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    “NCIS” tops TV, streaming rankings; NBA play-in scores; Nielsen week in review

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    Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, right, greets Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry after the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 103-100 in an NBA basketball Western Conference Play-In game Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The Nielsen company's latest rankings of popular television and streaming shows have one thing in common — "NCIS" at the top.

    The CBS drama starring Mark Harmon as a Naval Criminal Investigative Service special agent has been on the air since 2003 and defines unhip. Yet the 8.7 million people who watched last Tuesday's episode was a bigger audience than anything else in prime-time television last week, Nielsen said.

    The company also measures streaming audiences, although its reports lag behind the television ratings. Its most recent week available was April 19-25, and an estimated 890 million minutes of "NCIS" reruns were streamed on Netflix that week. Streamers could choose from among a staggering 353 episodes.

    The Disney+ Marvel miniseries, "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," was the second most-streamed show that week. Six episodes were available, and 796 million minutes of the show were streamed.

    All of the other programs in Nielsen's top 10 that week were on Netflix. They included the young adult fantasy series "Shadow and Bone," the game show "The Circle," the science fiction movie "Stowaway" starring Anna Kendrick, the old Nickelodeon comedy "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn" and broadcast reruns "Grey's Anatomy" and "Criminal Minds."

    On television, there was evidence that the NBA's gimmick of "play-in" games before the regular playoffs intrigued fans. Last week's game between Golden State and the L.A. Lakers brought 5.6 million people to ESPN, nearly double the most-watched game of the playoff's first round.

    CBS was the most popular broadcast network last week, averaging 4.6 million viewers in primetime. NBC had 3.7 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Fox had 2.6 million, Univision had 1.3 million and Telemundo had 1 million.

    Fox News Channel was the most popular cable network with a 2.04 million average in primetime. MSNBC had 1.43 million, TNT had 1.39 million, ESPN had 1.38 million and HGTV had 1.12 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.6 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 6.2 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.7 million.

    For the week of May 17-23, the top 20 programs in primetime, their networks and viewerships:

    1. "NCIS," CBS, 8.73 million.
    2. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.26 million.
    3. "FBI," CBS, 7.59 million.
    4. "The Equalizer," CBS, 7.13 million.
    5. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 6.84 million.
    6. "Chicago Med," NBC, 6.62 million.
    7. "American Idol," ABC, 6.5 million.
    8. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 6.19 million.
    9. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 6.18 million.
    10. "911," Fox, 5.93 million.
    11. "Chicago PD," NBC, 5.64 million.
    12. NBA Playoffs: Golden State vs. L.A. Lakers, ESPN, 5.62 million.
    13. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 5.56 million.
    14. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 5.48 million.
    15. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 5.45 million.
    16. "Bob Hearts Abishola," CBS, 5.39 million.
    17. "The Masked Singer," Fox,, 5.23 million.
    18. "911: Lone Star," Fox, 5.2 million.
    19. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 5.18 million.
    20. "Bull," CBS, 5.08 million.

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    Olivia Hussey, star of 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” dies at 73

    Saturday, December 28, 2024
    "Romeo and Juliet" movie director Franco Zeffirelli, left, actors Olivia Hussey, center, and Leonard Whiting are seen after the Parisian premiere of the film in Paris on Sept. 25, 1968. (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas, File)

    Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," has died, her family said on social media Saturday. She was 73.

    Hussey died on Friday, "peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones," a statement posted to her Instagram account said.

    Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy after spotting her onstage in the play "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," which also starred Vanessa Redgrave.

    "Romeo and Juliet" won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet, opposite British actor Leonard Whiting, who was 16 at the time.

    Decades later Hussey and Whiting brought a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures alleging sexual abuse, sexual harassment and fraud over nude scenes in the film.

    They alleged that they were initially told they would wear flesh-colored undergarments in a bedroom scene, but on the day of the shoot Zeffirelli told the pair they would wear only body makeup and that the camera would be positioned in a way that would not show nudity. They alleged they were filmed in the nude without their knowledge.

    The case was dismissed by a Los Angeles County judge in 2023, who found their depiction could not be considered child pornography and the pair filed their claim too late.

    Hussey was born on April 17, 1951, in Bueno Aires, Argentina, and moved to London as a child.

    She also starred as Mary, mother of Jesus, in the 1977 television series "Jesus of Nazareth," and in the 1978 adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile."

    She is survived by her husband, David Glen Eisley, her three children and a grandson.

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