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Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor surged to the top of the Hitwise rankings of Web sites for cable news shows for the week ending Oct. 9, with MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann claiming second place and the No. 3 spot going to fellow MSNBC offering The Rachel Maddow Show.

The top three late-night talk-show sites were unchanged from the previous week: Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, and NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The top three broadcast-show Web sites were unchanged for the third consecutive week: ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, Fox’s Glee, and CBS’ NCIS. CBS and ABC were once again the top two broadcast-network sites, with The CW placing third. The only fast riser in the broadcast category was CBS’ CSI: Miami (to No. 6 from No. 17).

The top three cable-show sites were also unchanged from last week: Comedy Central’s South Park, and MTV’s Jersey Shore and Teen Mom. Fast risers were Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta (4 from 30), sister show The Real Housewives of DC (14 from 25), History’s Ice Road Truckers (21 from 34), and VH1′s Top 20 Countdown (24 from 48).

When combining broadcast and cable networks, Dancing with the Stars reclaimed the top spot from No. 2 Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants, with South Park placing third. Fast risers were Nickelodeon’s iCarly (7 from 18), sister show Big Time Rush (7 from 17), The Real Housewives of Atlanta (11 from 83), Nick’s Victorious (14 from 39), fellow Nick series The Penguins of Madagascar (20 from 41), CSI: Miami (22 from 37), Nick’s Dora the Explorer (23 from 55), and Cartoon Network’s Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (24 from 34).

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Comedy Central surged up the Hitwise rankings of Web sites for late-night talk shows for the week ending Oct. 2, with its The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report grabbing the top two spots in the recent addition to the researcher’s statistics, with NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon securing third place.

The cable-news category also saw plenty of movement compared with the previous week, with MSNBC’s Zeitgeist roaring into the top spot, followed by Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor, last week’s winner, and MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, which also finished third last week.

The top three broadcast-show Web sites were unchanged from the week ending Sept. 25: ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, Fox’s Glee, and CBS’ NCIS. CBS, however, overtook ABC to become the most-visited broadcast-network site, with the Alphabet Network settling for second. Fast risers among broadcast shows were ABC’s Desperate Housewives (to No. 6 from No. 23), CBS’ Undercover Boss (18 from 47), and CBS’ The Good Wife (22 from 35).

The top two cable-show sites were unchanged from last week — Comedy Central’s South Park, as usual, and MTV’s Jersey Shore — but third place went to MTV’s Teen Mom. Fast risers for cable were Syfy’s WWE SmackDown (15 from 71), A&E Network’s Steve Seagal: Lawman (19 from 192), ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars (20 from 33), Food Network’s The Next Iron Chef (21 from 341), Animal Planet’s Lost Tapes (24 from 44), and TLC’s Sister Wives (25 from 90).

When combining broadcast and cable networks, Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants returned to its customary top spot after being bounced by Dancing with the Stars (third place) last week. The No. 2 spot went to South Park. Fast risers were Lifetime Television’s Project Runway (14 from 25), and ABC’s Desperate Housewives (16 from 47).

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Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor surged to the top of the list of highest-ranked cable-news-show Web sites from Hitwise for the week ending Sept. 25, followed by two offerings from MSNBC: The Rachel Maddow Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann, respectively.

In the newly introduced late-night talk-show category, CBS’ The Late Show with David Letterman jumped from third to first, dropping NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno into the No. 2 slot. NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon joined the list in third place.

As for broadcast, ABC surged to the top spot for network sites, with CBS coming in second. The top three broadcast-show sites were ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, Fox’s Glee, and CBS’ NCIS. And fast risers were CBS’ Big Bang Theory (to No. 9 from No. 19), ABC’s Modern Family (10 from 34), Fox’s Bones (11 from 23), CBS’ Two and a Half Men (15 from 26), CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles (19 from 29), Fox’s Fringe (20 from 47), and Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen (24 from 57).

Comedy Central’s South Park assumed its usual perch atop the adults-only cable-show site list, followed by MTV’s Jersey Shore, and Comedy’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

When combining broadcast and cable shows, Dancing with the Stars displaced Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants to claim the No. 1 position, dropping SpongeBob to second, while South Park placed third. Fast risers were Glee (4 from 33), CBS’ NCIS (7 from 17), ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy (12 from 26), Fox’s House (16 from 50), CBS’ CSI (17 from 54), Big Bang Theory (18 from 69), Modern Family (21 from 126), and Bones (23 from 83).

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WebNewser received the weekly television-related Web-site reports from Hitwise for the first time in three weeks, but the results for the week ending Sept. 18 came with a surprise: Late-night talk shows were added as a category, joining cable news, which debuted for the week ending July 3, as well as mainstays broadcast networks, broadcast shows, cable (adults only) shows, and broadcast and cable combined.

NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno was No. 1 in the late-night category, followed by TBS’ Lopez Tonight, and CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman.

MSNBC’s Zeitgeist topped the cable-news rankings, with Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor coming in second, and third place going to MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show.

On the broadcast charts, CBS and NBC were the top two broadcast-network Web sites, respectively, and the top three show sites were CBS’ Big Brother and Survivor, followed by Fox’s America’s Most Wanted. Fast risers were four offerings from The CW — One Tree Hill (to No. 7 from No. 22), Gossip Girl (10 from 26), 90210 (17 from 36), and The Supernatural — and Fox’s House (12 from 24).

Comedy Central’s South Park maintained its grip on the top spot for adults-only cable-network show sites, followed by MTV’s Jersey Shore and Comedy’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Fast risers were Bravo’s The Real Housewives of DC (18 from 30), Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race (19 from 45), and VH1′s VSPOT Top 20 Countdown (25 from 36).

When combining broadcast and cable shows, Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants occupied its usual No. 1 perch, with Big Brother coming in second and South Park third. Fast risers were Survivor (6 from 33), Fox’s American Idol (22 from 51), and One Tree Hill (25 from 96).

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Looking for some interesting statistics on social networks? Good, because Hitwise publishes a new set of stats with negative implications every other Friday. The latest data shows that Facebook is the number two site in the United Kingdom and while it continues to grow, the pace is slowing rapidly. Is Facebook’s traffic going to drop because of the impeding doomsday recession? Hell no! Users are going to spend more time on the site since they aren’t out spending money.

Has Facebook begun to see a serious slow down in its growth? Honestly, I don’t think so. Compete statistics show that the company’s overall growth continues and while social networking growth domestically may be slowing a little, international growth potential is massive. That’s why we here about a new language translation service from social networks on a weekly basis.

The bubble isn’t bursting on social networks anytime soon and while I’d love to post a dramatic chart that can be used to claim death and destruction of social networks, all early warning signals have proven false time and time again. So if you are looking for a massive implosion somewhere on the web, you may want to target another space because it sure as hell isn’t happening here.

Mark Zuckerberg is so confident in his company’s growth that he was willing to suggest that the company doesn’t need to focus on monetization for another three years. Then again dramatic statements like that always make for a good headline so who knows how focused Facebook is on monetization behind the scenes. For now I am still long on social networks, especially Facebook.

If you want to argue otherwise, I suggest you take that negativity and put it into the stock market because there is plenty of that going around on Wall Street. Not in social networks though!