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    “America’s Got Talent” Continues Nielsen Run For NBC

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    In this image released by NBC, Sofie Dossi performs on an episode of the talent competition series, “America’s Got Talent.” (Trae Patton/NBC via AP)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Much to NBC’s delight, there really hasn’t been much competition for “America’s Got Talent” as the summer’s favorite television show.

    Last week’s version of the competition was seen by 12.4 million people, the Nielsen company said Thursday. That’s nearly 5 million more than the week’s second most popular show, “World of Dance,” which has the advantage of following “Talent” on NBC’s schedule on Tuesday nights.

    On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, Katherine Heigl, Laverne Cox, Dule Hill and Elliott Gould are starring in CBS’ version of “Burn-off Theater.”

    They were the ensemble in the network drama “Doubt,” which crashed on arrival during its February premiere. CBS canceled the series after it aired only twice, but since it had bought 13 episodes, the network wanted to get at least something for its investment. So last week it began dumping the episodes on Saturday night in the midsummer, the television version of the Sahara. It was seen by 1.7 million people.

    NBC won the week in prime time, averaging 5.1 million viewers. CBS had 4.4 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Fox had 2.1 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and the CW had 780,000.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.24 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.58 million, HGTV had 1.44 million, USA had 1.34 million and TBS had 1.24 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.4 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.2 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.7 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 26-July 2. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.36 million.
    2. “World of Dance,” NBC, 7.5 million.
    3. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.59 million.
    4. “Little Big Shots: Forever Young,” NBC, 6.56 million.
    5. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.19 million.
    6. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.91 million.
    7. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 5.88 million.
    8. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 5.86 million.
    9. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 5.62 million.
    10. “Bull,” CBS, 5.46 million.
    11. Auto Racing: NASCAR Cup Series, NBC, 5.42 million.
    12. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 5.4 million.
    13. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 5.37 million.
    14. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 5.29 million.
    15. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 5.16 million.
    16. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS, 4.95 million.
    17. “The Wall,” NBC, 4.65 million.
    18. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.6 million.
    19. “The Bachelorette” (Thursday), ABC, 4.58 million.
    20. “Life in Pieces,” CBS, 4.54 million.

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    Los Films Signs Director Tobias Nathan

    Monday, November 18, 2024

    Filmmaker Tobias Nathan has signed with Los Films, the production division of the multidisciplinary creative studio Los York, for U.S. representation spanning commercials, branded content and music videos.

    Nathan’s directing work is characterized by a journalistic sense of solid storytelling combined with visual sophistication. Prior to joining Los Films, he had most recently been repped by production company JOJX.

    Nathan studied journalism and creative writing at Boston University and subsequently fell into a career as a creative director at New York City ad agencies. On-set he often found himself “breathing heavily over director’s shoulders” and in short order he pivoted to the director’s chair. He has directed campaigns for Virgin, Apple Music, Samsung, Infiniti, Vodafone, Nespresso, Grey Goose, Remy Martin, Cadillac and KIA, among others.

    “Tobias is an ambidextrous creative. He can write with one arm and direct with the other,” said Chris Abitbol, head of Los Films. “Seriously, Tobias has worked as a creative and as a film director, telling brand stories with real panache and vision. He’s a true ‘Global Nomad of the Arts,’ and now he’s part of our exciting next phase. Welcome, brother.”

    “I’m excited to join Los York because it feels like it’s a family that really focuses on what matters--craft, quality, and doing good work the right way with people you love,” said Nathan. “Chris, Seth Epstein [Los York founder] and their entire team are looking toward the future at this bizarre time in our industry and figuring out how to lead it. For my part, I plan to create innately human work for Los Films clients; work that moves people, whether with a smirk or a wink or a laugh or a cry, work with... Read More

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