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    “Dancing” To A Catchy Nielsen Tune; A Review Of Last Week’s Ratings

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    In this April 11, 2016 image released by ABC, dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy, left, and Ginger Zee compete on the celebrity dance competition series, "Dancing with the Stars," in Los Angeles. (Adam Taylor/ABC via AP)

    A night of Disney tunes led ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” to the largest audience of its current season and to the top of the television rankings.

    The Nielsen company said an estimated 12.5 million people watched “Dancing,” which featured the contestants showing their steps to songs made famous by ABC’s parent company. Light fare dominated the top of Nielsen’s charts, with NBC’s “The Voice” and “Little Big Shots” also scoring well.

    Some of CBS’ most popular series – “NCIS,” ‘’The Big Bang Theory” and “NCIS: New Orleans” – showed repeat episodes, shuffling the rankings.

    Still, CBS’ bench strength enabled it to win the week, averaging 7.5 million viewers in prime time. NBC had 5.7 million and ABC had 5.4 million, while winning among the most valuable youthful demographic. Fox had 3.2 million viewers, Univision had 1.9 million, Telemundo had 1.29 million, ION Television had 1.27 million and the CW had 1.1 million.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.15 million viewers in prime time. CNN had 1.66 million, USA had 1.61 million, HGTV had 1.46 million and TBS had 1.37 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.3 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.8 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for April 11-17. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 12.51 million.

    2. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.81 million.

    3. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 10.66 million.

    4. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.45 million.

    5. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 10.41 million.

    5. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 10.41 million.

    7. “Empire,” Fox, 10.11 million.

    8. “NCIS,” CBS, 9.99 million.

    9. “Madam Secretary,” CBS, 9.57 million.

    10. “NCIS: New Orleans” (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 9.05 million.

    11. “NCIS: New Orleans” (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), CBS, 9.04 million.

    12. “The Voice” (Wednesday), NBC, 8.88 million.

    13. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 8.82 million.

    14. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 8.62 million.

    15. “Scorpion,” CBS, 8.6 million.

    16. “The Good Wife,” CBS, 8.55 million.

    17. “Hawaii Five-O,” CBS, 8.42 million.

    18. “Survivor,” CBS, 8.4 million.

    19. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 8.24 million.

    20. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 7.97 million.

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

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    Review: Director Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light”

    Thursday, November 14, 2024

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    Anu (Divya Prabha) is even younger, trying to figure out what her life is going to look like and already in something of an impossible situation: She's fallen in love with Shiz (Hridhu Haroon), who is Muslim. She's Hindu. But in a city of over 20 million, a secret relationship can have some room to grow. Yes, they're hiding this from their families, a burden in and of itself, but in the night markets with the city glimmering and moving around them, they're able to just be.

    Prabha is a little judgmental of her more carefree (possibly careless) younger housemate. More companions by circumstance than friends exactly, these women have different ideas about life, but we watch as they grow closer and understand one another more. Prabha even allows herself to go for a walk with a doctor who is clearly interested in her. A small act of agency and rebellion against her... Read More

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