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    CBS Tops Ratings Despite NBC’s Boost From NFL; Nielsen Week In Review

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    Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Eric Fisher (72) pretends to do CPR on wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) after Hill scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. The Chiefs won, 45-10. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    CBS was television’s most popular network last week, but that status is no longer the slam-dunk that it has been for the last decade and a half.

    It was CBS’ second weekly victory of the young television season, matching NBC’s two victories, the Nielsen company said Tuesday. NBC handily won among viewers aged 18 to 49, the demographic group that it cares the most about.

    Sunday night football gives NBC a big boost in the fall, but series like “This Is Us,” ‘’Manifest” and Dick Wolf’s “Chicago” dramas make the network more competitive with scripted series than it has been in the past.

    The premiere of ABC’s Roseanne-less sitcom “The Conners” reached more than 10.5 million viewers last week, and it was the most popular scripted series of the week among the youthful demographic. It will likely get fewer viewers this week; how big the drop is will be an important clue about the series’ long-term prospects.

    For the week, CBS averaged 7.6 million viewers in prime time. NBC had 7.2 million viewers, ABC had 4.7 million, Fox had 4.3 million, Telemundo had 1.3 million, ION Television and Univision were tied with a 1.2 million viewer average and the CW had 1.1 million.

    TBS was the week’s most popular cable network with the help of baseball playoffs, averaging 2.69 million viewers in primetime. ESPN had 2.57 million, Fox News Channel had 2.54 million, MSNBC had 1.43 million and TNT had 1.41 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8 million viewers, NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.8 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Oct. 15-21. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Cincinnati at Kansas City, NBC, 16.02 million.
    2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 14.07 million.
    3. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 12.23 million.
    4. NFL Football: San Francisco at Green Bay, ESPN, 12.17 million.
    5. “NCIS,” CBS, 11.87 million.
    6. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 11.3 million.
    7. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 11 million.
    8. “The Conners,” ABC, 10.57 million.
    9. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 9.99 million.
    10. “FBI,” CBS, 9.31 million.
    11. NFL Football: Denver at Arizona, Fox, 9.13 million.
    12. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 8.99 million.
    13. “This Is Us,” NBC, 8.93 million.
    14. “God Friended Me,” CBS, 8.86 million.
    15. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 8.85 million.
    16. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 8.46 million.
    17. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 8.35 million.
    18. “Mom,” CBS, 8.13 million.
    19. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 7.88 million.
    20. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 7.74 million.

    ABC and ESPN are 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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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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