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    Political Fare Dominates Primetime; Nielsen Week In Review

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    From left, Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and businessman Tom Steyer, greet on another on stage at the end of the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Charleston, S.C., co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    For the second straight week, politics was the dominant force in primetime television.

    CBS News' coverage of the Democratic presidential debate from South Carolina last week was easily the most-watched event on television, with 15.34 million viewers. The newsmagazine "60 Minutes," which featured Scott Pelley's interview with Democrat Mike Bloomberg, came in second for the week, the Nielsen company said.

    The previous Democratic debate, from Nevada, which reached just under 20 million people on NBC and MSNBC, dominated the Nielsen ratings the previous week.

    Meanwhile, the three news networks —Fox News, MSNBC and CNN — were the most popular networks on cable television, and their diets are heavily political.

    In entertainment, "The Voice" returned for a new season on NBC, instantly eclipsing "American Idol" on ABC.

    CBS led the way with an average of 6.1 million viewers in primetime last week. NBC had 4.7 million viewers, ABC had 4.2 million, Fox had 2.6 million, Univision had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 580,000.

    Fox News Channel averaged 3.03 million viewers in primetime, with MSNBC second with 1.8 million. CNN had 1.161 million, ESPN had 1.158 million and HGTV had 1.08 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings racing, averaging 9.1 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.8 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.7 million.

    For the week of Feb. 24-March 1, Nielsen's top 20 programs, their networks and viewerships:

    1. Democratic Presidential Debate, CBS, 15.34 million.
    2. "60 Minutes," CBS, 9.18 million.
    3. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 8.99 million.
    4. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 8.66 million.
    5. "Chicago Med," NBC, 8.61 million.
    6. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 8.57 million.
    7. "Chicago PD," NBC, 8.12 million.
    8. "Survivor," CBS, 7.15 million.
    9. . "American Idol," ABC, 6.99 million.
    10. "This is Us," NBC, 6.98 million.
    11. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 6.86 million.
    12. "The Bachelor," ABC, 6.82 million.
    13. "The Masked Singer," Fox, 6.74 million.
    14. "Station 19," ABC, 6.59 million.
    15. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 6.49 million.
    16. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 6.03 million.
    17. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 6.006 million.
    18. "God Friended Me," CBS, 6.005 million.
    19. "911: Lone Star," Fox, 5.65 million.
    20. "The Good Doctor," ABC, 5.63 million.

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    Is “Glicked” The New “Barbenheimer”? “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” Hit Theater Screens

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    "Barbenheimer" was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn't stopped people from trying to make "Glicked" — or even "Babyratu" — happen.

    The counterprogramming of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" in July 2023 hit a nerve culturally and had the receipts to back it up. Unlike so many things that begin as memes, it transcended its online beginnings. Instead of an either-or, the two movies ultimately complemented and boosted one another at the box office.

    And ever since, moviegoers, marketers and meme makers have been trying to recreate that moment, searching the movie release schedule for odd mashups and sending candidates off into the social media void. Most attempts have fizzled (sorry, "Saw Patrol" ).

    This weekend is perhaps the closest approximation yet as the Broadway musical adaptation "Wicked" opens Friday against the chest-thumping sword-and-sandals epic "Gladiator II." Two big studio releases (Universal and Paramount), with one-name titles, opposite tones and aesthetics and big blockbuster energy — it was already halfway there before the name game began: "Wickiator," "Wadiator," "Gladwick" and even the eyebrow raising "Gladicked" have all been suggested.

    "'Glicked' rolls off the tongue a little bit more," actor Fred Hechinger said at the New York screening of "Gladiator II" this week. "I think we should all band around 'Glicked.' It gets too confusing if you have four or five different names for it."

    As with "Barbenheimer," as reductive as it might seem, "Glicked" also has the male/female divide that make the fan art extra silly. One is pink and bright and awash in sparkles, tulle, Broadway bangers and brand tie-ins; The other is all sweat and sand, blood and bulging... Read More

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