By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --CBS is back on top of the weekly Nielsen ratings, propelled by its drama-heavy lineup and the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which gave life to a normally quiet Saturday night schedule.
“NCIS” was the week’s most-watched program, with the CBS drama seen by 15 million viewers. NBC’s ‘Little Big Shots” was second, with Steve Harvey’s family-friendly show appearing to be a Sunday night hit.
Fox’s airing of “The Passion” from New Orleans on Palm Sunday was seen by 6.6 million viewers, more than any other show on the network last week aside from “American Idol.”
For the week, CBS averaged 7.7 million viewers in prime time. NBC had 6.2 million, ABC had 5.6 million, Fox had 3.9 million, Univision had 1.8 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and the CW had 770,000.
Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.57 million viewers in prime time. TBS had 2.13 million, TNT had 1.97 million, HGTV had 1.74 million and AMC had 1.68 million.
NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.4 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 7 million viewers.
Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for March 14-20. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. “NCIS,” CBS, 15.1 million.
2. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 13.32 million.
3. “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 12.69 million.
4. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 12.47 million.
5. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 11.97 million.
6. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.19 million.
7. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.24 million.
8. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 9.8 million.
9. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 9.58 million.
10. “Survivor,” CBS, 9.5 million.
11. “Madam Secretary,” CBS, 9.41 million.
12. “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose,” ABC, 9.24 million.
13. “Scorpion,” CBS, 8.96 million.
14. “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders,” CBS, 8.88 million.
15. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 8.78 million.
16. “American Idol” (Thursday), Fox, 8.22 million.
17. “Modern Family,” ABC, 8.14 million.
18. “The Good Wife,” CBS, 8.08 million.
19. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 7.83 million.
20. “The Middle,” ABC, 7.15 million.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More