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Just What Conan O'Brien Needed: A big, Abe Vigoda-blessed sendoff. Overnight ratings for O'Brien's final Late Night were up a whopping 44 percent over the show's season average, NBC said today.

TV News: 'Grey's' and 'Practice' take network to the top -- The crossover episodes of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" paid off for ABC and gave the Alphabet an impressive win Thursday night against all original programming from CBS, NBC and Fox.

President Obama's first primetime news conference averaged 49.5 million viewers Monday on eight combined broadcast and cable networks, according to estimates from Nielsen Media Research.

With last week's inaugural festivities depressing ratings for Fox's "American Idol," CBS managed to sneak away with a narrow ratings win for the week ending Jan. 25.

Fox drama "Lie to Me" opened to pretty good numbers on Wednesday, taking advantage of its massive "American Idol" lead-in to finish roughly on par in its hour with ABC's season premiere of "Lost," which remains a ratings force despite erosion.

Almost 37.8 million Americans watched the full day of television coverage of President Barack Obama's inauguration  -- less than the record numbers expected.

'Idol' became the most-watched prime-time show of the TV season so far.

Fox's "24" has gotten off to a modest start in its seventh season, with ratings for its two-hour Monday time slot premiere down 30% among young adults compared with 2007.