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    “Downton Abbey” Finale Draws 9.6 Million Viewers; A Look Back At Last Week’s Nielsens

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    This image released by PBS shows Elizabeth McGovern as Cora, Countess of Grantham in a scene from the final season of "Downton Abbey." (Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television Limited 2015 for MASTERPIECE via AP)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    "Downton Abbey” said goodbye to an estimated 9.6 million viewers on Sunday night, lowering the curtain on PBS’ most successful series in ages with its fourth most-watched episode.

    Only the premiere episodes of the last three seasons had larger audiences, topped by the 10.2 million in 2014, the Nielsen company said. The numbers will rise when time-shifted viewing is taken into account; the 2014 season premiere reached 15.5 million viewers after a month.

    “These six seasons of ‘Downton Abbey’ have truly been a fantastic ride for all of us in the public television family,” said Paula Kerger, PBS president and CEO.

    The household help on “Downton Abbey” proved no match for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio as television stars. Fox News Channel’s telecast of last Thursday’s GOP presidential debate was the week’s most-watched program with just under 17 million viewers.

    Fox News had the unusual achievement of beating Fox’s broadcast network in the weekly ratings, Nielsen said.

    CBS won the week in prime-time, averaging 7.7 million viewers. NBC had 6.4 million, and won among the 18-to-49-year-old demographic most attractive to advertisers. ABC had 4.4 million, Fox had 3.6 million, Univision had 1.8 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, the CW has 1.19 million and Telemundo had 1.16 million.

    The GOP debate led Fox to the top as the most popular cable network, averaging 4.14 million viewers in prime-time. CNN had 2.08 million, AMC and HGTV tied at 1.64 million and USA had 1.58 million.

    On the week of Super Tuesday, NBC’s “Nightly News” (8.924 million) and ABC’s “World News Tonight” (8.917 million) essentially tied for the top of the evening new ratings. The “CBS Evening News” had 7.3 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 29-March 6. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. Republican Presidential Debate, Fox News, 16.83 million.

    2. “NCIS,” CBS, 15.45 million.

    3. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 13.33 million.

    4. “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 12.82 million.

    5. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.29 million.

    6. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 11.73 million.

    7. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 11.44 million.

    8. “Madam Secretary,” CBS, 10.19 million.

    9. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 10.08 million.

    10. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 9.32 million.

    11. “Survivor,” CBS, 9.24 million.

    12. “Scorpion,” CBS, 9.23 million.

    13. “American Idol” (Thursday), Fox, 8.74 million.

    14. “Life in Pieces,” CBS, 8.4 million.

    15. “Modern Family,” ABC, 8.22 million.

    16. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 8.17 million.

    17. “Mom,” CBS, 7.98 million.

    18. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 7.94 million.

    19. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 7.67 million.

    20. “Mysteries of Laura,” NBC, 7.44 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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