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    Hannity Scores Major Ratings Win; Nielsen Week In Review

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    This Nov. 5, 2018 file photo shows Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity doing his show from the floor of a campaign rally in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Hannity crushed Rachel Maddow of MSNBC last week, with the Fox News Channel personality averaging 3.78 million viewers. The Nielsen company said Maddow had 2.46 million viewers. That represented the biggest gap between the two since last October. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    When there’s a blowout in the normally tight race for cable news supremacy between Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow, it’s best to check the political headlines to learn why.

    Hannity crushed MSNBC’s Maddow last week, with the Fox News Channel personality averaging 3.78 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. Maddow had 2.46 million viewers last week. It was her least-watched week of the year, and it represented the biggest gap between the two since last October.

    The big story last week was Attorney General William Barr’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, a positive development for supporters of President Donald Trump. Hannity’s a big fan of Trump, of course, and featured a long interview with him on Wednesday’s show.

    The last time he had a margin this big over Maddow was the week last October that Trump appointee Brett Kavanaugh was approved for the Supreme Court.

    Meanwhile, Hannity slumped in the aftermath of the 2018 midterms, dominated by the Democrats. His average viewership for the month after the election was 1 million less than he had last week.

    Hannity’s audience last week was up 24% from his average for the first three months of the year, Nielsen said. Other Fox News primetime personalities did the same: Tucker Carlson was up 18% and Laura Ingraham up 25%.

    Maddow’s audience was down 21% from what has been typical for her this year. The full MSNBC and CNN primetime lineups slumped last week, with both Anderson Cooper and Chris Cuomo down 36% from the year’s average, Nielsen said.

    CBS easily won the week in primetime, averaging 6.6 million viewers. NBC had 4.7 million viewers, ABC had 4.4 million, Fox had 2.5 million, Univision had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 770,000.

    TBS was the week’s most popular cable network, courtesy of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, averaging 3.57 million viewers. Fox News Channel had 2.83 million, MSNBC had 1.49 million, HGTV had 1.23 million and History had 1.2 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.1 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.7 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.4 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for March 25-31. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 12.59 million.
    2. “NCIS,” CBS, 12.19 million.
    3. NCAA Men’s Basketball Tourney: Purdue vs. Virginia, TBS, 10.49 million.
    4. NCAA Men’s Basketball Tourney: Virginia Tech vs. Duke, CBS, 10.07 million.
    5. “FBI,” CBS, 9.13 million.
    6. “The Voice,” NBC, 9.01 million.
    7. “College Basketball Studio Show,” TBS, 8.83 million.
    8. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 8.28 million.
    9. “God Friended Me,” CBS, 8.16 million.
    10. “Survivor,” CBS, 7.76 million.
    11. NCAA Men’s Basketball Tourney: Texas Tech vs. Gonzaga, TBS, 7.72 million.
    12. “This is Us,” NBC, 7.64 million.
    13. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 7.5 million.
    14. “NCAA Post-Game Show,” TBS, 7.41 million.
    15. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 7.38 million.
    16. “American Idol” (Sunday), ABC, 7.28 million.
    17. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 7.19 million.
    18. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 7.02 million.
    19. NCAA Men’s Basketball Tourney: Florida St. vs. Gonzaga, CBS, 6.5 million.
    20. “American Idol” (Monday), ABC, 6.45 million.

    ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox; NBC is owned by NBC Universal.

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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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