Even the world’s biggest country music stars are no match for reality television. The Country Music Association’s Music Festival, which featured artists like Reba McIntyre and Tim McGraw on ABC, couldn’t beat CBS’ Big Brother 12 or NBC’s America’s Got Talent in last night’s ratings game.

NBC led the night with 7.5 million viewers and a 4.7 rating/8 share in households. CBS brought in 6.6 million people and a 4.3/7 for second, and ABC took over third place with 6 million viewers and 3.7/6, while  FOX (4.7 million, 2.9/5) and The CW (1.1 million, 0.8/1) trailed in 4th and 5th place respectively. Check out the full results below.

Wednesday’s hour-by-hour results:

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On last night’s Late Show, Michael Douglas told David Letterman that he had Stage IV throat cancer, but his doctors are optimistic.

He shared that he had just completed his first of eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy. He appeared thinner than usual and told Dave that in the coming weeks he voice will also change and he may not be able to swallow solid food.

He remained upbeat during the interview, saying that the cancer had not spread below his throat, adding that he has an 80% chance of recovery, with some doctors even more hopeful.

Letterman wanted to do something for the actor to which Douglas replied, ‘Aw, give me a hug!’ And the two embraced.

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Psych
10 pm USA
Nestor Carbonell (Lost) guest stars in a multi-episode arc as a criminal profiler with real talents. Shawn tries to expose him as a fraud, without success. Shawn and Gus also have a tough case looking for a killer who’s linked to liver donors on a transplant list. Tears for Fears’ Curt Smith also guest stars and plays the opening theme.

Top Chef
10 pm Bravo
The seventh season of the Emmy-winning show begins to wind down. The group is tasked with creating  delicious space-food creations. The winner’s dish will actually eb served in space too. Buzz Aldrin also makes an appearance. Culinary magazine editor Dana Cowin and Anthony Bourdain are tonight’s guest judges.

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“The Amazing Race” is heading into its 17th season this fall and will feature a reunited birth mother and daughter, a pair of a cappella singers and a beauty queen.

The season will kick off in a 90-minute premiere on Sunday, Sept. 26. The 11 teams will race through 30 cities in a 32,000-mile journey, which includes stops in Ghana, Bangladesh and the Arctic Circle for the first time in the show’s history.

CBS also says that the team who finishes first in the premiere episode will get a “surprise, game-changing advantage” that’s also new to the game.

One of the cast members, 20-year-old Kevin Wu, aka KevJumba, is a YouTube sensation with more than a million subscribers to his YouTube channel. He’s racing with his dad, Michael.

Here’sa list of all the teams:

Brook Roberts and Claire Champlin
Ages: 27, 30
Hometowns: San Diego; Reno, Nev.
Occupations: Home shopping hosts
Relationship: Home shopping hosts

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The team behind the hit teen drama The O.C., Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, have created a new production company, Fake Empire, and they’ve already landed their first major piece of development, a D.C.-set drama at ABC.

ABC has ordered a pilot for the Untitled D.C. Project, which centers on a group of twentysomething roommates who juggle their personal and professional lives in Washington. They quickly find out that the ideals that brought them to the nation’s capital don’t always match the realities of living there.

Will Fetters, who wrote the recent Robert Pattinson-Emilie de Ravin flick, Remember Me, is writing the script and will co-executive produce.

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Grey’s Anatomy producer, Shonda Rhimes, recently told TVGuide.com that fans shouldn’t be afraid that this season’s premiere will be as dark as last season’s finale.

(Be Warned: Spoilers Ahead)

“One of the things I love about the first episode of the season is Cristina and Owen getting married,” says Rhimes. “It’s this beautifully wonderful, happy, hopeful moment that I really liked seeing.”

Rhimes explains why she wanted Cristina and Owen to get engaged and married in the first episode. “I felt like for Owen that it became very clear out of that shooting that he loved Cristina Yang and wanted to be with her,” she explains. “That was made incredibly clear for him, so why would they be waiting? It also felt like she, the last person we think of being a bride, really needed a lifeline and was really changed by the experience as well and could really take a leap.”

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Sandra Bullock sat down with Matt Lauer on The Today Show this morning to discuss her new passion and her new baby.

Bullock showed poise and excitement while discussing her love of New Orleans and the work she’s doing for the Warren Easton Charter High School there.

Bullock also credited her friends “filled with massive amounts of integrity” for helping her maintain her privacy in difficult times. “They know if they screw up … I will cut them,” she joked.

The only time Bullock cracked during the interview was when Lauer reveals that he was instructed by a local New Orleans journalist, “Do me a favor. Be nice to Sandra because she to us here is a hero.”

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Will Forte announced last week that he will not be coming back for season 36 of Saturday Night Live.

The New York Times reported that, according to several sources, the parting was amicable and was  at Forte’s request. He told producers he wanted to devote more time to other projects and that was the sole reason he was exiting.

Forte’s publicist said,  “After eight great seasons, Will has made the decision to move on from SNL to pursue new opportunities. He is eternally grateful to Lorne and all of the incredible people he worked with over the years.”

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The cast of this season’s Dancing with the Stars has been revealed!

R & B singer Brandy, Dirty Dancing’s Jennifer Grey, comedian Margaret Cho, The Hills‘ Audrina Patridge, Brady Bunch mom Florence Henderson and the country’s most famous teen mom, Bristol Palin will be representing for the ladies.

For the men, singer Michael Bolton, Jersey Shore star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, David Hasselhoff, retired NFL quarterback Kurt Warner, Cory in the House actor Kyle Massey and retired basketball player/actor Rick Fox will all be competing.

The pro-celeb pairs will be announced tomorrow but one of the pros might not be dancing their way back on the show.  Edyta Sliwinska recently tweeted, “I decided it’s time to move on with my life, pursue other projects and finish school,” she tweeted on Monday night. “By the way my major is media and communication not dance as TMZ quoted.”

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Last night another death hoax hit the internet via Twitter, Facebook and other social networks and this time, Wonder Years star Fed Savage was the victim.

In this case, it appears the culprit wasn’t just a random troublemaker, but it was actually the actor’s slight resemblance to Corey Haim (who is actually dead).

During the Emmys “In Memoriam” segment, photos of the recently deceased appeared alongside Jewel singing live on stage. An image of a young Corey Haim appeared on the screen and apparently some viewers thought it was Fred Savage (event though Haim’s name was clearly printed on screen under his photo).

The confusion prompted (fake) headlines claiming the actor died in a drunk driving accident, the rumor was picked up on Twitter and quickly spread.

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