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    Early Xmas Rush Is Ratings Gift For Hallmark; A Look At Last Week’s Nielsen Numbers

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    In this image released by Crown Media, Steve Lund, left, and Shenae Grimes-Beech appear in a scene from the Hallmark Channel film, "Christmas Incorporated." (Ben Mark Holzberg/Crown Media via AP)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The Hallmark Channel may have aired a movie titled “I’m Not Ready for Christmas” last week, but its viewers clearly are.

    The holiday season can’t come early enough at Hallmark, where it officially began on Oct. 31. The family-friendly network devotes the final two months of the year to holiday programming, and its eager viewers made it the third most-watched cable network last week behind ESPN and Fox News Channel.

    Prime-time viewership at Hallmark for the first two weeks of its holiday focus is up 89 percent over the network’s average during October, the Nielsen company said.

    “I’m Not Ready for Christmas” had 3.6 million viewers for its premiere on Saturday, while Sunday’s original movie, “Christmas Inc.,” had 2.5 million, Nielsen said.

    The network plans original movies for every evening of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Candace Cameron Bure, whose “Under Wraps” was the most-watched cable movie last year, is returning with the new film, “A Christmas Detour.” The holiday movies are capped with “A Christmas Melody,” a new movie starring Mariah Carey, on Dec. 19.

    As anticipated, the second Democratic presidential debate had the smallest audience of any presidential contest so far this year. It was seen by 8.55 million people on CBS last Saturday night, Nielsen said. The Republican Presidential Debate was the least watched of the four GOP contests, but set a record for viewership for Fox Business Network.

    CBS won the week in prime time, averaging 10.2 million viewers. NBC had 8.3 million viewers, ABC had 6.2 million, Fox had 3.6 million, Univision had 2 million, the CW had 1.6 million, Telemundo had 1.5 million and ION Television had 1.2 million.

    ESPN was the most popular cable network, averaging 2.71 million viewers. Fox News Channel had 2.29 million, Hallmark had 1.78 million, USA had 1.51 million and AMC had 1.5 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.3 million viewers, ABC’s “World News Tonight” had 8.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 7.8 million.

    Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Nov. 9-15. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Arizona at Seattle, NBC, 19.39 million.

    2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 18.13 million.

    3. “NCIS,” CBS, 16.68 million.

    4. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 14.92 million.

    5. “Sunday Night NFL Pregame,” NBC, 13.94 million.

    6. Republican Presidential Debate, Fox Business, 13.5 million.

    7. “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 12.87 million.

    8. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 12.63 million.

    9. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 12.39 million.

    10. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 12.02 million.

    11. NFL Football: Chicago at San Diego, ESPN, 11.44 million.

    12. “Empire,” Fox, 11.2 million.

    13. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.86 million.

    14. “Madam Secretary,” CBS, 10.61 million.

    15. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 10.34 million.

    16. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 10.33 million.

    17. “The Voice” (Wednesday), NBC, 10.14 million.

    18. “Scorpion,” CBS, 9.34 million.

    19. “Survivor,” CBS, 9 million.

    20. Democratic Presidential Debate, CBS, 8.55 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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