THE California mom who gave birth to octuplets, Nadya Suleman, was a big hit Tuesday night.

A one-hour “Dateline” special – that included pictures of the all the babies and the first look at Suleman’s other six kids – drew an estimated audience of just under 12 million people, according to reports. It was the No. 1 show at 10 p.m. and actually recorded a bigger share of audience than the other big exclusive of the week, the “60 Minutes” interview with Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, pilot of the US Airways Flight that landed in the Hudson River.

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