
Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons
The Big Bang Theory closed out its fifth season as Thursday's top-rated show.
The comedy drew 13.3 million viewers and a 4.2 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic. It was down 11 percent from last week, but still trumped American Idol 's rating, a 3.9.
Idol was the most-watched show of the night, with 15 million viewers. Lead-out Touch, which was just renewed, was flat with 6.9 million viewers ...
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Melissa Rauch and Simon Helberg
[SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details about the Season 5 finale of The Big Bang Theory. Read at your own risk.]
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Cougar Town
It's official: Cougar Town is moving to TBS.
Season 4 of the comedy will consist of 15 episodes and will premiere on the cable network in early 2013. TBS has also ...
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American Idol
American Idol led Fox to another Wednesday night victory despite falling from last week's numbers.
Idol drew 16.1 million viewers and a 4.4 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down three-tenths from last week.
CBS finished in second ...
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Vanessa and Ralph
After a season-long feud with Brendon and Rachel, Vanessa and Ralph — who are no longer a couple — were edged out by their foes for the third and final spot on The Amazing Race. But who knows what would've happened had Vanessa not performed the Japanese game show Roadblock on a bum ankle. "We try not to think about it too much," she tells TVGuide.com. "It is what it is, but I can't even describe how painful it was running, jumping and falling down over and over again. ... Of course we wanted to win and beat them, but they beat us fair and square." But how did this verbal warfare all start? Get the duo's side of the story below.
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Simon Helberg and Melissa Rauch
The Big Bang Theory executive producer Steve Molaro wasn't the only one reaching for the Kleenex during the last scene of Thursday's season finale (8/7c, CBS).
"I was crying too!" Melissa Rauch tells TVGuide.com. "I felt very bad for the makeup people because every take, she had to ...
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Brendon and Rachel
For a bit, The Amazing Race finale seemed like a two-team race between eventual winners Rachel and Dave, and Brendon and Rachel. But then the Big Brother duo took a cab instead of going on foot to a helicopter. "That was awful," Rachel tells TVGuide.com. "It was the $1 million mistake that you don't want to make. If it was any other leg, it wouldn't have been that bad because those are about survival; the goal is to win on the final leg." The pair finished in third, but not before having another one of their notorious meltdown fights. Where there more meltdowns that we didn't see? Find out below. Plus: Get their side of their feud with Vanessa and Ralph.
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