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    Chris Cuomo’s CNN Show On Ratings Ascent; Nielsen Week In Review

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    In this Dec. 9, 2018 file photo, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo attends the 12th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute in New York. Cuomo has quickly established himself as the network’s most popular personality, despite airing in a difficult time slot against Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow. His “Prime Time” is CNN’s most popular program. With 1.64 million viewers in January, the Nielsen company said Cuomo’s show had its best month. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    When CNN gave Chris Cuomo its 9 p.m. ET time slot last June, there was reason to fear it could be a television suicide mission.

    After all, that hour is where the big dogs roam. Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow are the top two personalities in cable television. They still are, but Cuomo’s “Prime Time” quickly established itself as CNN’s most-watched program and, with 1.64 million viewers in January, is having its best month, the Nielsen company said.

    “For certain, it was a challenge to begin with,” said Melanie Buck, the show’s executive producer. “I thought that going in there as the underdog gave us the chance to go in there without expectations that we would compete with them on a nightly basis. I think it took some of the pressure off.”

    For CNN, viewership in the time slot is up 49 percent over last January, when the network aired the second of two Anderson Cooper hours, Nielsen said.

    Cuomo’s show made news in January with a head-scratching interview by President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudolph Giuliani. Buck said she and Cuomo sought to build a show around the host’s expertise in law and politics, and skill in interviewing.

    Maddow led the 9 p.m. time slot, and all of cable news, with a January nightly average of 3.25 million viewers, Nielsen said. Hannity averaged 3.04 million.

    It was a big week for news: Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CNN were the three most-watched cable networks, including all of entertainment. Fox News also reached the 17-year mark as the top-rated network in cable news.

    Among the broadcasters, CBS won the week in primetime, averaging 5.7 million viewers. NBC had 4.9 million, ABC had 4.6 million, Fox had 3.2 million, ION Television had 1.44 million, Univision had 1.38 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and the CW had 1.1 million.

    Fox News Channel averaged 2.36 million viewers in primetime. MSNBC had 2.01 million, CNN had 1.34 million, TNT had 1.3 million and Hallmark had 1.29 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.7 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.8 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Jan. 21-27. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 11.24 million.
    2. “America’s Got Talent Champions,” NBC, 9.71 million.
    3. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 9.42 million.
    4. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 8.43 million.
    5. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 8.33 million.
    6. “This is Us,” NBC, 8.23 million.
    7. “The Conners,” ABC, 7.74 million.
    8. “Ellen’s Game of Games,” NBC, 7.47 million.
    9. “FBI,” CBS, 7.4 million.
    10. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 7.23 million.
    11. “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 7.15 million.
    12. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 6.99 million.
    13. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 6.75 million.
    14. “Bull,” CBS, 6.71 million.
    15. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 6.7 million.
    16. “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (Sunday, 8 p.m.), ABC, 6.56 million.
    17. “Fam,” CBS, 6.35 million.
    18. “The Good Doctor,” ABC, 6.28 million.
    19. “The Big Bang Theory” (Thursday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 6.16 million.
    20. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 5.98 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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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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