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Danza's Show Takes Hit From Rachael Ray, Weak Ratings

The future of "The Tony Danza Show," now in its second season, is in serious doubt. Ratings have been dropping fast, and the talker has now fallen behind freshman fare from Tyra Banks and Martha Stewart. A big blow was struck last week when King World's Rachael Ray cooking show, set to begin its run in 2006, took Danza's favorable morning time slots in New York and Philadelphia. Danza's program, from Buena Vista, is averaging a 1.1 rating 11 weeks into the current season. "It does not look very good at this stage," said Jordan Breslow, director of broadcast research at MediaCom."There's just so much talk out there that there's so much competition for the same audience."

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