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    Emmys Hold Steady In Nielsens; Pro Football Dominates Week

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    Host Stephen Colbert speaks at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

    By Lynn Elber, Television Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    Hard-working Emmy Awards host Stephen Colbert and a Sean Spicer cameo helped the ceremony avoid a ratings slide but failed to significantly boost viewership.

    Sunday’s Emmys on CBS drew 11.38 million viewers to rank as the week’s No. 6 program, according to Nielsen figures released Tuesday. That’s slightly more than last year’s audience of 11.3 million, which was a record low for the ceremony.

    Colbert’s opening song-and-dance routine and extended monologue included a number of digs at President Donald Trump and an appearance by former White House press secretary Spicer, who arrived on stage with his own lectern and drew surprised gasps from the theater crowd.

    While the NBC hit drama “This Is Us” was among the nominees, the field also had a number of more niche shows such as Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” streaming TV’s first top drama winner. The increasingly splintered nature of TV is one reason the Emmys are challenged to draw a bigger audience.

    The ceremony also competed with a top-ranked NFL game.

    The football contest combined with two helpings of “America’s Got Talent” to give NBC the lead among networks, with an average 7 million viewers last week. Fox was second with 5.7 million, followed by CBS with 5.5 million; ABC, 3.8 million; Telemundo, 1.4 million; ION and Univision with 1.3 million each, and CW with 920,000.

    Among cable channels, ESPN was top-ranked last week with an average 2.8 million viewers, followed by Fox News Channel with 2.1 million, MSNBC with 1.6 million and USA with 1.5 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.34 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.8 million viewers.

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

    1. NFL Football: Green Bay at Atlanta, NBC, 20.24 million.
    2. “NFL Sunday Post-Game,” Fox, 13.96 million.
    3. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 11.59 million.
    4. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.57 million.
    5. NFL Football: New Orleans at Minnesota, ESPN, 11.4 million.
    6. “Emmy Awards,” CBS, 11.38 million.
    7. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 10.25 million.
    8. NFL Football: L.A. Chargers at Denver, ESPN, 9.95 million.
    9. NFL Football: Houston at Cincinnati, NFLN, 8.1 million.
    10. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.8 million.
    11. “The Orville,” Fox, 6.63 million.
    12. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.43 million.
    13. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.39 million.
    14. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 6.18 million.
    15. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 6.132 million.
    16. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 6.127 million.
    17. “The Big Bang Theory” (Monday), CBS, 5.74 million.
    18. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.23 million.
    19. College Football: Clemson at Louisville, ABC, 5.06 million.
    20. “Mom,” CBS, 4.98 million.

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    Beyoncé provided more excitement than either game during Netflix's NFL debut on Christmas Day.

    Riding into her halftime appearance on a white horse, the 32-time Grammy winner rocked her hometown Houston crowd with a nearly 13-minute performance on Wednesday.

    She surprised fans by bringing along Shaboozey to perform "Sweet Honey Buckiin" and Post Malone joined her for "Levii's Jeans."

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    Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce exposed a glitch in Pittsburgh's defense during Kansas City's 29-10 rout in the first game.

    The broadcast itself went off just fine, quickly becoming the second-most popular live title on Netflix to date, according to NFL Media.

    Lamar Jackson and the Ravens led C.J. Stroud and the Texans to 17-2 at halftime before Beyoncé stole the show.

    Mariah Carey opened Wednesday's doubleheader with a taped performance of "All I Want for Christmas is You" and then the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs trounced the Steelers to clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

    There were no signs of any major streaming issues during the game after Netflix experienced minor blunders at the start of the pregame show. The broadcast opened with roughly 10 seconds of silence because it appeared studio host Kay Adams' microphone wasn't turned on.

    Beyoncé's live performance at NRG Stadium was supposed to be the biggest test for the streaming giant and it seemed to go off without a hitch.

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