The Top 10 Most-Watched TV Episodes of the Decade

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No. 5 'American Idol,' 38.1 million viewers

The premiere of the sixth season of "American Idol" is apparently its most-watched episode. That surprised us. Not only was "Idol" coming off a rather lackluster season 5, but we don't think premiere episodes are even half as interesting as the actual Top 12 performance episodes. Huh.