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Ratings: CMA Awards Leads ABC to Top Honors

A Taylor Swift-dominated Country Music Association Awards dominated the rest of its TV competition, according to early Nielsen estimates.

See photos of all the country stars on the red carpet

The 43rd Annual CMA Awards averaged 16.8 million viewers over its three-hour telecast and was the most-watched CMA Awards in four years. ABC also won every half-hour in the adults 18-to-49 demographic.

Although CBS ran a distant second, the lack of ABC's comedy block helped boost sitcoms The New Adventures of Old Christine (7.6 million viewers) and Gary Unmarried (7.7 million viewers). Christine pulled ...  read full article

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Ratings: CMA Awards Leads ABC to Top Honors

A Taylor Swift-dominated Country Music Association Awards dominated the rest of its TV competition, according to early Nielsen estimates.

See photos of all the country stars on the red carpet

The 43rd Annual CMA Awards averaged 16.8 million viewers over its three-hour telecast and was the most-watched CMA Awards in four years. ABC also won every half-hour in the adults 18-to-49 demographic.

Although CBS ran a distant second, the lack of ABC's comedy block helped boost sitcoms The New Adventures of Old Christine (7.6 million viewers) and Gary Unmarried (7.7 million viewers). Christine pulled ... read more

Tonight's TV Hot List: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

Criminal Minds
9/8c CBS
Gavin Rossdale is better known as a musician than an actor, but he gets to meld the two professions when he guest stars as a rock star in this episode. As the team tracks a serial killer, they make the connection that the murders seem to match up with the touring schedule of a goth rocker (Rossdale) that they suspect has become lost in his dark stage persona.

Read on for previews of the 43rd Annual CMA Awards, Return to Duty, Nip/Tuck and Glee. read more

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Premise: Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood host the 43rd annual event. Slated performers include Paisley, Underwood, Jason Aldean, Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews, Billy Currington, Vince Gill, Daughtry, Jamey Johnson, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band.

43rd Annual CMA Awards Cast

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