Ratings hit an all-time low for 'Oprah' Sinks to a 3.2 in households, worst in 23 years since the can-do talker debuted. Is it just a dip or the start of a slide? (charts)   Celeb shows soar on Jackson's death Except for one, 'TMZ.' Viewership actually fell for the week, even though its web site broke the story. There are likely reasons.   NBC's Sunday chat lead is narrowing 'Meet the Press' is seeing declines in its audience against CBS's 'Face the Nation' and ABC's This Week' under Gregory (charts)   For Conan O'Brien, odds are on his side The sheer momentum of 'Tonight' gives him time to grow in his new role as host of the NBC late show, though he struggles now   ABC and CBS nightly news shows tank 'World News' ratings dip to lowest in decades, 'Evening News' the worst since Couric took over. Welcome to summer. (Corrected headline)   DTV blooper: Charlie Gibson tumbles Nielsen snafu sinks Friday's ABC newscast to third, evaporating 2.2 million viewers. Nielsen recount reports 6.34 million (charts).   Late night: O'Brien loses to Letterman Leno lead evaporates in his first week as host, and on Tuesday the NBC show slips behind both 'Late Show' and 'Nightline'   For O'Brien's 'Tonight,' so far, real good New host sees a 30 percent audience slide on Tuesday, his second night, but the show's still well ahead of its quarterly average   Once again the 'Tonight' torch passes Nearly 20 years ago, Carson passed it to Leno, as Leno now passes it to O'Brien. The times are different but there are similarities.   Real hot late-night story: 'Nightline' Twice this past week the ABC news show tied or beat 'Leno' and 'Letterman,' thanks to mix of hot topics, after years of trailing << prev next >>