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    Ratings dip for NFL conference championship games; Nielsen week in review

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    Kansas City Chiefs' Damien Williams runs for a touchdown during the second half of the NFL AFC Championship football game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Kansas City, MO. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    It's no secret, sports fans. Better games produce better ratings.

    That was the simple lesson for the NFL this week, after a dip in viewership for its conference championship games, compared to 2019. The Nielsen company said 42.8 million people watched the San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers to punch their Super Bowl ticket, and 41.1 million people watched Kansas City beat Tennessee.

    Both conference championship games went into overtime last year, and the audiences were 44.2 million and 53.9 million, Nielsen said. By contrast, this year's games were one-sided.

    LSU's win over Clemson in the college football national championship game was seen by 25.6 million on ESPN, Nielsen said. That's a little over a million more than last year's game reached.

    With the benefit of an NFL game in primetime, Fox led all the broadcast networks in ratings last week, averaging 9.9 million viewers. CBS had 4.9 million viewers in primetime, NBC had 4.2 million, ABC had 3.8 million, Univision had 1.6 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 890,000 and the CW had 790,000.

    ESPN led the cable networks, averaging 4.28 million viewers in primetime. Fox News Channel averaged 2.75 million, MSNBC had 1.86 million, CNN had 1.46 million and TLC had 1.18 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" led the evening news ratings race, averaging 9.3 million viewers last week. NBC's "Nightly News" had 8.1 million viewers and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.9 million viewers.

    The top 20 programs as measured by Nielsen last week, their network and viewership:

    1. NFC Championship: Green Bay at San Francisco, Fox, 42.79 million.
    2. "NFL Post-Game" (9:44 to 9:49 p.m. Eastern), Fox, 31.29 million.
    3. College Football Championship: Clemson vs. LSU, ESPN, 25.58 million.
    4. "NFL Post-Game" (9:50 to 10:04 p.m. Eastern), Fox, 23.92 million.
    5. "College Football Post-Game," ESPN, 16.7 million.
    6. "Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time, Match 4," ABC, 13.55 million.
    7. "911: Lone Star," Fox, 11.41 million.
    8. "NCIS," CBS, 10.13 million.
    9. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 8.88 million.
    10. "FBI," CBS, 8.57 million
    11. "Chicago Med," NBC, 8.45 million.
    12. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 8.17 million.
    13. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.1 million.
    14. "Democratic Debate," CNN, 7.4 million.
    15. "Chicago PD," NBC, 6.78 million.
    16. "This is Us," NBC, 6.73 million.
    17. "America's Got Talent Champions," NBC, 6.53 million.
    18. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 6.52 million.
    19. "Mom," CBS, 6.3 million.
    20. "Democratic Debate Analysis," CNN, 5.77 million.

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    Trump taps “Apprentice” producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the U.K.

    Saturday, December 21, 2024
    Television producer Mark Burnett, left, looks on as President Donald Trump arrives for the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

    Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with "The Apprentice," is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.

    "With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role," Trump announced Saturday.

    Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like "Survivor" and "The Voice," but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for "The Apprentice," which first aired on NBC in 2004.

    Trump had been well-known in real estate and pop culture circles for decades. But the show helped again make him a household name — though Trump severed ties with NBC in 2015, the same year he launched his first White House run.

    The selection of Burnett continues Trump's trend of filling out his incoming administration with people who have high-profile backgrounds in television or politics, or both — including his choice to be defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, a former co-host of "Fox & Friends Weekend," and ex-television doctor and unsuccessful Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz.

    Trump's first campaign in 2016 was rocked by allegations about his conduct on "The Apprentice" and other appearances during his association with NBC, notably in footage in which he said he could sexually assault women and get away with it because he was a "star."

    Almost a decade after he left his reality TV role, Trump's television career remains central to his biography and political rise. The show presented Trump Tower to tens of millions of people as a symbol of power and success before Trump launched his first... Read More

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