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RANKING REPORT
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FROM 06/09/08 THROUGH 06/15/08
REGULAR AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
LIST RANKED BY: VIEWR   2+  (000)

WEEKLY RANKINGS WE 6.15.08

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It’s summer, but there are still TV ratings, so here’s last week’s list. Meanwhile, ABC Family  Lifetime (ah, so many channels to keep track of) is boasting that the season premiere of “Army Wives” was Sunday night’s top-rated show on…

St. Louis swings. We opted for the premiere of CBS’ “Swingtown” (7.4 rating, 12 share) Thursday night over the premiere of NBC’s “Fear Itself” (6.2 rating, 10 share). (For numbers crunchers, a ratings point now represents 12,444 St. Louis households.…

As expected, “Cane” was canceled too. But “The Unit” survives, moving to Sundays in the fall. ”New Adventures of Old Christine” was also renewed at the 11th hour. And speaking of “Eleventh Hour,” CBS picked up a drama called that, from Jerry…

We’ll know for sure on Wednesday afternoon, but as of Tuesday night, the weight of insider knowledge has it that “The New Adventures of Old Christine” has been renewed, but — get a grip; sit down if necessary — “Moonlight”…

The upfronts, at which the broadcast networks announce their fall schedules, are this week. Only NBC went today, and since its schedule announcement had already been made weeks ago, there wasn’t much new news. But over the weekend and into…

When Jeff Probst suggested during Sunday night’s postgame show show that “Fans vs. Favorites” was the best “Survivor” since Season 1, I had to agree. If it’s true, the reason is that game play — so much outwitting! — was front…

Oh, Erik. The little ice cream scooper turned out to be just about as smart as a bowl of rum raisin. As Parvati summed it up in the voting booth: “You’re crazy! You officially go down as the dumbest Survivor…

Love this series, but like Henry, I’m getting bored with Anne Boleyn. Luckily, her days are numbered. With four more wives to come, there’s plenty of room for a third season, which Showtime has just ordered. Here’s the announcement.

As…

Not to say that I’m in Scotland, golfing with my pal Phil Keoghan, host of “The Amazing Race” — but he asked me to share this video of his latest stunt, hitting a golf ball all the way across Scotland…