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CBS to Wake Up with New Early Show Team

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: CBS, News,

Let's face it -- when it comes to morning news programs, most people usually reference Today or Good Morning America. This is probably why CBS has started to scrap its entire team.

Come January 3, Early Show fans -- are there any?? --  will wake up to (slighly) new faces. Replacing Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez will be Chris Wragge and Erica Hill -- the network's current weekend morning anchors. (Wragge and Hill are pictured above.)

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Wednesday Ratings: Katie Couric No Star in Primetime

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Lost, Ratings,

For some reason, CBS chose last night - an American Idol night - to test out a primetime edition of their evening news. Needless to say, the experiment bombed.

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• American Idol (27 million, 10.1/25 in 18-49) picked up 1.1 million.
• Outside of repeats, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (6.5 million, 1.2/3) had the worst demos of the night.
• Knight Rider (6.1 million, 1.9/5) grew by 1.1 million.
• Lost* (1.7/4) refreshed 5.3 million.
• The New Adventures of Old Christine* (4.9 million, 1.1/3) fell by 2.4 million.
• Privileged* (1.1 million, 0.4/1) did 300,000 less than 13: Fear is Real.

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