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CW: America’s Next Top Model (Finale) at 8pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: South Park (Finale) at 10pm
ABC: In The Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Janet Jackson (Premiere) at 10pm
Viacom’s MTV Networks picked up the exclusive US television rights to air Michael Jackson’s This Is It from Sony Pictures Television. The concert film will be made available to MTV Networks in 2011 and continue through the full six-year network window. The agreement includes telecasts on all US MTV Networks’ channels MTV, VH1, VH1 Classic and Palladia as well as BET Networks and new channel Centric. Premiere dates specific to each network will be announced later. This Is It premiered theatrically in the US on October 28 and was #1 at the box office that weekend. The film depicts the behind-the-scenes footage during Michael Jackson’s rehearsals leading up to his comeback concerts at London’s O2 Arena from March through June 2009 just prior to his sudden death.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/15/09)
1) Bon Jovi – The Circle – 162,861
2) Andrea Bocelli – My Christmas – 136,125 (After 2 weeks – 284,708)
3) Carrie Underwood – Play On – 128,443 (After 2 weeks – 446,254)
Other Debuts
8 ) Flyleaf – Memento Mori – 56,209
13) Switchfoot – Hello Hurricane – 38,504
19) Dashboard Confessional – Alter The Ending – 30,318
21) Wale – Attention: Deficit – 28,076
22) Britney Spears – Singles Collection – 26,818
29) Hollywood Undead – Desperate Measures – 21,427
35) Jason Mraz – A Beautiful Mess Live On Earth – 16,351
39) AC/DC – Backtracks (Standard Box Set) – 15,503
57) Melanie Fiona – Bridge – 11,369
