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    NBC Scores Nielsen Win With NFL, “America’s Got Talent”

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    Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) fumbles the ball in front of Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Anthony Barr, right, during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The 12-year-old singing sensation Grace VanderWaal’s $1 million prize capped a successful season for summer’s favorite television show, “America’s Got Talent,” and helped NBC to victory last week in the television ratings.

    VanderWaal’s feel-good story and the return of Simon Cowell to a judge’s table led to a strong season for the summer favorite, which will now be shelved with the onset of television’s fall season. Last Wednesday’s season finale reached 14.4 million viewers, the Nielsen company said.

    It was not such good news for the Emmy Awards, which brought 11.4 million viewers to ABC on Sunday. It was the smallest audience ever recorded for the TV awards show.

    The Emmys were hurt by a NBC’s football game, which had 22.8 million viewers, and a CBS special on JonBenet Ramsey, with 10.4 million. Broadcasters once cleared the decks and left little competition for the Emmys. There’s little incentive to do that now, with cable networks and streaming services dominating the awards.

    Nielsen’s top 20 last week was clogged with 9 football games or football-related shows.

    NBC averaged 8.7 million viewers for the week in prime-time. CBS had 7.6 million, ABC had 5.1 million, Fox had 2.8 million, Telemundo had 1.8 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.3 million and the CW had 1 million.

    ESPN was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 3.24 million viewers in prime-time. Fox had 2.39 million, TBS had 1.49 million, HGTV had 1.48 million and USA had 1.4 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.8 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 7.7 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.3 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 12-18. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Green Bay at Minnesota, NBC, 22.75 million.

    2. “NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 16.74 million.

    3. NFL Football: N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, CBS, 15.39 million.

    4. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 14.41 million.

    5. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 13.97 million.

    6. NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Washington, ESPN, 12.96 million.

    7. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 12.7 million.

    8. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 12.19 million.

    9. “Football Night in America” (Sunday, 7:55 p.m.), NBC, 11.86 million.

    10. “Emmy Awards,” ABC, 11.38 million.

    11. “JonBenet Ramsey: Part 1,” CBS, 10.42 million.

    12. NFL Football: Los Angeles vs. San Francisco, ESPN, 10.25 million.

    13. “NFL Pre-Kick,” CBS, 9.26 million.

    14. “Better Late Than Never,” NBC, 7.64 million.

    15. “Blindspot,” NBC, 7.1 million.

    16. “Thursday Night Kickoff,” CBS, 6.89 million.

    17. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.37 million.

    18. “Big Brother” (Tuesday), CBS, 6.35 million.

    19. “Football Night in America” (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), NBC, 6.3 million.

    20. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.12 million.

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    Hwang Dong-hyuk On Season 2 of “Squid Game,” Wrapping Production on Season 3; What’s Next?

    Thursday, December 26, 2024

    Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix's "Squid Game," but those simulated deaths have a different effect on its creator, writer and director. Instead, Hwang Dong-hyuk feels happiness seeing them go.

    The show has a huge cast and Hwang says it was "really difficult" to manage everyone on set.

    As characters would die, Hwang recalls saying to the actors on their last day, "'Oh no! How sad! I won't see you tomorrow,' but I was always smiling inside."

    "Squid Game" season two premieres Thursday. It once again stars Lee Jung-jae and centers around a secret competition in South Korea that targets people in debt and the winner gets a big cash prize. What they don't know is that losing the game is deadly.

    Hwang originally conceived of the show 15 years ago as a two-hour film but it failed to gain traction with financiers or even interested actors. He put it aside and worked on other films instead. He then had the idea to make it a TV series instead and took the project to Netflix. There, it could reach a wide audience.

    "I never in my wildest dream thought it was going to be this huge," said Hwang, who spoke about the show and what comes next. Answers have been edited for clarity and length.

    Q: What have you learned from "Squid Game"?

    HWANG: I learned that I shouldn't give up. If you love something and if you want to create something, it might not work now, but the time might come later. Or that idea could be the source of inspiration for something else.

    Q: You've already finished filming season three of "Squid Game." Have you thought about what your next project will be?

    HWANG: I'm afraid to talk... Read More

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