Fox's 'Dance' Out Taps Obama

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Fox benefited from declining to air President Barack Obama’s news conference Wednesday night, with “So You Think You Can Dance” rising to top the night in the adults 18-49 demographic.

Meanwhile, NBC’s heavily promoted “America’s Got Talent,” featuring an interview with “Britain’s Got Talent” winner Susan Boyle, slipped to its lowest Wednesday rating ever as it faced “Dance” as well as ABC’s “Wipeout.”

With Obama’s news conference at 8 p.m., “America’s Got Talent” (11.1 million viewers, 2.4

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