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    “Criminal Minds,” “Fresh Off the Boat” End With Ratings Boost; Nielsen Week In Review

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    This image released by ABC shows Constance Wu, from left, Lucille Soong, Hudson Yang and Randall Park in a scene from the series finale of "Fresh Off the Boat," which aired on Friday, Feb. 21. (Raymond Liu/ABC via AP)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Two long-running series — CBS drama "Criminal Minds" and ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat" — ended their runs last week with modest bumps in the ratings.

    The investigators on "Criminal Minds" concluded their 15th and last season by chasing a psychopath who liked to cut off the faces of his victims. The last episode reached 5.4 million viewers, up 12% from its season average, the Nielsen company said.

    The Huang family finished the sixth season of "Fresh Off the Boat'' with a sweetly nostalgic episode that included a peek at the future for the characters. Its last episode was seen by 2.4 million people, or 6% more than the season average, Nielsen said.

    Both shows had one oddity in common. They each ended with two separate episodes where the second, the actual finale, had fewer viewers than the first. "Fresh Off the Boat" had 3 million for its first half hour.

    The numbers will increase when delayed viewing is added in.

    Television's week was dominated by the Democratic presidential debate, which was seen by 19.8 million people on either NBC or MSNBC. It's the most-watched Democratic nomination debate ever.

    CBS won the week with an average of 6.1 million viewers in primetime. NBC had 4.4 million viewers, ABC had 4.2 million, Fox had 3 million, Univision had 1.7 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1 million and the CW had 650,000.

    Fox News Channel was the most popular cable network, averaging 3.01 million viewers in primetime. MSNBC had 2.17 million, HGTV had 1.18 million, TLC had 1.17 million and Discovery had 1.12 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 9 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.8 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.8 million.

    For the week of Feb. 17-23, the top 20 programs, networks and their viewerships:

    1. Democratic Presidential Debate, NBC, 12.11 million.
    2. "NCIS," CBS, 11.92 million.
    3. "Daytona 500" rainout coverage, Fox, 10.08 million.
    4. "FBI," CBS, 8.95 million.
    5. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 9.12 million.
    6. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.95 million.
    7. Democratic Debate, MSNBC, 7.67 million.
    8. "America's Got Talent Champions," NBC, 7.61 million.
    9. "American Idol," ABC, 7.5 million.
    10. "Survivor," CBS, 7.18 million.
    11. "The Masked Singer," Fox, 7.13 million.
    12. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 6.66 million.
    13. "The Bachelor," ABC, 6.65 million.
    14. "This is Us," NBC, 6.48 million.
    15. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 6.46 million.
    16. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 6.3 million.
    17. "Mom," CBS, 6.283 million.
    18. "Station 19," ABC, 6.277 million.
    19. "Bull," CBS, 6.23 million.
    20. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 6.2 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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