2.281 million viewers
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Thursday cable finals
The First 48 2.177 million viewers
The Real Housewives of Orange County 2.133 million viewers
Important Things with Dimitri Martin 1.102 million viewers
The Sarah Silverman Program 0.767 million viewers
Archer 0.622 million viewers
Prject Runway 2.745 million viewers
America's Best Dance Crew 1.780 million viewers
TNA: Impact 1.559 million viewers
American Chopper 1.083 million viewers
Burn Notice 4.247 million viewers
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Supernanny 5.372 million viewers
Shark Tank (Season Finale) 4.648 million viewers
20/20 8.663 million viewers
Ghost Whisperer 8.731 million viewers
Medium 9.097 million viewers
Numb3rs 9.144 million viewers
Law & Order (R) 5.462 million viewers
Dateline 6.505 million viewers
The Jay Leno Show 4.408 million viewers
House (R) 3.767 million viewers
Kitchen Nightmares 3.981 million viewers
Smallville (2 hours) 2.767 million viewers
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Friday cable finals
Swamp Loggers 1.490 million viewers
The Soup 1.395 million viewers
iCarly 4.839 million viewers
Big Time Rush 3.727 million viewers
Spartacus: Blood and Sand 0.858 million viewers
Caprica 1.128 million viewers
What Not to Wear 1.464 million viewers
Johnny Test 1.668 million viewers
Ben 10: Alien Force 1.703 million viewers
Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2.195 million viewers
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Dear John beat Avatar! 
I knew that movie was going to be big... it's from the same people who did The Notebook, or for some reason every girl in my school loves that movie, so I expected this one to be just as big.
Tooth Fairy is holding up better than I would of thought.
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While Dear John broke up Avatar's box office reign at No. 1, both pictures performed extremely well over Super Bowl weekend. Dear John drew $30.5 million, ranking as the second highest-grossing Super Bowl opening gross ever behind the Hannah Montana concert, while Avatar raked in another $22.9 million.
Playing on approximately 3,500 screens at 2,969 sites, Dear John's opening was way above the norm for a romantic drama, and it came close to doubling the estimated initial attendance of previous Nicholas Sparks adaptations The Notebook and A Walk to Remember. The Notebook went on to build a big audience, and Dear John's marketing capitalized on the connection. With the exception of Taken last year, the movies that open well on Super Bowl weekend tend to appeal to females, such as romances (She's All That) and horror movies (When a Stranger Calls). Tellingly, distributor Sony Pictures reported that Dear John's audience breakdown was 84 percent female and 64 percent under 21 years old. Dear John was the first romantic drama event since The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which carried Dear John's lush trailer, featured rising and relatable leads Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) and Channing Tatum (Step Up) and was well timed with the Valentine's Day holiday.
Though the headlines reverberating throughout the media are that Dear John has defeated Avatar, the truth is this isn't like the New Orleans Saints beating the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl. This was Avatar's eighth weekend and Dear John's first, after all, and in no way a sign in and of itself that Avatar is waning. It's far more common for a picture to be a one weekend wonder than to start big and see minimal drop-offs weekend after weekend. Avatar's 27 percent decline was its steepest yet, but small nonetheless (even if the impact of Super Bowl Sunday isn't considered), and its total stands at a whopping $629.3 million in 52 days. A smidgen behind Titanic's $23 million, Avatar had the second highest-grossing eighth weekend gross ever, though Titanic's attendance was far greater at that point.
At the foreign box office, Avatar raked in $79.3 million, down 17 percent from last weekend, and its total grew to $1.58 billion, pushing its worldwide haul past $2.2 billion. Italy was Avatar's top-grossing market over the weekend with $8.5 million ($69.6 million total), followed by Germany with $8.3 million ($117.7 million total) and China with $7.8 million. China surpassed France as Avatar's top-grossing market with $144.6 million. Avatar also set industry gross highs (in local currency) in the United Kingdom, Brazil and Taiwan, and it crossed the $100 million mark in Japan.
Below Dear John and Avatar on the domestic front, the grosses were relatively modest. Every picture took the typical Super Bowl hit on Sunday, but, even taking that into account, new release From Paris with Love was still below par and movies in their second weekends still fell precipitously. All told, weekend business was off 26 percent from the same timeframe last year, which was led by He's Just Not That Into You, Taken and Coraline.
