Some recent ratings highlights:
Friday
Fox's Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? drew 4.88 million total viewers, dropping 14 percent from last week. Lead-out Mental matched its previous audience of 3.7 mil.
Saturday
NBC's Kings held steady at 1.57 mil; the series finale airs July 25. The first of Dirty Sexy Money's four burn-off episodes was watched by 2.15 million people.
Sunday
The CBS News special That's the Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite was the night's most-watched program, delivering 7.41 million viewers. Lead-out Big Brother 11 (5.58 mil) dropped 17 percent from this season's first nominations episode.
Over on NBC, Merlin (4.27 mil) gained 620 thou and the conclusion of Meteor — someone help me out here, did we survive? — inched up a hair to 5.2 mil.
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CBS will pay tribute to the late Walter Cronkite with two programs airing on Sunday.
CBS News Sunday Morning, airing at 9/8 C, will remember the news industry's elder statesman with archival footage of his work and personal memories shared by journalism's best and brightest.
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Then on Sunday at 7 pm, the CBS News special That's the Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite celebrates the venerable newsman with remembrances from peers Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Andy Rooney, Charles Gibson, Katie Couric, Ted Koppel, Diane Sawyer and Brian Williams.
Also reflecting on Cronkite's legacy will be President Barack Obama, former President ...
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Walter Cronkite, the legendary CBS Evening News anchor once celebrated as "the most trusted man in America," has died. He was 92.
"My father, Walter Cronkite, died," The New York Times quoted his son, Chip, as saying. The newsman's family said last month he was seriously ill with cerebrovascular disease.
CBS interrupted its programming to run his obituary.
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Cronkite, known for his gravelly voice and tell-it-like-it-is reporting, anchored CBS' nightly newscast for 19 years, signing off each broadcast with his now-famous catchphrase, "And that's the way it is." He was the voice America turned to for ...
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My eyes! They're burning at the thought! Danny Bonaduce has posed for Penthouse, TMZ reports.... On Thursday at Germany's Bambi Awards — Bambi? Seriously? — Tom Cruise will be given a "courage" prize for the way he makes risky business of choosing films. Yeah, I thought he was out on a limb with Cocktail, too.... O.J Simpson and his two (alleged) partners in crime have pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges stemming from their (alleged) attempt to retrieve his sports crap at gunpoint.... At the History Makers' Gotham conference in January, Walter Cronkite will receive the group's first lifetime achievement award.... Thanks to Josh Groban's Noel, for the first time in 13 years, a Christmas (cheese) platter holds the No. 1 spot on the album sales chart. — Ben Katner
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Former CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite has signed on to tape a series of seven-to-10-minute editorials for a new network called Retirement Living TV. Oddly, from the sound of it, the bits, called Cronkite's Commentaries, sound suspiciously like Gramps has just figured out how to video blog... Rumer "Daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce" Willis has been named Miss Golden Globe for this year's 65th annual award show, airing Jan. 13. The starlet's credits include such features as Mom's Striptease and Dad's The Whole Nine Yards... Ossifying Playboy playa Hugh Hefner has given $2 million to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, saying, "I've always believed that following one's dreams is very important." Whether said dream's name is Heather or Tiffany or Penny. No, wait, make that Hope. — Ben Katner
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