By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --Russia may represent bad news for President Donald Trump. But not for his late-night nemesis, Stephen Colbert.
The CBS “Late Show” host scored his largest margin of victory since his debut week nearly two years ago for shows that featured segments filmed during his recent trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The Nielsen company said the “Late Show” average 2.87 million viewers last week, topping Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight” show, which had 2.42 million. Jimmy Kimmel on ABC averaged 1.62 million viewers.
Behind its summertime powerhouse, “America’s Got Talent,” NBC won another week in the ratings.
NBC averaged 5 million viewers in primetime. CBS was second with 4.4 million, ABC had 3 million, Fox had 1.8 million, Univision had 1.7 million, Ion Television had 1.26 million, Telemundo had 1.25 million and the CW had 970,000.
Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 1.88 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.79 million, Disney had 1.61 million, HGTV had 1.48 million and Discovery had 1.44 million.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.2 million and the “CBS Evening News had 5.6 million viewers.
Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for July 17-23. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.57 million.
2. “Game of Thrones,” HBO, 9.27 million.
3. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.36 million.
4. “World of Dance,” NBC, 6.91 million.
5. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.49 million.
6. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.49 million.
7. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 6.22 million.
8. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.19 million.
9. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 6.02 million.
10. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 5.98 million.
11. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 5.95 million.
12. “Little Big Shots: Forever Young,” NBC, 5.82 million.
13. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.78 million.
14. “Big Brother” (Friday), CBS, 5.45 million.
15. “Bull,” CBS, 5.36 million.
16. Movie: “Descendants 2,” Disney, 5.33 million.
17. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 5.325 million.
18. “The Wall,” NBC, 4.95 million.
19. “Phelps vs Shark,” Discovery, 4.78 million.
20. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 4.67 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