By David Bauder, Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --“America’s Got Talent” continues to dominate the summer television landscape, although not by enough to make NBC the week’s most popular network.
The talent show was seen by 11.3 million people last week, more than four million more than the next closest show, a repeat version of “60 Minutes,” the Nielsen company said Tuesday.
CBS’ “Big Brother” has returned to the network’s summer schedule, and each episode was in the Nielsen’s top 20 for the week. CBS’ summer dramas, “Code Black” and “Instinct,” are also being watched, although not at the level of traditional in-season shows.
CBS won the week in primetime, averaging 4.3 million viewers. NBC had 4.2 million, ABC had 3.2 million, Fox had 2.2 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and the CW had 820,000.
Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.6 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.5 million, HGTV had 1.44 million, USA had 1.32 million and ESPN had 1.26 million.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.8 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.2 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.5 million.
Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 25-July 1. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 11.3 million.
2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.06 million.
3. “The Big Bang Theory” (Thursday, 8:30 p.m.), CBS, 6.28 million.
4. “World of Dance,” NBC, 6.08 million.
5. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 5.96 million.
6. “The Big Bang Theory” (Thursday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 5.92 million.
7. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 5.79 million.
8. “Code Black,” CBS, 5.74 million.
9. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.69 million.
10. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 5.39 million.
11. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 5.34 million.
12. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 5.14 million.
13. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 4.78 million.
14. “Bull,” CBS, 4.7 million.
15. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.59 million.
16. “Instinct,” CBS, 4.51 million.
17. “Mom,” CBS, 4.4 million.
18. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS, 4.39 million.
19. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 4.21 million.
20. “Ellen’s Game of Games,” NBC, 4.18 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.
Jennifer Kent On Why Her Feature Directing Debut, “The Babadook,” Continues To Haunt Us
"The Babadook," when it was released 10 years ago, didn't seem to portend a cultural sensation.
It was the first film by a little-known Australian filmmaker, Jennifer Kent. It had that strange name. On opening weekend, it played in two theaters.
But with time, the long shadows of "The Babadook" continued to envelop moviegoers. Its rerelease this weekend in theaters, a decade later, is less of a reminder of a sleeper 2014 indie hit than it is a chance to revisit a horror milestone that continues to cast a dark spell.
Not many small-budget, first-feature films can be fairly said to have shifted cinema but Kent's directorial debut may be one of them. It was at the nexus of that much-debated term "elevated horror." But regardless of that label, it helped kicked off a wave of challenging, filmmaker-driven genre movies like "It Follows," "Get Out" and "Hereditary."
Kent, 55, has watched all of this — and those many "Babadook" memes — unfold over the years with a mix of elation and confusion. Her film was inspired in part by the death of her father, and its horror elements likewise arise out of the suppression of emotions. A single mother (Essie Davis) is struggling with raising her young son (Noah Wiseman) years after the tragic death of her husband. A figure from a pop-up children's book begins to appear. As things grow more intense, his name is drawn out in three chilling syllables — "Bah-Bah-Doooook" — an incantation of unprocessed grief.
Kent recently spoke from her native Australia to reflect on the origins and continuing life of "The Babadook."
Q: Given that you didn't set out to in any way "change" horror, how have you regarded the unique afterlife of "The... Read More