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    ABC Scores Nielsen Touchdown With College Football

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    Texas head coach Charlie Strong calls to his players during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Notre Dame, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The return of college football boosted ABC to a win in the weekly television ratings.

    The network scored with Sunday night’s overtime thriller between Notre Dame and Texas, which was behind only “America’s Got Talent” among television’s most popular shows last week, and Saturday’s less thrilling game between USC and Alabama.

    The games enabled ABC to narrowly beat NBC for bragging rights as the top network in the rerun-filled week before Labor Day, the Nielsen company said.

    ABC averaged 5.2 million viewers in prime time to NBC’s 5.18 million. CBS had 4.3 million viewers, Fox had 2 million, Univision had 1.7 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.3 million and the CW had 1.1 million.

    Fox News Channel was the most popular cable network, averaging 2.14 million viewers in prime time. HGTV had 1.57 million, USA had 1.49 million, ESPN had 1.45 million and TNT had 1.37 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 7.9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.6 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 29-Sept. 4. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.28 million.

    2. College Football: Notre Dame at Texas, ABC, 10.95 million.

    3. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), NBC, 10.5 million.

    4. College Football: USC at Alabama, ABC, 7.94 million.

    5. “NCIS,” CBS, 7.46 million.

    6. “Better Late Than Never,” NBC, 7.33 million.

    7. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.32 million.

    8. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 7.01 million.

    9. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), NBC, 6.46 million.

    10. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), NBC, 6.292 million.

    11. “College Football Pregame” (Saturday), ABC, 6.29 million.

    12. “Bachelor in Paradise (Monday),” ABC, 5.46 million.

    13. “Night Shift,” NBC, 5.43 million.

    14. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 5.42 million.

    15. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 5.27 million.

    16. “Hannity” (Wednesday), Fox News, 5.24 million.

    17. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS, 5.17 million.

    18. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 5.15 million.

    19. “Bachelor in Paradise” (Tuesday), ABC, 5.04 million.

    20. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 4.97 million.

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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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