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    House Calls After Broadcast Make “Good Doctor” A Hit; Nielsen Week In Review

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    In this image released by ABC, Freddie Highmore portrays Shaun Murphy in a scene from “The Good Doctor.” Highmore stars as a young surgeon with autism who joins a prestigious hospital’s surgical unit. (Liane Hentscher/ABC via AP)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    ABC’s new drama about a surgeon on the autism scale, “The Good Doctor,” is a bona fide hit, and it takes a little time to recognize the magnitude.

    Last week’s episode was the most popular show on the network, the Nielsen company said.

    A look at newly released Nielsen data for “The Good Doctor” and other programs illustrates the extent to which television viewers make their own schedules now. An estimated 11.3 million people watched the drama’s debut on Sept. 25, but that number swelled by 69 percent — to 19.2 million — when you add in the people who saw it on a delayed basis within seven days.

    More people actually watched ABC’s “Designated Survivor” on a delayed basis than watched its season premiere on the first night, Nielsen said.

    Fox’s “The Orville” and ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder” both increased their season debut viewership by more than 80 percent through delayed viewing.

    Meanwhile, hardly anyone records sports events for later viewing; NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” had 16.74 million viewers that night, and 16.8 million when you add in the seven-day figures. Same thing for news programs, with CBS’ “60 Minutes” increasing its 12.46 million first-night viewership to 12.89 million through the full week.

    Nielsen’s figures for last week — taking into account only viewing on the night a show originally aired — had seven pro football games or wraparound football coverage among the 20 most-watched programs, Nielsen said.

    CBS was the most popular network in primetime, averaging 8.9 million viewers. NBC had 7.3 million, ABC had 4.7 million, Fox had 2.9 million, the CW had 1.61 million, Telemundo had 1.57 million, Univision had 1.5 million and ION Television had 1.2 million.

    TBS, with its baseball playoff coverage, was the week’s most popular cable network with a 3.54 million average viewership in prime time. ESPN had 2.63 million, Fox had 2.12 million, MSNBC had 1.52 million and USA had 1.35 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.7 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.3 million.

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

    1. “NFL Post Game,” CBS, 16.58 million.
    2. NFL Football: N.Y. Giants at Denver, NBC, 16.16 million.
    3. NFL Football: Philadelphia at Carolina, CBS, 14.58 million.
    4. “NCIS,” CBS, 13.61 million.
    5. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 13.34 million.
    6. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 13.14 million.
    7. “Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick,” NBC, 11.73 million.
    8. “Bull,” CBS, 11.26 million.
    9. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.09 million.
    10. “This is Us,” NBC, 11.02 million.
    11. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 10.91 million.
    12. “The Good Doctor,” ABC, 10.69 million.
    13. NFL Football: Minnesota at Chicago, ESPN, 10.36 million.
    14. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 9.52 million.
    15. “NFL Pre-Kick,” CBS, 9.28 million.
    16. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 9.25 million.
    17. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 9.12 million.
    18. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 8.98 million.
    19. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 8.65 million.
    20. “Hawaii Five-O,” CBS, 8.51 million.

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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