<div id="subtitle">ABC has strongest week in ratings in more than a year, with assist from country music</div><div><p>Country music is a good friend to ABC.</p><p>The network had its strongest ratings week in more than a year last week.</p><p>One big reason was its telecast of the Country Music Association Awards, which the Nielsen Co. says brought more than 17 million people to the network.</p><p>Also doing well for ABC was a special with Robin Roberts interviewing country stars including Carrie Underwood and Tim McGraw.</p><p>ABC and CBS dominated the ratings. Of the 30 most-watched shows in prime-time, 24 were on one of those networks.</p><p>An exception was NBC's Sunday night football telecast, a game between rivals New England and Indianapolis. It was the most-watched program of the week.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=63688334&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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