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The big news Friday was the overnight ratings for the Vice Presidential debates. The Nielsen Wire reports that 70 million views watched Thursday night. That’s more than the Presidential debate last week, and is a new V.P. debate record.

Here are the weekly ratings for network primetime, cable and syndicated programming. Shown are the rank, program name, network, household rating, and number of households, in millions.

Top 10 Network Primetime Series

1 Dancing With The Stars-Mon ABC 13.4 | 15.3M Hslds

2 Grey's Anatomy Thu ABC 11.9 | 13.6M Hslds

3 Dancing With The Stars-Tue ABC 11.7 | 13.4M Hslds

4 Desperate Housewives ABC 11.4 | 13.1M Hslds

5 NCIS CBS 11.3 | 13.0M Hslds

6 CSI: Miami CBS 11.1 | 12.7M Hslds

7 NBC Sunday Night Football NBC 10.8 | 12.3M Hslds

8 Criminal Minds CBS 10.5 | 12.0M Hslds

9 Dancing With The Stars-Wed ABC 10.4 | 11.9M Hslds

10 The Mentalist CBS 9.9 | 11.3M Hslds

Top Cable Show

NFL Regular Season (Jets/Chargers) ESPN 7.5 | 8.6M Hslds

Top Syndicated Show

ESPN NFL Regulator ESP 8.5 | 9.8M Hslds