Last season, for the first time since 2005-2006, it was not the top-rated show and it was not the most-watched regularly scheduled show for the first time since the 2002 season, according to Horizon Media.

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The last season of Idol with Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez, while still one of the most popular shows on television, was not the top-rated or most-watched show for the first time since 2002, according to Horizon Media.

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Though Desperate Housewives finished its most recent season as the top-rated scripted show in prime time, the soapy series was lacking its former fizz.

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Devices that merely rate as "capable, " Ryder says, include most of the set-top boxes at the show from Motorola or Cisco, and game consoles like the Xbox360 or the PlayStation3--products that can receive and send content from elsewhere in the house, if consumers can figure out how to do it.

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The show consistently ranks in the top four among the most-watched awards shows on television, alongside the Oscars, Grammys and Golden Globes, says CMA media relations director Scott Stem.

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Figures from the Organization for the Economic Co-operation and Development show that France is riding high in the top ten of the most productive European countries.

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