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Lansbury Set To Tie Tony Awards Record
5 May 2009 3:00 PM, PDT
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Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury will make Tony Awards history if she lands a Best Featured Actress prize - she'll tie with Julie Harris for the most acting awards.
Lansbury, who has hosted the U.S. theatre awards more than anyone else, is nominated as a Best Featured Actress in A Play for her role in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit.
Awards news website GoldDerby.com notes Lansbury has already won four Best Lead Actress in A Musical honours - for Mame, Dear World, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd - and a fifth win would tie Harris' feat.
The Tonys will be handed out on 7 June at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The nominations were announced early on Tuesday.
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Shades Of "Must-See-TV" Night!
8 April 2009 2:34 AM, PDT
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NBC was able to place a scripted show in the top ten last week, thanks to
the two-hour finale of E.R. And while the episode drew the largest
audience for any closer of a drama series since Murder She Wrote faded 13 years ago, the number of viewers amounted to fewer than half
what the series drew in its heyday, when it was routinely rated No. 1. It
went out in sixth place. As usual, Fox's American Idol took the top
two spots on the Nielsen ratings list, followed by ABC's Dancing With the
Stars. But CBS shows accounted for half of those in the top ten, and
once again, the network averaged the most viewers for the week, 12.5 million
(7.6 rating, 13 share), versus 9.7 million (5.7/9) for second-place Fox.
(Although Fox, thanks to Idol, held a slight edge among viewers
18-49.) ABC placed third with 7.2 million viewers (4.6/6), while NBC,
despite the E.R. win, remained in last place with 6.9 million viewers
(4.5/7).
The top ten shows of the week according to Nielsen Research:1.
American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 14.2/22; 2. American Idol
(Tuesday), Fox, 13.7/21; 3. Dancing With the Stars (Monday), ABC,
12.9/20; 4. NCIS, CBS, 10.7/17; 5. The Mentalist, CBS,
10.5/16; 6. E.R., NBC, 10.4/17; 7. CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation, CBS, 9.1/14; 8. Academy of Country Music Awards, CBS,
8.8/14; 9. Dancing With the Stars (Tuesday), ABC, 8.6/13; 10. NCAA
Basketball Championship Tournament, CBS, 8.5/16; 10. (Tie) CSI:
Miami, CBS, 8.5/14; 10. (Tie) Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8.5/13.
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E.R. Finale Biggest Drama Finale Since 1996
6 April 2009 2:42 AM, PDT
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Final ratings figures now indicate that Thursday's two-hour finale of
E.R. drew more viewers than any closer of a dramatic series since
Murder, She Wrote writ its last mystery in 1996. The NBC medical
drama, which at its peak could routinely attract 30 million viewers and once
pulled in 47.8 million in 1998, captured 16.4 million last week, its best
numbers in three years. The most-watched TV show in history was the 1983
finale of M*A*S*H*, which drew 105 million. The final episode of Friends drew 52 million viewers.
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