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Weekly roundup of the top five in each category:

TELEVISION

Top shows, viewers 18 to 49

For week that ended May 24:

American Idol (Wed.): Fox, 13.2 million viewers

American Idol (Tues.): Fox, 11.3 million

Two and a Half Men: CBS, 7.0 million

Dancing With the Stars - Results: ABC, 6.8 million

Rules of Engagement: CBS, 5.8 million

Prime-time viewership

For season through May 24:

CBS: 11.7 million viewers

Fox: 9.7 million

ABC: 8.9 million

NBC: 7.8 million

Univision: 3.9 million

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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MUSIC

Albums

Top sellers:

Relapse: Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)

21 Century Breakdown: Green Day (Reprise)

Greatest Hits II: Kenny Chesney (BNA)

Blackout! 2: Method Man and Redman (Def Jam)

Isolated Incident : Dane Cook(Comedy Central)

Source: Nielsen SoundScan

iTunes downloads

For the week that ended May 17:

Boom Boom Pow: Black Eyed Peas

Don’t Stop Believin’: Glee Cast

New Divide: Linkin Park

Heartless: Kris Allen

No Boundaries: Kris Allen

Source: Apple

Radio

Songs getting the most airplay:

Boom Boom Pow: Black Eyed Peas

Blame It: Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain

Poker Face: Lady GaGa

Day ‘n’ Nite: Kid Cudi

Halo: Beyonce

Source: Nielsen BDS

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DVD AND GAMES

DVD sales

For the week that ended May 23:

Paul Blart: Mall Cop: (Sony)

Taken: (Fox)

Valkyrie: (MGM)

My Bloody Valentine 3D: (Lionsgate)

True Blood: The Complete First Season: (HBO)

DVD rentals

For the week that ended May 24:

Paul Blart: Mall Cop: (Sony)

Taken: (Fox)

Valkyrie: (MGM)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: (Paramount)

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: (Sony)

Video game rentals

For the week that ended May 24:

Terminator: Salvation: (Xbox 360, Warner Bros.)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine: (Xbox 360, Activision)

UFC 2009 Undisputed: (PlayStation 3, THQ)

Resident Evil 5: (Xbox 360, Capcom)

Terminator: Salvation: (PlayStation 3, Warner Bros.)

Source: Rentrak

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INTERNET

Web traffic

Top parent companies, for the week that ended May 18:

Google: 73.7 million unique visitors

Yahoo: 58.5 million

Microsoft: 57.1 million

AOL: 33.5 million

Facebook: 31.2 million

Source: Nielsen

YouTube videos

Most viewed for the week that ended Friday at 4:08 p.m.:

Susan Boyle -- Memory from Cats

-- Britains Got Talent 2009: 3,227,514 views

Susan Boyle -- Semi Final 1

-- Britains Got Talent 2009: 2,997,418 views

Diversity -- Semi Final 1

-- Britains Got Talent 2009: 2,265,581 views

Susan Boyle -- Britain’s Got Talent

-- Semi-Final 1: 1,740,393 views

Fred Throws a Party: 1,717,998 views

Source: YouTube

Google searches

Fast-rising search terms in California for the week that ended Friday at 4:04 p.m.:

Sonia Sotomayor: +5,000%

Lyoto Machida: +750%

Prop 8: +650%

Susan Boyle: +400%

LA Marathon: +400%

Source: Google

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