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Primetime Emmy-Nominated Program Beats Highly-Anticipated Drama Premieres.
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麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide America's U.S. production, Dancing with the Stars, returned last night for a seventh season, with another primetime ratings victory on broadcaster ABC.
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The most-watched show on Monday night, "Dancing with the Stars" won in its two-hour time period, passing second-place CBS by 10.1 million viewers (21.3 million vs. 11.2 million) and by 26% in the 18-49 demo (5.3/13 vs. 4.2/10).听
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DWTS was also Monday's No. 1 show in the key 18-49 demo, besting highly-anticipated drama season openers of CBS' C.S.I.: Miami (5.2/13) and NBC's two-hour return of Heroes (5.0/12).听
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Additionally, Dancing with the Stars generated ABC's largest audience in the time period in 18 months and its highest 18-49 rating since last November. (Per ABC)
Season seven features the largest cast to date. Celebrities competing include: Grammy庐-Winner Toni Braxton, Singer Lance Bass, Host and Actress Brooke Burke, Celebrity Chef Rocco Dispirito, Olympic Gold Medalist Maurice Greene, Reality Television Star Kim Kardashian, Oscar庐-Winner Cloris Leachman, Actor Cody Linley, Television Legend Susan Lucci, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Misty May-Treanor, Actor Ted McGinley, Comedian Jeffrey Ross and Super Bowl Champion Warren Sapp.
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Dancing with the Stars is the U.S. version of the 麻豆官网首页入口's international smash hit series, Strictly Come Dancing, where celebrities are paired with professional ballroom dance instructors and compete for a coveted mirror ball trophy. The teams are judged, critiqued and scored by a panel of dance experts - renowned Ballroom Judge Len Goodman, and dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris host. 听
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Dancing with the Stars is produced by 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide America. Conrad Green serves as executive producer and Rob Wade and Matilda Zoltowski are co-executive producers. Alex Rudzinski directs.
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Notes to Editors:
All figures supplied by Nielsen Media Research
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