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Weekender April 29-May 5
Saturday, May 05, 2007

You Know It's Sweeps When...
  • Ellen Degeneres pulls the ultimate sweeps stunt, doing her talk show in bed all week. She claims she hurt her back last weekend and was told to rest. She got all sorts of press for laying down on the job, which leads the Daily Edition to think this was all just a ratings grabber for the all importnant May sweeps.
  • the Today show's Matt Lauer makes his way around the world for another installment of, "Where in the World is Matt?"
  • Dr. Phil helps morbidly obese people. On Friday, he spoke to a 600-pound woman via satelltie and her abusive boyfriend in studio.
  • The Rachael Ray Show promises a big time guest and doesn't even tell Rachael who it is so she can be surprised. That big time guest turned out to be Julie Andrews.
  • David Letterman does another installment of "Impressionist Week."
  • There are theme weeks on Divorce Court and Judge Alex.

    Quick Hits
  • The CW has canceled the long-running drama, Gilmore Girls.
  • Twentieth has renewed court shows Divorce Court and Judge Alex through the 2008-09 season. Freshman show Cristina's Court will likely be renewed soon.
  • Jenny McCarthy admits her son has autism.

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