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    Tiger Woods Boosts Ratings; Nielsen Week In Review

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    Tiger Woods chips onto 14th green during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Bellerive Country Club, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    There’s nothing like a late charge from Tiger Woods to juice the ratings of a major golf tournament.

    CBS reached 8.5 million viewers Sunday for final-round competition at the PGA Championship from St. Louis, a whopping 73 percent increase from the 4.9 million people who watched the same tournament’s conclusion in 2017, the Nielsen company said.

    Woods was the difference. The old hero was playing his best golf in years, leading to a second-place finish against champion Brooks Koepka. Koepka may have won, but crowds and newspaper headlines followed Woods.

    They were the best ratings for a PGA championship since 2009. Viewership peaked in the last half-hour of the tourney, when 12.3 million people were watching, Nielsen said.

    It was a typical midsummer week for prime-time television, dominated by games of singing, dancing and interpersonal manipulation. NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” led the way with 11 million viewers.

    NBC won the week in prime-time, averaging 4.1 million viewers. ABC had 3.9 million viewers, CBS had 3.8 million, Fox had 1.7 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million, Univision had 1.1 million and the CW averaged 800,000 viewers.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.13 million viewers. MSNBC had 1.71 million viewers, HGTV had 1.33 million, USA had 1.29 million and History had 1.09 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.9 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 7.3 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.5 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 6-12. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 11.04 million.
    2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 8.21 million.
    3. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 6.72 million.
    4. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 5.79 million.
    5. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 5.74 million.
    6. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 5.64 million.
    7. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.26 million.
    8. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 5.15 million.
    9. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.02 million.
    10. “World of Dance,” NBC, 4.75 million.
    11. “CMA Fest,” ABC, 4.71 million.
    12. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 4.63 million.
    13. “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 4.61 million.
    14. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 4.57 million.
    15. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 4.42 million.
    16. “Bull,” CBS, 4.26 million.
    17. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 4.19 million.
    18. “Making It,” NBC, 4.15 million.
    19. “Mom,” CBS, 4.1 million.
    20. “Dateline NBC” (Monday), NBC, 4.04 million.

    ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox; NBC is owned by NBC Universal.

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    The End of The “Rust” Criminal Case Against Alec Baldwin May Unlock A Civil Lawsuit

    Tuesday, December 24, 2024

    The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer clears the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath, attorneys for plaintiffs in the civil suit said Tuesday.

    At a news conference in Los Angeles, victims' rights attorney Gloria Allred said that the parents and younger sister of deceased cinematographer Halyna Hutchins were disappointed that prosecutors won't appeal the dismissal of an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin. The criminal charge against Baldwin was dismissed halfway through trial in July on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense.

    Hutchins died shortly after being wounded during a rehearsal in the movie "Rust" in October 2021 at a film-set ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

    Baldwin, the lead actor and coproducer, was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when it discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.

    Allred said Hutchins' relatives are determined to pursue damages and compensation from Baldwin and "Rust" producers in New Mexico civil court, and want Baldwin to answer questions under oath in the proceedings. Hutchins' widower and son previously reached a separate legal settlement.

    "With the withdrawal that was made public yesterday, we are now able to proceed with our civil case," Allred said. "Clearly, the rights of Alec Baldwin were protected, but the due process rights of the victims — Halyna Hutchins and her parents and her sister — were violated."

    Allred said she's ready to prove that Hutchins had a close relationship... Read More

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