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    Stephen Colbert Tops Late-Night Nielsens; CBS Dominates Week In Primetime

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    In this March 31, 2017 photo released by CBS, host Stephen Colbert appears on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in New York. (Richard Boeth/CBS via AP)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Stephen Colbert hit another milestone in his stunning late-night turnaround against Jimmy Fallon of NBC’s “Tonight” show.

    Colbert won in the Nielsen company’s ratings for the ninth consecutive time last week, his margin of 400,000 viewers the widest lead since the CBS star overtook Fallon with a sharp concentration on politics. Fallon aired a rerun Friday; otherwise the shows were all fresh last week.

    More ominously for NBC, Colbert tied Fallon among viewers aged 25-to-54 for the first time, encroaching on younger viewers who are more valuable to advertisers.

    Fallon had been the unquestioned late-night king until the advent of the Trump administration, and he’s been struggling to regain his footing.

    Boosted by the NCAA tournament, CBS dominated last week with an average of 9.7 million viewers in primetime. NBC had 5.3 million, ABC had 4.4 million, Fox had 2.7 million, Univision had 1.5 million, the CW had 1.39 million, Telemundo had 1.35 million and ION Television had 1.2 million.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.27 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.69 million, ESPN had 1.61 million, USA had 1.55 million and HGTV had 1.48 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.8 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for March 27-April 2. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NCAA Men’s Basketball: Oregon vs. North Carolina, CBS, 18.83 million.

    2. “NCAA Studio Show,” CBS, 16.03 million.

    3. “NCIS,” CBS, 14.35 million.

    4. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 12.78 million.

    5. “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 11.31 million.

    6. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 11.12 million.

    7. “ACM Awards,” CBS, 10.91 million.

    8. “Bull,” CBS, 10.9 million.

    9. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 10.56 million.

    10. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.22 million.

    11. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 9.62 million.

    12. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 9.5 million.

    13. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 9.17 million.

    14. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS, 8.74 million.

    15. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 8.65 million.

    16. “Survivor,” CBS, 8.26 million.

    17. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 7.62 million.

    18. “Mom,” CBS, 7.03 million.

    19. “Empire,” Fox, 6.91 million.

    20. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 6.9 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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