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    “America’s Got Talent” Continues Hot Summer; Nielsen Week In Review

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    This Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 photo provided by NBC shows host Terry Crews, left, and singer Kodi Lee on the NBC television show, “America’s Got Talent,” in Los Angeles. With the top two most-watched television shows last week, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent’” continues its dominance when the heat is on. It’s the summer’s most-watched television series for six summers in a row. (Justin Lubin/NBC via AP)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    “America’s Got Talent” wasn’t content with just the top spot in the Nielsen company’s rankings of the most popular television programs last week. This time it took the top two.

    First place is familiar territory for NBC’s talent competition. It has been the most-watched summer series for six straight years, and the No. 1 alternative summer series for all 14 years that it has been on the air.

    The dominance continues even though the show is slipping in popularity, which is typical of most TV series these days. “AGT” averages 11.4 million viewers live and within a week of an episode’s premiere, down 18% from last year, Nielsen said.

    Still, that’s almost 4 million viewers more than the second-ranked show of the summer, ABC’s “Bachelorette,” which had 7.5 million viewers within a week of its premiere this summer.

    “America’s Got Talent” still has the capacity to create big moments online, too. A clip of contestant Kodi Lee singing a version of “A Song For You” has been viewed nearly 432 million times online, NBC said.

    The summer’s ratings illustrate how scripted series are fading as a factor, after a couple of years where networks tried to attract viewers with a handful of new shows. Last summer the second-ranked show was the CBS drama “Code Black,” with 8.8 million viewers. The most-watched scripted series this summer has been reruns of CBS’ “NCIS,” at 5.6 million, Nielsen said.

    NBC won the week in primetime, averaging 3.6 million viewers. CBS had 3.4 million, ABC had 2.9 million, Fox had 2.4 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Univision had 980,000, Univision had 950,000 and the CW had 580,000.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.36 million viewers in primetime. MSNBC had 1.54 million, HGTV had 1.2 million, USA had 1.13 million and Hallmark had 1.11 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 7.2 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 12-18. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 9.1 million.
    2. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 7.9 million.
    3. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.11 million.
    4. NFL Exhibition Football: Seattle at Minnesota, Fox, 5.3 million.
    5. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 5.06 million.
    6. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 4.76 million.
    7. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 4.72 million.
    8. “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 4.42 million.
    9. “NCIS,” CBS, 4.4 million.
    10. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 4.37 million.
    11. “Bachelor in Paradise” (Monday), ABC, 4.35 million.
    12. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 4.23 million.
    13. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 4.21 million.
    14. “Bachelor in Paradise” (Tuesday), ABC, 4.09 million.
    15. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 4.04 million.
    16. “Dateline NBC” (Monday), NBC, 4 million.
    17. “FBI,” CBS, 3.91 million.
    18. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 3.75 million.
    19. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 3.61 million.
    20. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 3.6 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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    Is “Glicked” The New “Barbenheimer”? “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” Hit Theater Screens

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    "Barbenheimer" was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn't stopped people from trying to make "Glicked" — or even "Babyratu" — happen.

    The counterprogramming of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" in July 2023 hit a nerve culturally and had the receipts to back it up. Unlike so many things that begin as memes, it transcended its online beginnings. Instead of an either-or, the two movies ultimately complemented and boosted one another at the box office.

    And ever since, moviegoers, marketers and meme makers have been trying to recreate that moment, searching the movie release schedule for odd mashups and sending candidates off into the social media void. Most attempts have fizzled (sorry, "Saw Patrol" ).

    This weekend is perhaps the closest approximation yet as the Broadway musical adaptation "Wicked" opens Friday against the chest-thumping sword-and-sandals epic "Gladiator II." Two big studio releases (Universal and Paramount), with one-name titles, opposite tones and aesthetics and big blockbuster energy — it was already halfway there before the name game began: "Wickiator," "Wadiator," "Gladwick" and even the eyebrow raising "Gladicked" have all been suggested.

    "'Glicked' rolls off the tongue a little bit more," actor Fred Hechinger said at the New York screening of "Gladiator II" this week. "I think we should all band around 'Glicked.' It gets too confusing if you have four or five different names for it."

    As with "Barbenheimer," as reductive as it might seem, "Glicked" also has the male/female divide that make the fan art extra silly. One is pink and bright and awash in sparkles, tulle, Broadway bangers and brand tie-ins; The other is all sweat and sand, blood and bulging... Read More

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