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    Inauspicious Start To Olympics Still Enough For NBC To Top Weekly Nielsens

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    The Olympic rings decorate the sail of Ukraine's Oleksandr Tugaryev as he prepares to compete in the men's RS:X at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

    By Lynn Elber, Television Writer

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) --

    The Rio Games had a less-than-golden start for NBC but were enough of a draw to allow the network to dominate the weekly ratings.

    The Summer Olympics opening ceremony had 26.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen company figures released Tuesday. That’s a 35 percent drop compared to the 40.7 million U.S. viewers who watched the opening of the London Games four years ago — although NBC is pointing to more time-shifted viewing and streaming as factors in the decrease.

    Still, Olympic broadcasts were the three most-watched programs of the week of Aug. 1-7. The opening spectacle and events including gymnastics combined with two episodes of “America’s Got Talent” to give NBC five of the top 10 shows, Nielsen said.

    The network led with an average of 15.3 million viewers, followed by ABC with 4.1 million. CBS had 3.9 million and Fox 1.7 million, the latter nudged closely by Univision with 1.6 million and Telemundo with 1.4 million. ION Television drew 1.2 million, followed by CW with 1 million viewers.

    In the evening-news contest, NBC’s “Nightly News” held the top spot with 8 million viewers, followed by ABC’s “World News Tonight” with 7.7 million. The “CBS Evening News” had 6.3 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 1-7. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. Summer Olympic Games (Sunday), NBC, 29.8 million.

    2. Summer Olympics opening ceremony (Sunday), NBC, 26.5 million.

    3. Summer Olympics (Saturday), NBC. 20.6 million.

    4. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.6 million.

    5. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 9.4 million.

    6. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 8.6 million.

    7. “The Bachelorette: After the Rose,” ABC, 8.1 million.

    8. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.8 million.

    9. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.5 million.

    10. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 6 million.

    11. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.9 million.

    12. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 5.8 million.

    13. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 5.79 million.

    14. “CMA Music Festival,” ABC, 5.6 million.

    15. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 5.2 million.

    16. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 5.2 million.

    17. “Running Wild,” NBC, 5.1 million.

    18. “Rio Olympics Preview,” NBC, 5 million.

    19. “Night Shift,” NBC, 5 million.

    20. “Life in Pieces,” CBS. 4.9 million.

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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