Nielsens: Country awards draw uptown ratings

?Trophy time. CBS' Academy of Country Music Awards, the genre's No. 2 honors, averaged 13 million viewers Sunday, flat vs. last year. Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards got kudos from 7.3 million Saturday, its lowest since 2007.

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  Getting the crowd going: Brad Paisley performs during Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards.

By Ethan Miller, Getty Images

Getting the crowd going: Brad Paisley performs during Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards.

?Obama talks. The president's pre-prime-time speech on Libya drew a combined 25.6 million viewers Monday.

?Dancing redux. Tuesday's Dancing With the Stars claimed 19.3 million viewers, a series high for a results show.

?Body double. Helped by that Dancing lead-in, the debut of ABC's Body of Proof (13.9 million viewers Tuesday) doubled the average of Detroit 1-8-7, which it replaced, but sank to 8.5 million for Sunday's special episode. CBS' Chaos opened Friday with a weak (but first-place) 6.5 million.

?Sunday starts. AMC's The Killing yielded 2.7 million viewers for its two-hour opener, eclipsing the debuts of Mad Menand Breaking Bad. ReelzChannel's The Kennedys miniseries opened with 1.9 million, a channel record, while Showtime's The Borgias drew 1.1 million.

?Grey's grows. A musical Grey's Anatomygarnered the ABC series' biggest audience (13.1 million) since September. But Sunday's Desperate Housewives (9 million) sank to a series low.

?Final 4. CBS' coverage of the NCAA Final Four claimed 15.4 million viewers Saturday, its best average since 2006.

?Season enders.BET's The Game (4.4 million); MTV's Teen Mom 2 (4.6 million); Bravo's Top Chef: All Stars (2.8 million).

?Almost forgot. Starz's Camelot crowned 1.1 million viewers Friday. Season 3 of Showtime's Nurse Jackie opened to a low 611,000 Monday, while United States of Tara, which followed, averaged 411,000.

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