COMPANY TOWN
Weekly roundup of the top five in each category:
TELEVISION
Top shows, viewers 18 to 49
For week that ended May 16:
American Idol (Wed.): Fox, 11.4 million viewers
American Idol (Tues.): Fox, 10.6 million
Grey’s Anatomy: ABC, 7.8 million
Biggest Loser: NBC, 6.2 million
Desperate Housewives: ABC, 6.19 million (tie)
House: Fox, 6.19 million (tie)
Prime-time viewership
For season through May 17:
CBS: 11.2 million viewers
ABC: 9.4 million
Fox: 9.0 million
NBC: 6.4 million
Univision: 3.8 million
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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MUSIC
Albums
Top sellers:
21 Century Breakdown: Green Day (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Hannah Montana: The Movie: Various artists (Disney)
Crime Pays: Cam’ron (Diplomatic Man/Asylum)
The Fame: Lady GaGa
(Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope)
Unstoppable: Rascal Flatts (Lyric Street)
Source: Nielsen SoundScan
iTunes downloads
For the week that ended May 17:
Boom Boom Pow: Black Eyed Peas
I Know You Want Me: Pitbull
Beautiful: Eminem
Don’t Trust Me: 30H!3
Waking Up in Vegas: Katy Perry
Source: Apple
Radio
Songs getting the most airplay:
Blame It: Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain
Poker Face: Lady Gaga
Boom Boom Pow: Black Eyed Peas
Day ‘n’ Nite: Kid Cudi
Kiss Me Thru the Phone: Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em
featuring Sammie
Source: Nielsen BDS
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DVD AND GAMES
DVD sales
For the week that ended May 16:
Taken: Fox
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: Sony
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Paramount
Hotel for Dogs: Paramount
Bride Wars: Fox
DVD rentals
For the week that ended May 17:
Taken: Fox
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: Sony
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Paramount
Bride Wars: Fox
Passengers: Sony
Video game rentals
For the week that ended May 17:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine: (Xbox 360, Activision)
Resident Evil 5: (Xbox 360, Capcom)
Call of Duty: World at War: (Xbox 360, Activision)
Godfather II: (Xbox 360, EA Games)
Halo Wars: (Xbox 360, Microsoft)
Source: Rentrak
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INTERNET
Web traffic
Top parent companies, for the week that ended May 11:
Google: 74.9 million unique visitors
Yahoo: 60.1 million
Microsoft: 59.7 million
AOL: 33.8 million
Facebook: 29.7 million
Source: Nielsen
YouTube videos
Most viewed for the week that ended Friday at 7:03 p.m.:
Bobby Lashley vs.
Mike Cook promotional clip: 2,013,102 views
Alexander Rybak, “Fairytale”: 1,774,699 views
Aidan Davis - Britain’s Got Talent: 1,326,948 views
Eugene the Librarian - Britain’s Got Talent: 1,321,087 views
Natalie Okri - Britain’s Got Talent: 1,228,486 views
Source: YouTube
Google searches
Fast-rising search terms in California for the week that ended Friday at 6:54 PM:
Lucy Gordon: +2,600%
Earthquakes today: +1,350%
Wolfram alpha: +450%
Preakness: +160%
American Idol 2009: +160%
Source: Google
