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    Cable News Rates Well With Captive Audiences; Nielsen Week In Review

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    This May 15, 2019 file photo shows CNN news anchor Chris Cuomo at the WarnerMedia Upfront in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Tucker Carlson, Joe Scarborough, Chris Cuomo, Bret Baier, Nicolle Wallace and Anderson Cooper have more in common than you think — at least this month.

    Each cable news host recorded their most-watched months ever in April, with coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home orders assuring a captive audience of people wanting to stay on top of the news.

    Each of the networks noted ratings superlatives: Fox News' already dominant primetime lineup had its best viewership ever in April, MSNBC's full-day schedule also had the largest audience in network history and CNN's all-day audience was its highest since September 2005, when Hurricane Katrina struck, the Nielsen company said.

    There were several individual markers, too. Baier's early-evening news report on Fox was the highest-rated in cable news for the first time, primarily because it often coincided with President Trump's daily briefing.

    During a period he was largely confined to his basement because he had COVID-19, CNN's Cuomo toppled a giant, at least by one measurement, beating MSNBC's Rachel Maddow among younger viewers for the first time ever. And the record-setting month had to be satisfying for the "Morning Joe" crew, which has been blistered by Trump's Twitter feed.

    CNN had the biggest growth among the networks, with its full-day viewership up 150 percent over April 2019 and surpassing MSNBC for the first time in three years.

    During weekday primetime, when cable news brings its stars out, Fox News averaged 4.14 million viewers in April, MSNBC had 2.47 million and CNN had 2.16 million, Nielsen said.

    It's worth noting, however, that none of the cable stars exceeded the viewership that David Muir, Lester Holt and Norah O'Donnell get every night on the broadcast evening newscasts.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 10.2 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 9.6 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 6.7 million.

    CBS won the week in prime time among the broadcast networks, averaging 5.7 million viewers. NBC had 4 million viewers, ABC had 3.6 million, Fox had 2.9 million, Univision had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.2 million, Telemundo had 1 million and the CW had 760,000.Fox News Channel topped the cable networks in primetime, averaging 3.27 million viewers. Buoyed by the NFL draft, ESPN had 2.56 million. MSNBC had 1.93 million, CNN had 1.75 million and TLC had 1.37 million.

    For the week of April 20-26, the top 20 primetime programs, their networks and viewerships:

    1. "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.9 million.
    2. "The Voice," NBC, 9.18 million.
    3. "Survivor," CBS, 8.18 million.
    4. "The Masked Singer," Fox, 8.14 million.
    5. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 8.02 million.
    6. NFL Draft, Round One, ESPN, 7.86 million.
    7. "NCIS," CBS, 7.74 million.
    8. "Magnum, P.I.," CBS, 7.2 million.
    9. "911," Fox, 6.84 million.
    10. "Grammy Salute to Prince," CBS, 6.49 million.
    11. "God Friended Me" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 6.31 million.
    12. "MacGyver," CBS, 6.19 million.
    13. "God Friended Me" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 6.1 million.
    14. "American Idol," ABC, 6.09 million.
    15. "Man With a Plan," CBS, 5.834 million.
    16. "Seal Team," CBS, 5.83 million.
    17. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 5.75 million.
    18. NFL Draft, Round One, ABC, 5.68 million.
    19. "The Masked Singer: After the Mask," Fox, 5.38 million.
    20. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 5.26 million.

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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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