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    “Chicago” Dramas Rate Well For NBC; Oscars Top Nielsen Week In Review

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    Michael Keaton walks on stage to present the award for best film editing at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Producer Dick Wolf’s factory of “Chicago” dramas is becoming increasingly important for NBC.

    Both “Chicago PD” and “Chicago Fire” scored their highest ratings in nearly two years last week with crossover episodes where they shared casts, the Nielsen company said. “Chicago Med” actually had the biggest audience of the triumvirate with 9.1 million viewers, although the other two were close behind.

    All three shows were among the 11 most-watched programs on primetime television last week. After the finale of “America’s Got Talent Champions” last week, they were the most popular programs on NBC.

    The Oscars led ABC to a weekly win in the ratings. The show’s audience of 29.6 million was up 12 percent over last year’s show, but it still finished as the second least-watched Oscars telecast ever.

    ABC averaged 8 million viewers for the week. CBS was second with 6.2 million, NBC had 5 million, Fox had 3 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 610,000.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.39 million viewers. MSNBC had 1.88 million, ESPN had 1.33 million, HGTV had 1.32 million and USA had 1.23 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening newscasts with an average of 9.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.6 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 18-24. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “The Oscars,” ABC, 29.56 million.
    2. “Live From the Red Carpet” (7:30-8 p.m. ET), ABC, 14.16 million.
    3. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 13.49 million.
    4. “NCIS,” CBS, 12.75 million.
    5. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 11.31 million.
    6. “America’s Got Talent Champions,” NBC, 10.58 million.
    7. “Live From the Red Carpet” (7-7:29 p.m.), ABC, 10.42 million.
    8. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 9.12 million.
    9. “FBI,” CBS, 9.07 million.
    10. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 8.94 million.
    11. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 8.86 million.
    12. “Mom,” CBS, 8.41 million.
    13. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 8.3 million.
    14. “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 8.28 million.
    15. “Survivor,” CBS, 7.76 million.
    16. “This is Us,” NBC, 7.56 million.
    17. “Hawaii Five-0” (Friday, 9 p.m. ET), CBS, 7.11 million.
    18. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 7.03 million.
    19. “Hawaii Five-0” (Friday, 10 p.m. ET), CBS, 8.98 million.
    20. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 6.9 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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    “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” Tops Weekend Box Office

    Sunday, December 22, 2024

    In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures' "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" sped past the Walt Disney Co.'s "Mufasa: The Lion King" to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor in theaters.

    "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" debuted with $62 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates. With strong reviews (86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and a high score from audiences (an "A" on CinemaScore), "Sonic 3" is well positioned to be the top choice in cinemas during the busiest moviegoing period of the year.

    It was telling of some wider trends that "Sonic 3" — made for $122 million — bested one of Disney's top properties. Videogame adaptations, once among the most derided movie genres, have emerged as one of the most dependable box office forces in recent years. The two previous "Sonic" movies together grossed more $700 million worldwide and the third installment appears likely to do better than both of them. A fourth "Sonic" movie is already in development.

    "Mufasa," however, was humbled in its opening weekend, with its $35 million in domestic ticket sales coming in notably shy of expectations . The photorealistic "Lion King" prequel even opened wider than "Sonic 3," launching on 4,100 theaters and gobbling up most IMAX screens, compared with 3,761 locations for "Sonic 3."

    Though "Mufasa's" reviews were poor (56% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences gave it an "A-" CinemaScore.

    "Sonic 3" nearly doubled the haul for "Mufasa," which cost more than $200 million to make. Disney could look to $87.2 million in international sales to help make up the difference. The third "Sonic" will rollout in most overseas markets in the coming weeks.

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