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    ABC Scores With College Football; Nielsen Week In Review

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    Auburn quarterback Bo Nix (10) celebrates with teammates after Auburn came from behind to defeat Oregon following an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, in Arlington, Texas. Auburn won 27-21. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The opening of college football’s season was welcome news for ABC in an otherwise quiet week for television.

    The network won the weekly ratings competition on the strength of games that took over the network’s schedule on Saturday night (Oregon vs. Auburn) and Sunday (Oklahoma vs. Houston), the Nielsen company said.

    As it approaches its end for the season, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” otherwise dominated the primetime landscape, with the week’s two most popular programs.

    ABC averaged 3.7 million viewers in primetime for the week. NBC was second with 3.43 million viewers, CBS had 3.35 million, Fox had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Univision had 1.03 million, Telemundo had 1.01 million and the CW had 580,000.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.29 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.53 million, ESPN had 1.39 million, HGTV had 1.21 million and USA had 1.12 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.2 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 7.3 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.1 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 26-Sept. 1. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 8.99 million.
    2. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 8 million.
    3. College Football: Oregon vs. Auburn, ABC, 6.86 million.
    4. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.24 million.
    5. College Football: Oklahoma vs. Houston, ABC, 5.44 million.
    6. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.11 million.
    7. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 4.87 million
    8. “Bachelor in Paradise” (Monday), ABC, 4.59 million.
    9. “FBI,” CBS, 4.47 million.
    10. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 4.29 million.
    11. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 4.15 million.
    12. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 4.01 million.
    13. “Bachelor in Paradise” (Tuesday), ABC, 3.97 million.
    14. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 3.89 million.
    15. “The Big Bang Theory” (Monday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 3.64 million.
    16. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 3.49 million.
    17. “Bring the Funny,” NBC, 3.47 million.
    18. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS, 3.43 million.
    19. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 3.41 million.
    20. “The Big Bang Theory” (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), CBS, 3.4 million.

    ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by Fox Corp.; 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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