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COMPANY TOWN

Weekly roundup of the top five in each category:

TELEVISION

Top shows, ages 18 to 49

For week that ended April 26:

American Idol (Wed.)...Fox, 10.9 million viewers

American Idol (Tues.)...Fox, 10.9 million

Grey’s Anatomy ...ABC, 6.6 million

Dancing With the Stars ... ABC, 6.2 million

Desperate Housewives ... ABC, 6.2 million

Top shows, ages 18 to 49

Season to date:

American Idol (Tues.)...Fox, 13.2 million viewers

American Idol (Wed.)...Fox, 13.1 million

Sunday Night Football... NBC, 8.1 million

Desperate Housewives...ABC, 7.8 million

Grey’s Anatomy ...ABC, 7.2 million

Source: Nielsen Media Research

MUSIC

Albums

As of April 29:

Deeper Than Rap ...(Rick Ross)

Hannah Montana: The Movie ...(Soundtrack)

Sounds of the Universe ...(Depeche Mode)

Unstoppable ...(Rascal Flatts)

Asleep in the Bread Aisle ...Asher Roth

Source: Nielsen Soundscan

iTunes downloads

For the week that ended April 26:

Boom Boom Pow ...(Black Eyed Peas)

Sugar ...(Flo Rida, featuring Wynter Gordon)

The Climb ...(Miley Cyrus)

Poker Face ...(Lady GaGa)

We Made You ...(Eminem)

Source: Apple

Radio

Songs getting the most airplay:

Blame It...(Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain)

Dead and Gone ...(T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake)

Poker Face ...(Lady GaGa)

Kiss Me Thru the Phone ...(Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em with Sammie)

Right Round ...(Flo Rida)

Source: Nielsen BDS

DVDS AND GAMES

DVD sales

For the week that ended April 25:

Notorious ...(Fox)

The Wrestler ...(Fox)

Twilight ...(Summit Entertainment)

The Spirit ...(Lionsgate)

The Day the Earth Stood Still ...(Fox)

DVD rentals

For the week that ended April 26:

The Wrestler ...(Fox)

Yes Man ...(Warner Bros.)

The Day the Earth Stood Still ...(Fox)

Bedtime Stories ...(Disney)

Marley & Me ...(Fox)

Video game rentals

For the week that ended April 26:

The Godfather II... (Xbox 360, EA Games)

Resident Evil 5 ...(Xbox 360, Capcom)

Call of Duty: World at War ...(Xbox 360, Activision)

Halo Wars ...(Xbox 360, Microsoft)

Wheelman ...(Xbox 360, Midway Games)

Source: Rentrak

INTERNET

Web traffic

Top parent companies, for the week that ended April 20:

Google ...75.2 million unique visitors

Yahoo ...59.7 million

Microsoft ...58.8 million

AOL ...34.7 million

News Corp. ...29.7 million

Source: Nielsen

YouTube videos

Most viewed for the week that ended Friday at 4:10 p.m.:

Hollie Steel - Britain’s Got Talent ...4,242,217 views

DJ Talent - Britain’s Got Talent ...1,872,322

Hollie Steel on Britain’s Got Talent 2009 ...1,755,669

Susan Boyle - Britain’s Got Talent ...1,680,140

Josi BBB9 (model falls) ...1,517,019

Source: YouTube

Google searches

Fast-rising search terms in California for the week that ended Friday at 4:24 p.m. PST:

Tamiflu ...+5,000%

Swine Flu ...+5,000%

Bea Arthur ...+5,000%

Influenza ...+4,050%

Pandemic ...+2,700%

Source: Google

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