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    “SNL” Scores Ratings Win With Eddie Murphy’s Return; Nielsen Week In Review

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    This Dec. 21, 2019 photo shows Eddie Murphy in a sketch from "Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood" on "Saturday Night Live" in New York. (Will Heath/NBC via AP)

    By Lynn Elber, Television Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    Eddie Murphy delivered an early holiday gift to "Saturday Night Live."

    With Murphy aboard as host after a decades-long absence, the NBC show earned its biggest audience since 2017. Just shy of 10 million viewers tuned in to see Murphy back on the late-night comedy show that helped launch his career. His last appearance was in 1984.

    In May 2017, an episode hosted by Melissa McCarthy attracted 10.4 million viewers. 

    Murphy reprised some of his landmark "SNL" characters on last Saturday's show, including Mr. Robinson, Gumby and Buckwheat. The actor-comedian was joined during his opening monologue by Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan.
    Pop sensation Lizzo was the night's musical guest.

    NBC also earned bragging rights for its primetime performance last week with an average 6.2 million viewers, powered by its Sunday night NFL telecast. The network is No. 1 for the season to date, the first time since 1999 that it has led in total viewers at this point in the TV year.

    CBS was second with an average of 4.95 million, Nielsen said. Fox had 4.3 million, ABC had 2.9 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Univision had 1.24 million, Telemundo had 790,000 and the CW had 700,000. 

    Fox News Channel was the week's most-watched cable network, averaging 3.1 million viewers in prime time. ESPN had 2.2 million, MSNBC had 1.8 million, Hallmark had 1.7 million, and CNN had 1.5 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" led the evening newscasts with an average of 8.8 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" was next with 7.9 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.8 million viewers. 

    For the week of Dec. 16-22, the top 20 shows, their networks and viewerships: 

    1. "NFL Sunday Post-Game Show," Fox, 20 million.
    2. "Sunday Night Football: Kansas City at Chicago," NBC, 17 million.
    3. ""Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC. 13.3 million.
    4. "The OT," Fox, 13.1 million.
    5. "NFL: Indianapolis at New Orleans," ESPN, 11.4 million.
    6. "NCIS," CBS, 11.1 million.
    7. "Football Night in America," NBC, 9.8 million.
    8. "The Voice," NBC, 8.8 million.
    9. "The Voice (Tuesday)", NBC, 8.7 million.
    10. "Thursday Night Football: Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco," NFL Network, 8.5 million.
    11. "FBI," CBS, 8.47 million.
    12. "The Masked Singer," Fox, 8.4 million.
    13. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 7.1 million.
    14. "Thursday Night Football Pre-Kick," NFL Network, 7 million.
    15. "The Voice," NBC, 6.7 million.
    16. "Survivor," CBS, 6.5 million.
    17. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 6.44 million.
    18. "Bull," CBS, 6.4 million.
    19. "The Masked Singer," Fox, 6.2 million.
    20. "Bob Hearts Abishola," CBS, 6.1 million.
     
    ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is owned by Fox Corp. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks.

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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