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    NFL Overtime Games Rate Highly; Nielsen Week In Review

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    New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) celebrates after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    There’s nothing like two overtime games in the NFL conference championships to keep television viewers glued to their recliners.

    The New England Patriots’ thrilling victory over the Kansas City Chiefs was seen by 53.92 million viewers on Sunday, the Nielsen company said. That’s up 22 percent from the Patriots’ victory over Jacksonville last year, and the most watched AFC championship since 2011.

    Sunday’s afternoon game, where the Los Angeles Rams beat the New Orleans Saints with the help of a referee’s bad call, was seen by 44.2 million people, Nielsen said. That’s up 4 percent over last year’s contest between Philadelphia and Minnesota.

    Frigid temperatures throughout most of the country in the middle of a holiday weekend no doubt helped television attendance.

    The NFL says ratings for all of its playoff games are up 12 percent over last year’s post-season. There’s a strong chance Sunday night’s game will be the year’s second most-watched television event, after the Super Bowl in two weeks.

    With the AFC championship on Sunday night, CBS cruised to a dominant weekly victory in the prime-time ratings, averaging 14.2 million viewers. NBC averaged 5 million viewers in prime-time, ABC had 4.1 million, Fox had 3.2 million, Univision had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and the CW had 1 million.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.19 million viewers in prime-time. MSNBC had 2.01 million, Hallmark had 1.36 million, HGTV had 1.23 million and USA had 1.22 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.8 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 8.9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.9 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Jan. 14-20. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. AFC Championship: New England vs. Kansas City, CBS, 53.92 million.
    2. “AFC Championship Post Game,” CBS, 24.34 million.
    3. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 13.33 million.
    4. “NCIS,” CBS, 12.22 million.
    5. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 11.46 million.
    6. “AGT Champions,” NBC, 9.99 million.
    7. “FBI,” CBS, 9.34 million.
    8. “Magnum, P.I.,” CBS, 8.76 million.
    9. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 8.51 million.
    10. “Mom,” CBS, 8.46 million.
    11. “Chicago Fire,” CBS, 8.03 million.
    12. “This is Us,” NBC, 7.75 million.
    13. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS, 7.62 million.
    14. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 7.29 million.
    15. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 7.26 million.
    16. “Bull,” CBS, 7.09 million.
    17. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 7.08 million.
    18. “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 6.95 million.
    19. “MacGyver,” CBS, 6.9 million.
    20. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 6.83 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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    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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