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    Fox’s “Empire,” NBC’s “Blindspot” Off To Strong Start; A Rundown of Last Week’s Nielsens

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    Terrence Howard in a scene from "Empire" (image from Fox).

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    “Empire” came back to the Fox lineup with a flourish, while NBC’s thriller “Blindspot” looks to be one of the season’s hottest new shows.

    Meanwhile, reliable CBS continued atop the Nielsen company’s television rankings as a new broadcast season started, on the strength of old reliables like “The Big Bang Theory,” ‘’NCIS” and “60 Minutes,” with younger shows “Scorpion” and “Life in Pieces” also hitting Nielsen’s top 20.

    A new season means new habits for viewers, or at least getting back into old ones. Among the top four networks, CBS held its own compared to the first week of last season while NBC, ABC and Fox all slipped. But Nielsen’s same day ratings only tell part of the story now; networks will get a truer measure of successes and failures when they can factor in time-delayed viewing.

    There’s no need for second looks at “Empire,” which was seen by 16.2 million viewers upon its return. Even better for Fox, half of those viewers were in the 18-to-49-year-old age group that advertisers love, and no other scripted show had as many as 6 million viewers in that demographic.

    NBC’s “Blindspot,” the heavily promoted series about a mystery woman found in Times Square with a world of tattoos, feels like a hit out of the box with 10.6 million viewers.

    CBS averaged 10.9 million viewers for the week. NBC averaged 8.9 million, and won among the 18-to-49-year-old viewers demographic. ABC had 6.9 million, Fox had 4.2 million, Univision had 2.3 million, Telemundo had 1.5 million and the CW and ION Television averaged 1 million.

    ESPN as the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.99 million viewers in prime time. The Disney Channel had 1.86 million, Fox News Channel had 1.72 million, USA had 1.59 million and Adult Swim had 1.29 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.3 million viewers. ABC’s “World News” was second with 7.9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.5 million viewers.

    Here are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 21-27. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Denver at Detroit, NBC, 22.07 million.

    2. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 18.2 million.

    3. “NCIS,” CBS, 18.19 million.

    4. NFL Football: Washington at N.Y. Giants, CBS, 16.88 million.

    5. “Empire,” Fox, 16.18 million.

    6. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 15.62 million.

    7. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 15.04 million.

    8. “NFL Post-Game,” CBS, 13.03 million.

    9. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 12.62 million.

    10. NFL Football: N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, ESPN, 12.48 million.

    11. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 12.37 million.

    12. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.35 million.

    13. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 12.22 million.

    14. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 11.91 million.

    15. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 11.46 million.

    16. “Life in Pieces,” CBS, 11.28 million.

    17. “Scorpion,” CBS, 11.09 million.

    18. “NFL Pregame Show,” CBS, 10.61 million.

    19. “Blindspot,” NBC, 10.61 million.

    20. “Scandal,” ABC, 10.25 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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