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    Nielsen Week In Review: Promising Starts For “Bull,” “Designated Survivor”

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    This image released by CBS shows, Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull, background left, and Chris Jackson as Chunk Palmer, right, in a scene from, "Bull," premiering on Sept. 20. (David M. Russell/CBS via AP)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Nielsen’s first “most likely to succeed” list is out, and it includes Michael Weatherley, Mandy Moore, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin James.

    They are among the stars in new series that performed well during the first week of the new TV season, the Nielsen company said. The best performer was “Bull,” CBS’ series starring Weatherley as a trial consultant in a story loosely based on Dr. Phil McGraw’s life. Its audience of 15.6 million made it the most-watched debut of the week.

    Moore is in the ensemble cast of NBC’s “This is Us,” and James in the CBS comedy “Kevin Can Wait,” which both finished among Nielsen’s Top 25 for their debuts.

    All three series, however, had the advantage of following more popular returning series on the schedule: CBS’ “NCIS” and “The Big Bang Theory,” and NBC’s “The Voice.” That’s the television equivalent of beginning a 100-yard dash 50 yards ahead of your opponent.

    Sutherland’s critically acclaimed “Designated Survivor” on ABC, however, was the only one of the four newcomers to gather a bigger audience than the show immediately preceding it on the schedule. ABC’s “black-ish” had 6.4 million viewers for its premiere, and “Designated Survivor” followed it with more than 10 million — a positive sign that many viewers specifically sought it out.

    After finishing the summer months behind NBC in the ratings, CBS returned to the top spot last week. It also was the only one of the top four networks to gain in viewers compared to the first week of the 2015 season.

    CBS averaged 11.2 million viewers in prime time for premiere week. NBC had 8.7 million, and won among the 18-to-49-year-old demographic sought by advertisers. ABC had 5.9 million, Fox had 3.6 million, Telemundo had 1.7 million, Univision had 1.6 million, ION Television had 1.1 million and the CW had 900,000.

    ESPN was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 3.19 million people in prime time. Fox News Channel ad 2.33 million, TNT had 1.8 million, TBS had 1.44 million and HGTV had 1.31 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.2 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.7 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 19-25. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Chicago at Dallas, NBC, 20.62 million.

    2. NFL Football: Houston at New England, CBS, 17.55 million.

    3. “NCIS,” CBS, 16 million.

    4. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 15.82 million.

    5. “Bull,” CBS, 15.57 million.

    6. “NFL Pregame,” NBC, 15.41 million.

    7. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 14.36 million.

    8. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.29 million.

    9. NFL Football: Philadelphia at Chicago, ESPN, 12.14 million.

    10. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 12.1 million.

    11. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 11.5 million.

    12. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 11.12 million.

    13. “NFL Pregame,” CBS, 11.084 million.

    14. “Kevin Can Wait,” CBS, 11.08 million.

    15. “Empire,” Fox, 10.87 million.

    16. “MacGyver,” CBS, 10.73 million.

    17. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 10.72 million.

    18. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 10.55 million.

    19. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 10.34 million.

    20. “Hawaii Five-O,” CBS, 10.22 million.

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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