By David Bauder, Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --Mention primetime television stars in other ages, and you'd think of Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Harmon or Jennifer Aniston. Now it's Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson.
Fox News Channel was the most-watched network in primetime television last week, counting both broadcast and cable, the Nielsen company said. It was the second week in a row that happened, and the third time in June.
Before this month, that had never happened before. Ever.
June is traditionally a slow month for broadcast television, its schedule crammed with reruns and game shows. And it has been a very busy news stretch that has lifted news programming across the board.
Still, the star power of Hannity and Carlson in the conservative firmament lifted Fox to heights it had never reached. Each host had four shows among Nielsen's top 20 last week, led by Hannity's Thursday night interview with President Donald Trump.
It's also worth nothing that ABC's "World News Tonight" with David Muir averaged more viewers last week than any prime-time show on television, Nielsen said.
Despite putting on a well-received show and simulcasting on CBS for the first time, Sunday's showing of the "BET Awards" had a relatively disappointing 3.7 million viewers.
NBC was second among the broadcast networks with an average of 3.2 million viewers in prime time. ABC had 2.9 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Fox had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and Telemundo had 860,000
After Fox News, MSNBC was second among cable networks with an average of 2.07 million viewers in prime time. CNN had 1.62 million, HGTV had 1.27 million and TLC had 1.18 million.
"World News Tonight" led the evening newscasts with an average of 8.9 million viewers, NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.5 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.3 million.
For the week of June 22-28, the top 20 prime-time television shows, their networks and viewerships:
1. "America's Got Talent," NBC, 8.72 million.
2. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.89 million.
3. "NCIS," CBS, 5.68 million.
4. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 5.56 million.
5. "Hannity" (Thursday), Fox News, 5.12 million.
6. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 4.84 million.
7. "FBI," CBS, 4.71 million.
8. "Hannity" (Monday), Fox News, 4.48 million.
9. "Hannity" (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.38 million.
10. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.27 million.
11. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Thursday), Fox News, 4.253 million.
12. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Monday), Fox News, 4.247 million.
13. "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 4.23 million.
14. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.184 million.
15. "Hannity" (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.182 million.
16. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 4.15 million.
17. "World of Dance," NBC, 4.1 million.
18. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 4.01 million.
19. "Titan Games," NBC, 3.882 million.
20. "Holey Moley," ABC, 3.88 million.
8 Aspiring DPs Receive Emerging Cinematographer Awards
The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) presented eight aspiring DPs with 2024 Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA) during a ceremony, screening and reception held on Sunday (9/29) in the Television Academyโs Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood.
Also during the ECA proceedings, Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC accepted the Distinguished Filmmaker Award. Prieto is a four-time Best Cinematography Oscar nominee--for Ang Leeโs Brokeback Mountain, and Martin Scorseseโs Silence, The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon.
In his opening awards ceremony remarks, Stephen Poster, ASC--who co-chairs the Guildโs ECA committee with Jimmy Matlosz--estimated that over the 26 years of the ECA, more than 200 up-and-coming lensers have garnered invaluable exposure and recognition early on in their careers. Submissions are open to Local 600 members who are not yet classified as DPs, and a panel of established ICG members from across the country assess the short film entries. The competition has intensified over the past two-plus decades. This yearโs eight honorees and their short films were selected from 118 submissions.
The class of 2024 ECA honorees are:
โDominic Bartolone for the short film Sweet Santa Barbara Brown
โAdam Carboni, INCOMPLETE
โMatthew Halla, The Unreachable Star
โJessica Hershatter, Pirandello on Broadway
โAllen Ho, Iron Lung
โNick Mahar, Sands of Fate
โDylan Trivette, Bearing Witness: A Name & A Voice
โAndrew Trost, Bloom
These emerging cinematographers benefited from more than just the Sunday showcase in North... Read More