By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --Singing, dancing and Chicago was the formula NBC used for a weekly victory in the ratings.
“The Voice” returned from a hiatus and earned three of the top four slots in the Nielsen company’s list of the most-watched programs last week. The exception was “Little Big Shots,” the debut of another variety show, this one featuring talented youngsters with Steve Harvey as host.
NBC, rebooting for the midseason, also landed in the top 20 with all four of producer Dick Wolf’s Chicago-based dramas that aired last week, including the latest, “Chicago Justice.”
NBC averaged 7.3 million viewers in primetime for the week. CBS was second with 6.1 million, ABC had 3.2 million, Fox had 2.4 million, Univision had 2 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, the CW had 1.39 million and ION Television had 1.3 million.
Fox News Channel was the most popular cable network, benefiting from its coverage of President Trump’s address to Congress. It averaged 3.38 million viewers in prime-time. ESPN had 1.75 million, HGTV had 1.63 million, USA had 1.56 million and MSNBC had 1.53 million.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 8.3 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.7 million viewers.
Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 27-March 5. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 13.03 million.
2. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 11.72 million.
3. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.35 million.
4. “The Voice” (Thursday), NBC, 10.69 million.
5. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.68 million.
5. President Trump Address to Congress, Fox News, 10.68 million.
7. “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 10.16 million.
8. “Presidential Address Analysis,” Fox News, 10.15 million.
9. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 9.59 million.
10. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 9.46 million.
11. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 9.01 million.
12. “NCIS,” CBS, 8.92 million.
13. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 8.82 million.
14. “Chicago Justice,” NBC, 8.73 million.
15. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 8.68 million.
16. “Presidential Address Introduction,” Fox News, 8.66 million.
17. “Presidential Address Analysis,” NBC, 8.05 million.
18. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 7.72 million.
19. “Democratic Response,” Fox News, 7.69 million.
20. “Taken,” NBC, 7.45 million.
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The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
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