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They Came, Saw, Left: Couric Drops to 3rd (Associated Press, September 13, 2006)

Katie Couric led the "CBS Evening News" to its first weekly ratings win in more than five years, but her honeymoon may be short -- she slipped to third place on Monday.

Couric's first evening-news broadcast, on Sept. 5, brought in nearly 13.6 million curious viewers. The numbers went down through the rest of the week but she stayed in first place each day, according to Nielsen Media Research.