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    Fallon Retakes The Lead From Colbert; Nielsen Week In Review

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    In this May 12, 2014 file photo, "The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon attends the NBC Network 2014 Upfront presentation at the Javits Center in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Jimmy Fallon has topped Stephen Colbert in late-night ratings for the first time since Donald Trump has been president. But the NBC comic might want to keep the champagne on ice.

    The Nielsen company said that Fallon's "Tonight" show averaged 2.66 million viewers last week, a whisker above the 2.62 million achieved by Colbert's "Late Show." CBS' Colbert, with his sharp anti-Trump humor, eclipsed long-time leader Fallon the week after Trump's January inauguration and hasn't looked back.

    NBC's comparatively strong prime-time schedule in the summer may have helped; CBS has been airing mostly reruns lately in prime time. CBS also aired Colbert reruns on Thursday and Friday that were excluded in the ratings. The network believes it would have won if Colbert aired original shows on those nights, and that it will win when people who watch on a time-delayed basis are later counted in.

    NBC won the week in prime time behind its summer hit, "America's Got Talent," and the companion series "World of Dance."

    Fox was nearly invisible in the primetime ratings, with its long-running "So You Think You Can Dance" supplanted by NBC in the hoofer competition.

    NBC averaged 4.6 million viewers for the week, CBS had 4.3 million, ABC had 3.6 million, Fox had 2 million, Univision had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.32 million, Telemundo had 1.26 million and the CW had 760,000.

    Fox News Channel was the week's most popular cable network, averaging 2.4 million viewers in prime time. ESPN had 1.57 million viewers, MSNBC had 1.49 million, USA had 1.48 million and HGTV had 1.46 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.7 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.5 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.9 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 19-25. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.

    1. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 12.74 million.
    2. "World of Dance," NBC, 7.61 million.
    3. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.45 million.
    4. "Little Big Shots," NBC, 7.43 million.
    5. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 7.25 million.
    6. "NCIS," CBS, 6.53 million.
    7. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 6.35 million.
    8. "The Bachelorette," ABC, 5.91 million.
    9. "American Ninja Warrior," NBC, 5.85 million.
    10. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 5.51 million.
    11. "Bull," CBS, 5.48 million.
    12. "Steve Harvey's Funderdome," ABC, 5.47 million.
    13. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 5.39 million.
    14. "The $100,000 Pyramid," ABC, 5.2 million.
    15. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 5.02 million.
    16. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 4.9 million.
    17. "20/20," ABC, 4.75 million.
    18. "Wall," NBC, 4.474 million.
    19. "Spartan: Team Challenge," NBC, 4.471 million.
    20. "Mom," CBS, 4.38 million.
     

     

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    “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” Tops Weekend Box Office

    Sunday, December 22, 2024

    In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures' "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" sped past the Walt Disney Co.'s "Mufasa: The Lion King" to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor in theaters.

    "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" debuted with $62 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates. With strong reviews (86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and a high score from audiences (an "A" on CinemaScore), "Sonic 3" is well positioned to be the top choice in cinemas during the busiest moviegoing period of the year.

    It was telling of some wider trends that "Sonic 3" — made for $122 million — bested one of Disney's top properties. Videogame adaptations, once among the most derided movie genres, have emerged as one of the most dependable box office forces in recent years. The two previous "Sonic" movies together grossed more $700 million worldwide and the third installment appears likely to do better than both of them. A fourth "Sonic" movie is already in development.

    "Mufasa," however, was humbled in its opening weekend, with its $35 million in domestic ticket sales coming in notably shy of expectations . The photorealistic "Lion King" prequel even opened wider than "Sonic 3," launching on 4,100 theaters and gobbling up most IMAX screens, compared with 3,761 locations for "Sonic 3."

    Though "Mufasa's" reviews were poor (56% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences gave it an "A-" CinemaScore.

    "Sonic 3" nearly doubled the haul for "Mufasa," which cost more than $200 million to make. Disney could look to $87.2 million in international sales to help make up the difference. The third "Sonic" will rollout in most overseas markets in the coming weeks.

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