By David Bauder, Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --The broadcast networks might want to consider promoting David Muir, Lester Holt and Norah O'Donnell, at least in the summer months.
ABC's Muir-hosted "World News Tonight" and NBC's "Nightly News" with Holt both averaged more viewers than any single program in primetime television last week, the Nielsen company said.
The "CBS Evening News" with O'Donnell wasn't that far behind.
"World News Tonight" averaged 9 million viewers for its five telecasts last week. "Nightly News" had 7.6 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.3 million.
The first weeks of July are generally the least-watched in television all year, with reruns dominating the schedule and the outdoors beckoning.
Among youthful viewers aged 18-to-49, the Spanish-language network Univision beat all of the other broadcasters last week with popular telenovelas.
For the week, CBS averaged 3.4 million viewers in primetime. ABC had 2.71 million viewers, NBC had 2.66 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Fox had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 810,000
Fox News Channel led the cable networks with a primetime average of 3.2 million viewers. MSNBC had 2.13 million, CNN had 1.46 million, TLC had 1.34 million and HGTV had 1.26 million.
For the week of July 6-12, the top 20 primetime programs, their networks and viewerships:
1. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.05 million.
2. "NCIS," CBS, 5.53 million.
3. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 5.13 million.
4. "FBI," CBS, 4.63 million.
5. "Hannity" (Thursday), Fox News, 4.47 million.
6. "America's Got Talent," NBC, 4.39 million.
7. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Monday), Fox News, 4.3 million.
8. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.29 million.
9. "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 4.21 million.
10. "Hannity" (Monday), Fox News, 4.14 million.
11. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 4.135 million.
12. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 4.12 million.
13. "Tough as Nails," CBS, 4.1 million.
14. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Thursday), Fox News, 4.06 million.
15. "Hannity" (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.97 million.
16. "Hannity" (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.92 million.
17. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.865 million.
18. "Titan Games," NBC, 3.85 million.
19. "Bob Hearts Abishola," CBS, 3.79 million.
20. "Magnum P.I.," CBS, 3.78 million.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More