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    Strong Nielsens For Carlson On Fox News, Football On Multiple Networks

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    Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Eli Rogers is tackled by Kansas City Chiefs free safety Ron Parker, left, after making a reception during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    In his first week, Tucker Carlson moved seamlessly into Megyn Kelly’s time slot at Fox News Channel without skipping a beat in the ratings.

    Carlson averaged just under 3 million viewers for his first week of shows in Fox’s prime-time lineup, or 10 percent more than the 2.72 million viewers that Kelly averaged all of last year, the Nielsen company said.

    Fox’s numbers are strong in general as many of its viewers eagerly await the start of the Trump administration. Carlson’s lead-in, Bill O’Reilly, averaged 3.5 million last week, or 7 percent more than what he averaged last year. Sean Hannity, Fox’s other prime-time personality, was up 16 percent last week in the same measurement, Nielsen said.

    Kelly announced on Jan. 3 that she was leaving Fox News Channel for a new job at NBC News, where she will host a daytime hour that hasn’t been defined yet, a once-weekly newsmagazine and participate in political coverage. Her start date at NBC hasn’t been determined.

    Carlson, who has hosted shows on CNN, MSNBC and PBS, earned his shot at Fox’s prime-time lineup by doing well as a replacement for Greta Van Susteren earlier in the evening on Fox. Van Susteren has now taken a job at MSNBC.

    Football dominated television last week, with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ NFL playoff win in Kansas City seen by 37.1 million viewers and Clemson’s late victory over Alabama for the NCAA championship reaching 24.4 million.

    CBS won the week in primetime, averaging 10.3 million viewers. NBC had 9.1 million, Fox had 7.6 million, ABC had 4.7 million, Univision had 1.9 million, Telemundo had 1.6 million, ION Television had 1.3 million and the CW had 900,000.

    With college football’s premier game, ESPN led the cable networks with a prime-time average of 3.97 million. Fox News Channel had 2.48 million, USA had 1.62 million, HGTV had 1.6 million and TBS had 1.38 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.6 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 9.2 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 7.6 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Jan. 9-15. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Playoffs: Pittsburgh at Kansas City, NBC, 37.11 million.

    2. NFL Playoffs: Houston at New England, CBS, 29.82 million.

    3. NFL Playoffs: Green Bay at Dallas, Fox, 28.86 million.

    4. College Football Championship: Clemson vs. Alabama, ESPN, 24.42 million.

    5. “NFL Pre-Game,” NBC, 23.08 million.

    6. “College Football Championship Pre-Game,” ESPN, 14.48 million.

    7. “NFL Post-Game,” Fox, 13.95 million.

    8. “This is Us,” NBC, 10.48 million.

    9. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 10.475 million.

    10. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 10.26 million.

    11. “NCIS,” CBS, 10.09 million.

    12. “Hawaii Five-O,” CBS, 9.69 million.

    13. “College Football Championship Post-Game,” ESPN, 9.44 million.

    14. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 8.584 million.

    15. “The Big Bang Theory” (Monday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 8.581 million.

    16. “MacGyver,” CBS, 7.64 million.

    17. “Modern Family,” ABC, 7.59 million.

    18. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 7.54 million.

    19. “Madam Secretary,” CBS, 7.54 million.

    20. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.45 million.

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    Blake Lively Is Sued By Crisis Specialist In Latest “It Ends With Us” Litigation

    Wednesday, February 5, 2025

    A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni over their film, "It Ends With Us."

    Jed Wallace and his company, Street Relations, filed the $7 million lawsuit in federal court in Texas on Tuesday. It says he had nothing to do with any campaign to harm Lively's reputation as she alleged in a court filing.

    Wallace is not among the defendants in Lively's federal lawsuit against Baldoni, his production company and publicists, in which she alleges sexual and other harassment during the production and a campaign to smear her after it. The crisis specialist is named in the court papers and the New York Times story published on the day the series of legal battles began in December when Lively filed a complaint.

    Lively's lawyers said in a statement that Wallace's lawsuit "is not just a publicity stunt."

    "It is transparent retaliation in response to allegations contained within a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint that Ms. Lively filed with the California Civil Rights Department," the statement said. "While this lawsuit will be dismissed, we are pleased that Mr. Wallace has finally emerged from the shadows, and that he too will be held accountable in federal court."

    In a filing last week in Hays County, Texas, that seeks a deposition from Wallace, Lively alleges he was used by publicists working with Baldoni to weaponize "a digital army around the country, including in New York and Los Angeles, to create, seed, manipulate, and advance disparaging content that appeared to be authentic on social media platforms and internet chat forums."

    Wallace's lawsuit says neither he nor his company "had anything to do... Read More

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