From Paris with Love wooed $8.2 million on around 3,000 screens at 2,722 sites, which was less than any Transporter movie as well as The International from last February. Lead actor John Travolta's action movies generally haven't excelled at the box office, and the marketing relied on potential audiences being excited to see him in an outrageously bald-and-goateed action role over anything else. The campaign also pushed the fact that From Paris from Love was from the director of Taken (Pierre Morel), but that picture was a serious action movie with a relatable theme. From Paris with Love came off as random zaniness, embodied by one ad that declared the movie as Mr. Travolta's best since Pulp Fiction followed by his character cheekily stating his fondness for the "Royale with Cheese" in reference to Pulp.
Edge of Darkness tipped over into the abyss in its second weekend. The revenge drama was down 60 percent to $6.9 million, suffering a far greater drop than comparable titles like Law Abiding Citizen, Gran Torino, Taken, Righteous Kill and more and lifting its total to $28.9 million in ten days. When in Rome crumbled 55 percent to $5.5 million, which was also a steeper-than-normal dip, and has made $20.9 million in ten days.
With the Academy Awards' expansion to ten Best Picture nominees came some popular selections for a change, but, as usual, there was little effect on the box office. Avatar was already such a phenomenon that it would be unfazed by Oscar, but no other nominee saw a box office bump without a significant theater expansion. The next highest-ranking Best Picture contender after Avatar was audience favorite The Blind Side in 11th place, down 17 percent to $2.5 million ($241.5 million total in 80 days), and Up in the Air was off as well. An Education entered nationwide release for the first time, but made just $763,234 at 761 sites, while Precious re-entered nationwide release and mustered just $474,156 at 669 sites. Crazy Heart, featuring Best Actor nominee Jeff Bridges, grossed $3.6 million in its nationwide launch at 819 sites, which was less potent than The Wrestler last year.
In milestone news, Sherlock Holmes joined the $200 million club on Saturday, its 44th day of release.
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America's Funniest Home Videos (R) 3.942 million viewers
Modern Family (R) 2.836 million viewers
The Middle (R) 2.297 million viewers
modern Family (R) 2.493 million viewers
Cougar Town (R) 2.588 million viewers
Modern Family (R) 3.869 million viewers
Modern Family (R) 3.533 million viewers
Super Bowl XLIV 106.476 million viewers
Super Bowl XLIV Post-Gun 101.430 million viewers
Super Bowl XLIV Post-Game 75.474 million viewers
Undercover Boss 38.654 million viewers
The Biggest Loser (R) 1.403 million viewers
The Biggest Loser (R) 2.124 million viewers
Til Death 1.585 million viewers
Til Death 1.853 million viewers
The Simpsons (R) 2.907 million viewers
The Cleveland Show (R) 2.462 million viewers
Family Guy (R) 3.074 million viewers
American Dad (R) 3.051 million viewers
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Sunday cable finals
NFL Prime Time 3.223 million viewers
Big Love 1.308 million viewers
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Super Bowl XLIV 106.476 million viewers
Super Bowl XLIV Post-Gun 101.430 million viewers
Super Bowl XLIV Post-Game 75.474 million viewers
Undercover Boss 38.654 million viewers
Big Love 1.308 million viewers
Hold up well with the Super Bowl airing at the same time.
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I'm happy for Dear John 
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I think The Lightning Thief will take #1 next week. 
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Dear John
I knew right from the start I saw the trailer that it was gonna do really really good plus it's Nicholas Sparks!
Im such a sucker for romantic flicks.
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Super Bowl XLIV 106.476 million viewers
Super Bowl XLIV Post-Gun 101.430 million viewers
Super Bowl XLIV Post-Game 75.474 million viewers
What was the record for the most watched Super Bowl in history?
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Jesus That's insane.
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XLIV Feb 7, 2010 CBS New Orleans-Indianapolis 106,480
XLIII Feb 1, 2009 NBC Arizona-Pittsburgh 98,732
XLII Feb 3, 2008 FOX NY Giants-New England 97,448
XXX Jan. 28, 1996 NBC Dallas-Pittsburgh 94,080
XLI Feb 4, 2007 CBS Chicago-Indianapolis 93,184
Highest rated Super Bowls. This one is the most watched, just like I thought.
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The Bachelor 12.350 million viewers
Castle 9.544 million viewers
How I Met Your Mother 10.001 million viewers
Accidentally on Purpose 9.095 million viewers
Two and a Half Men 17.661 million viewers
The Big Bang Theory 16.260 million viewers
CSI: Miami 13.532 million viewers
Chuck 6.596 million viewers
Heroes (Season Finale) 4.432 million viewers
The Jay Leno Show 4.312 million viewers
House 13.599 million viewers
24 10.274 million viewers
One Tree Hill 2.168 million viewers
Life Unexpected 2.003 million viewers
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