By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --Jimmy Fallon has topped Stephen Colbert in late-night ratings for the first time since Donald Trump has been president. But the NBC comic might want to keep the champagne on ice.
The Nielsen company said that Fallon's "Tonight" show averaged 2.66 million viewers last week, a whisker above the 2.62 million achieved by Colbert's "Late Show." CBS' Colbert, with his sharp anti-Trump humor, eclipsed long-time leader Fallon the week after Trump's January inauguration and hasn't looked back.
NBC's comparatively strong prime-time schedule in the summer may have helped; CBS has been airing mostly reruns lately in prime time. CBS also aired Colbert reruns on Thursday and Friday that were excluded in the ratings. The network believes it would have won if Colbert aired original shows on those nights, and that it will win when people who watch on a time-delayed basis are later counted in.
NBC won the week in prime time behind its summer hit, "America's Got Talent," and the companion series "World of Dance."
Fox was nearly invisible in the primetime ratings, with its long-running "So You Think You Can Dance" supplanted by NBC in the hoofer competition.
NBC averaged 4.6 million viewers for the week, CBS had 4.3 million, ABC had 3.6 million, Fox had 2 million, Univision had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.32 million, Telemundo had 1.26 million and the CW had 760,000.
Fox News Channel was the week's most popular cable network, averaging 2.4 million viewers in prime time. ESPN had 1.57 million viewers, MSNBC had 1.49 million, USA had 1.48 million and HGTV had 1.46 million.
ABC's "World News Tonight" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.7 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.5 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.9 million.
Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 19-25. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 12.74 million.
2. "World of Dance," NBC, 7.61 million.
3. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.45 million.
4. "Little Big Shots," NBC, 7.43 million.
5. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 7.25 million.
6. "NCIS," CBS, 6.53 million.
7. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 6.35 million.
8. "The Bachelorette," ABC, 5.91 million.
9. "American Ninja Warrior," NBC, 5.85 million.
10. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 5.51 million.
11. "Bull," CBS, 5.48 million.
12. "Steve Harvey's Funderdome," ABC, 5.47 million.
13. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 5.39 million.
14. "The $100,000 Pyramid," ABC, 5.2 million.
15. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 5.02 million.
16. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 4.9 million.
17. "20/20," ABC, 4.75 million.
18. "Wall," NBC, 4.474 million.
19. "Spartan: Team Challenge," NBC, 4.471 million.
20. "Mom," CBS, 4.38 million.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More