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    Disney Channel’s “Descendants” Becomes Year’s Most-Watched Cable Movie

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    Disney Channel's "Descendants"

    A rundown of Nielsen ratings for the past week

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The teenage progeny of some of Disney’s favorite villains proved to be a winning idea for a film, as the Disney Channel’s “Descendants” easily became the most-watched cable movie of the year.

    The Nielsen company said 6.6 million people watched the movie in its Friday night premiere.

    Television being what it is today, that’s only a portion of who watched. Another 6.2 million people watched reruns of “Descendants” on either Saturday morning or Sunday night, Nielsen said. Disney said more than one million people saw the movie during the five days before it premiered on TV through the network’s app. And the numbers don’t include viewers who saved the movie on their DVR, which Nielsen didn’t immediately have available.

    The offspring of characters like Maleficent, Cruella de Vil and Jafar were featured in the flick, tormenting the children of heroic Disney characters.

    Disney has not committed to a sequel, but the door is wide open. The last scene of the movie featured a voiceover that said the story is not over.

    CBS won the week in prime time, averaging 5.1 million viewers. NBC had 4.9 million, ABC had 3.9 million, Univision had 2.1 million, Fox had 2 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and the CW had 1.1 million.

    Disney was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.41 million viewers in prime time. TNT had 1.8 million, Fox News Channel had 1.63 million, USA had 1.6 million and TBS had 1.59 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.8 million viewers. ABC’s “World News” was second with 7.6 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.1 million viewers.

    For the week of July 27-Aug. 2, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 10.33 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 8.46 million; “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 8.13 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 8.01 million; “The Bachelorette: After the Rose,” ABC, 7.94 million; “Best of America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 7.85 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 7.16 million; “Zoo,” CBS, 7.09 million; Movie: “Descendants,” Disney, 6.55 million; “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 6.38 million.

    Here’s a rundown of primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for July 27-Aug. 2. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 10.33 million.

    2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 8.46 million.

    3. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 8.13 million.

    4. “NCIS,” CBS, 8.01 million.

    5. “The Bachelorette: After the Rose,” ABC, 7.94 million.

    6. “Best of America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 7.85 million.

    7. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 7.16 million.

    8. “Zoo,” CBS, 7.09 million.

    9. Movie: “Descendants,” Disney, 6.55 million.

    10. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 6.38 million.

    11. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 6.26 million.

    12. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 6.18 million.

    13. “Last Comic Standing,” NBC, 5.8 million.

    14. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 5.74 million.

    15. “Dateline NBC Mystery,” NBC, 5.65 million.

    16. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 5.61 million.

    17. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 5.52 million.

    18. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 5.51 million.

    19. “Mom,” CBS, 5.35 million.

    20. “Dateline NBC” (Friday), NBC, 5.09 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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