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    “Today” Continues Strong Ratings In Post-Lauer Era; Nielsen Week In Review

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    This Nov. 8, 2017 photo released by NBC shows Matt Lauer on the set of the "Today" show in New York. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via AP

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Matt who? NBC’s “Today” show was the most-watched morning program for the first full week after long-time host Matt Lauer was fired because of sexual misconduct charges.

    The Nielsen company said it was the first time in a year that “Today” had beaten its rival “Good Morning America” at ABC for two consecutive weeks.

    The show’s victory the previous week wasn’t very surprising. With all of the attention given to Lauer’s firing, it was to be expected that more viewers than usual would tune in to see how people on the show would react to the news.

    Maintaining that lead for the week after Lauer’s exit was more interesting. “Good Morning America” generally gets the most viewers in the morning, although NBC’s advantage among younger viewers makes it the more lucrative show.

    NBC hasn’t said anything about Lauer’s replacement, but the ratings have to be considered good news for Hoda Kotb, who has filled in as Savannah Guthrie’s co-host since the morning Lauer’s firing was announced. NBC currently has no one else scheduled for a fill-in week.

    “Today” averaged 4.58 million viewers last week to 4.38 million at “Good Morning America.” ‘’CBS This Morning” was third at 3.57 million.

    The CBS ratings illustrate virtually no change since that show’s co-host, Charlie Rose, was also fired for sexual misconduct on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. For the four last weeks when Rose was on the show, “CBS This Morning” averaged 3.61 million viewers, Nielsen said. During that same period, “Good Morning America” had 4.34 million viewers and “Today” had 4.22 million.

    Behind two football games, NBC won the week in primetime, averaging 8.1 million viewers. CBS had 6.8 million viewers, Fox had 4.6 million, ABC had 4.1 million, Univision had 1.7 million, the CW had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.27 million and Telemundo had 1.1 million.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.53 million viewers to nose out Hallmark, which had 2.52 million. ESPN had 2.34 million, MSNBC had 1.87 million and Freeform had 1.55 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 7.1 million for new anchor Jeff Glor’s first week.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Dec. 4-10. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Baltimore at Pittsburgh, NBC, 17.2 million.
    2. NFL Football: New Orleans at Atlanta, NBC, 14.61 million.
    3. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 14.41 million.
    4. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 12.62 million.
    5. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 12.49 million.
    6. NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, ESPN, 10.91 million.
    7. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 10 million.
    8. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 9.996 million.
    9. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 9.87 million.
    10. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 9.4 million.
    11. “Hawaii Five-O,” CBS, 9.07 million.
    12. “The Good Doctor,” ABC, 9.04 million.
    13. “Survivor,” CBS, 8.97 million.
    14. “Mom,” CBS, 8.78 million.
    15. “NCIS,” CBS, 8.42 million.
    16. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 8.07 million.
    17. “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 7.89 million.
    18. “The Big Bang Theory” (Monday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 7.75 million.
    19. “Thursday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 7.54 million.
    20. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 7.53 million.

    ABC and ESPN are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox; NBC is owned by NBC Universal.

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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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