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Report: NBC's "Earl" Generates Best Online Buzz

Of the new TV shows this season, NBC's "My Name is Earl" and Fox's "Prison Break" are receiving the most buzz, according to Brandimensions, a research firm specializing in online word of mouth. For the study, Brandimensions used its crawling technology to gather written comments from Internet chat rooms, message boards, and blogs in order to determine which new shows received the best and worst buzz from online consumers. The results found that "Earl" received the best buzz, followed by Fox's "Prison Break," and a string of new CBS shows: ""How I Met Your Mother," "Ghost Whisperer," and "Threshold." The majority of consumers had nothing negative to say about "Earl," with most viewers reporting that it exceeded their expectations. With the exception of "Commander in Chief," ABC's new shows generated "below average sentiment," while NBC's "Inconceivable" and Fox's "Head Cases" received the worst buzz, according to the report.

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