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Showtime's Tudors Teach Ratings a Lesson

The Sunday launch of The Tudors crowned a slew of Showtime ratings milestones, outperforming the Season 1 debuts of both Weeds (by 78 percent) and Dexter (by 44 percent), and tying Fat Actress as the cabler's highest-rated series premiere in three years. Me, I kept waiting for the yummy Caren Kaye to show up. Never happened, though.

Matt Mitovich

The Sunday launch of The Tudors crowned a slew of Showtime ratings milestones, outperforming the Season 1 debuts of both Weeds (by 78 percent) and Dexter (by 44 percent), and tying Fat Actress as the cabler's highest-rated series premiere in three years. Me, I kept waiting for the yummy Caren Kaye to show up. Never happened, though.