In Demand: Weekly Roundup

TELEVISION

Late-night TV, all ages

Top programs for the season through March 8:

TONIGHT SHOW

NBC, 5.0 million viewers

(average)

NIGHTLINE

ABC, 3.9

LATE SHOW

CBS, 3.9

FAMILY GUY

Adult Swim, 2.5

House

USA, 2.4

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Late-night TV, ages 18 to 49

Top programs for the season through March 8:

TONIGHT SHOW

NBC, 1.8 million viewers

(average)

NIGHTLINE

ABC, 1.5

LATE SHOW

CBS, 1.4

FAMILY GUY

Adult Swim, 1.4

THE OFFICE

TBS, 1.3

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Source: Nielsen Media Research

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MUSIC

Albums

Top albums of the week:

NO LINE ON THE

HORIZON

(U2) 484,000 albums sold

FEARLESS

(Taylor Swift) 52,000

MIDDLE CYCLONE

(Neko Case) 44,000

FAME (Lady Gaga) 42,000

DARK HORSE

(Nickelback) 36,000

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Source: Nielsen Soundscan

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iTunes downloads

Top songs of the week:

RIGHT ROUND

(Flo Rida)

POKER FACE

(Lady Gaga)

THE CLIMB

(Miley Cyrus)

KISS ME THRU THE PHONE

(Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em)

DEAD AND GONE

(T.I.)

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Source: Apple

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Radio

Songs getting the most airplay:

DEAD AND GONE

(T.I. featuring Justin

Timberlake)

HEARTLESS

(Kanye West)

MAD

(Ne-Yo)

LOVE STORY

(Taylor Swift)

JUST DANCE

(Lady Gaga featuring Colby O’Donis)

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Source: Nielsen BDS

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DVD, GAMES

DVD sales

Top-selling movies

of the week:

BEVERLY HILLS

CHIHUAHUA (Disney)

AUSTRALIA

(Fox)

MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA (DreamWorks)

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR

(Disney)

BODY OF LIES

(Warner Bros.)

DVD rentals

Most-rented movies

of the week:

AUSTRALIA

(Fox)

BEVERLY HILLS

CHIHUAHUA (Disney)

BODY OF LIES

(Warner Bros.)

CHANGELING

(Universal)

IN THE ELECTRIC MIST

(Image)

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Video games

Most-rented games

of the week (with console, publisher):

HALO WARS

(Xbox 360, Microsoft)

CALL OF DUTY:

WORLD AT WAR

(Xbox 360, Activision)

STREET FIGHTER IV

(Xbox 360, Capcom)

F.E.A.R. 2: PROJECT

ORIGIN

(Xbox 360, Warner Bros.)

GEARS OF WAR 2

(Xbox 360, Microsoft)

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Source: Rentrak

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INTERNET

Web traffic

Top parent companies, for week ending March 9:

GOOGLE, 78 million unique visitors

MICROSOFT, 64.2

YAHOO, 63.0

AOL, 36.2

NEWS CORP. ONLINE, 31.0

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Source: Nielsen

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YouTube videos

Most viewed of the week:

FRED COOKS FOR JUDY, 1,525,149 views

RAPPER T.I. “DEAD AND GONE” (featuring Justin Timberlake), music video, 1,234,462

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CLUB JACKSON VS. JARDINE, pay per view promo, 956.686

DIRTY HOTEL

STORIES WITH NADINE VELAZQUEZ, 861,316

ONLINE CURRENCY TRADING, ad for Internet site, 825,939

INSANE 90 FT BUZZER BEATER, college basketball highlight, 805,682

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Source: YouTube

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Google search

Fast-rising search terms in California, for week ending March 13 at 6:31 PST:

TAPOUT, +2,150%

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC, + 250%

UFC, + 170%

WORLD CLOCK, + 90%

WATCHMEN, + 70%

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Source: Google