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    Procedural dramas jump to front in TV’s opening week; NFL tops Nielsen rundown

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    San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) passes against the Denver Broncos during the first half of an NFL football game in Denver, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Besides live sports, the one thing broadcast networks can be counted on for these days is franchise procedural dramas.

    That was evident on opening week of a new television season, when the 10 most-watched scripted programs all fit this tried-and-true formula, according to the Nielsen company.

    There were three programs each in CBS' "FBI" series and NBC's "Chicago" shows, and two each of CBS' "NCIS" shows and NBC's "Law & Order" franchise.

    No comedies appeared in Nielsen's top 20 programs.

    Buoyed by "Sunday Night Football," NBC won the week in primetime with an average of 6 million viewers. ABC had 4.5 million, Fox had 4 million, CBS had 3.9 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Ion Television had 960,000 and Telemundo had 850,000.

    Fox News Channel was the most popular cable network, averaging 2.12 million viewers in primetime. ESPN had 2.02 million, MSNBC had 1.21 million, HGTV had 811,000 and Hallmark had 688,000.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.6 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 6.5 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.6 million.

    For the week of Sept. 19-25, the 20 most-watched programs in primetime, their networks and viewerships:

    1. NFL Football: San Francisco at Denver, NBC, 17.8 million.
    2. NFL Football: Minnesota at Philadelphia, ABC, 12.86 million.
    3. "NFL Pregame," NBC, 12.85 million.
    4. "The OT," Fox, 12.13 million.
    5. "Football Night in America," NBC, 9.11 million.
    6. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.14 million.
    7. "FBI," CBS, 6.81 million.
    8. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 6.75 million.
    9. "Chicago Med," NBC, 6.59 million.
    10. NFL Football: Tennessee at Buffalo, ESPN, 6.57 million.
    11. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 6.19 million.
    12. "NFL Pregame," ABC, 6.16 million.
    13. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 6.12 million.
    14. "NCIS," CBS, 5.82 million.
    15. "Chicago PD," NBC, 5.48 million.
    16. "Law & Order: SVU," NBC, 5.47 million.
    17. "FBI: International," CBS, 5.44 million.
    18. "NCIS: Hawai'i," CBS, 5.31 million.
    19. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 5.27 million.
    20. "Survivor," CBS, 5.05 million.

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    Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died

    Saturday, December 21, 2024
    Suchir Balaji poses for a photo in Hawaii in 2018. Balaji was a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who died in November 2024. (Balaji Ramamurthy via AP)

    Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26.

    Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He was well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI's strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products.

    "We are devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news and our hearts go out to Suchir's loved ones during this difficult time," said a statement from OpenAI.

    Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said "appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation." The city's chief medical examiner's office confirmed the manner of death to be suicide.

    His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy said they are still seeking answers, describing their son as a "happy, smart and brave young man" who loved to hike and recently returned from a trip with friends.

    Balaji grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and first arrived at the fledgling AI research lab for a 2018 summer internship while studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He returned a few years later to work at OpenAI, where one of his first projects, called WebGPT, helped pave the way for ChatGPT.

    "Suchir's contributions to this project were essential, and it wouldn't have succeeded without him," said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman in a social media post memorializing Balaji. Schulman, who recruited Balaji to his team, said what... Read More

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