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President Obama's Speech on Osama bin Laden Outdraws Royal Wedding, Recent Policy Addresses

President Barack Obama's speech Sunday night announcing the death of Osama bin Laden drew twice as many viewers as last week's Royal Wedding and outpaced his recent policy addresses.

Despite being announced at a late hour on the East Coast, the President's telecast was watched by 56.5 million viewers.

That's more than Obama's recent scheduled and promoted primetime addresses, such as March 28's speech on Libya (25.6 million) and his August speech on Iraq (29.2 million), as well as more than doubling the audience of the Royal Wedding (22.8 million).

The networks carrying the address included ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, Fox News Channel, HLN and MSNBC.

In related news... President Obama will sit down with CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday, May 8 for his first interview after announcing Osama bin Laden's death.

~Papi Chulo~

Millions Watch Royal Wedding: William & Kate Outdraws Charles & Diana in US

Despite a 6am start time on Friday, the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton drew a king-size US audience.

The wedding coverage was carried live from about 6am to 7:15am on 11 networks and drew 22.8 million viewers and 18.6 million households.

That's a larger number of households than watched Prince Charles wed Lady Diana in 1981 (which drew 14.2 million households, with no viewership numbers available). By comparison, about the same number of people watched American Idol's performance show this week (22 million), and 28.9 million watched President Obama's inauguration.

The ceremony from Westminster Abbey was carried by ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, BBCA, CNN, E!, FOXNC, MSNBC and TLC.

Across the pond, however, Charles and Diana still rule. Nearly 27 million viewers in the UK watched Kate trade vows with William on BBC, ITV or Sky News, compared to the 28.4 million who tuned in for the royal wedding 30 years ago. Friday's ceremony also ranked behind UK coverage of Princess Diana's 1997 funeral.

~Papi Chulo~

DWTS REWIND :: Sabrina & Mark Perform a Cha-cha-cha

Dancing With the Stars' ninth season kicks off a three-night premiere week event on September 21, 2009. As we eagerly await to see who goes for ballroom gold and who crumbles on the dancefloor, let's take a peek back at some of the most memorable and outrageous dances.

Sabrina Bryan and Mark Ballas performed a fun and cheeky Cha-cha-cha during the celebreality ballroom competition's fifth season.

Here is their phenomenal Cha-cha-cha to the Pussycat Dolls' "Don't Cha":

~Papi Chulo~

Obama's Address -- A Ratings Success!

President Barack Obama's Address to Congress was viewed by 52.4 million viewers last night on 10 broadcast and cable networks ...

The audience scored a higher rating than the 49.5 million that viewed Obama's February 9 primetime press conference and former President George W. Bush's 2001 address ...

Obama's address didn't beat former President Bill Clinton's 1993 address ... The 66.9 million that tuned in set the record for any State of the Union (or State of the Union-ish) address ...

~Papi Chulo~

In the News :: Isaiah Fades From Grey

For the third season of the hit ABC series Grey's Anatomy ... the show had a new night (Thursday) .. higher ratings ... fan despised storylines (George + Izzie = Gizzie) ... and loads of behind-the-scenes drama ...

It all started on a location shoot ... Isaiah Washington (Dr. Preston Burke) and Patrick Dempsey (McDreamy) got into a heated exchange of words ... the word "faggot" was uttered ... and the house of cards started to crumble ...