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    ABC News Anchor David Muir Scores Ratings Wins; Nielsen Week In Review

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    Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    In this pandemic season, ABC's David Muir has emerged as broadcast television's star of the summer.

    The "World News Tonight" anchor's nightly summary averaged 8.2 million viewers last week, more than any primetime program on television, the Nielsen company said.

    ABC's primetime interview of the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, conducted by Muir and Robin Roberts, reached 5.1 million viewers Sunday.

    Otherwise, coverage of the Democratic National Convention on MSNBC and CNN dominated the ratings.

    CBS' primetime average of 3 million viewers topped the broadcast networks, followed by ABC at 2.6 million, NBC at 2.4 million, Univision at 1.3 million, ION Television at 1.24 million, Fox at 1.21 million and Telemundo at 1 million.

    MSNBC led the cable networks with a 3.27 million average in primetime, Fox News Channel had 3.09 million, CNN had 2.77 million, TNT had 1.51 million and HGTV had 1.32 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 8.2 million viewers, NBC's "Nightly News" had 6.8 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.9 million.

    For the week of Aug. 17-23, the 20 most popular primetime programs, their networks and viewerships:

    1. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.23 million.
    2. "Biden's Acceptance Speech," MSNBC, 6.24 million viewers.
    3. "Democratic Convention" (Wednesday), MSNBC, 6.2 million.
    4. "Democratic Convention" (Wednesday, 10 p.m.), CNN, 5.84 million.
    5. "Democratic Convention" (Thursday), MSNBC, 5.69 million.
    6. "Democratic Convention" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), CNN, 5.58 million.
    7. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 5.579 million.
    8. "Yellowstone," Paramount, 5.16 million.
    9. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 5.14 million.
    10. "Biden and Harris Interview," ABC, 5.11 million.
    11. "Democratic Convention" (Wednesday, 8:56 p.m.), CNN, 4.89 million.
    12. "Democratic Convention" (Monday, 10 p.m.), CNN, 4.86 million.
    13. "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 4.66 million.
    14. "Democratic Convention" (Monday, 9 p.m.), CNN, 4.6 million.
    15. "NCIS," CBS, 4.59 million.
    16. "Hannity" (Thursday), Fox News, 4.56 million.
    17. "Democratic Convention" (Thursday, 8:46 p.m.), CNN, 4.4 million.
    18. "Democratic Convention" (Monday), MSNBC, 4.38 million.
    19. "Democratic Convention" (Tuesday, 9 p.m.), CNN, 4.3 million.
    20. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Thursday), Fox News, 4.29 million.

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    Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ Murder Trial Heads To Closing In Tupac Shakur’s 1996 Killing

    Friday, August 28, 2026

    The murder trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur is headed to closing arguments after the defense rested Thursday following testimony from three former Las Vegas police officers.

    Jurors are scheduled to return Monday for closing arguments before beginning deliberations in the only prosecution brought in the killing of the hip-hop icon. The presentation of evidence ended after nine days of testimony.

    Davis, 63, did not take the stand.

    Shakur was riding in a BMW on Sept. 7, 1996, when a white Cadillac pulled up next to it at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip and gunfire erupted. Shakur was shot multiple times and died six days later. The driver of the BMW, Marion "Suge" Knight, survived.

    Years later, Davis would say he procured the gun and his nephew, who has since died, fired the shots. Prosecutors say Davis orchestrated the killing, and he faces life in prison if convicted of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. He has pleaded not guilty.

    Defense attorney Michael Sanft has argued that Davis fabricated or embellished his accounts of the killing for money and notoriety and that investigators failed to independently corroborate his claims.

    Retired Las Vegas homicide detective Dan Long, the defense's final witness, testified that he tried unsuccessfully to verify several details Davis provided during a 2009 police interview.

    Davis told Long that his nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, had gone to a Las Vegas hospital after being beaten by Shakur and others in a casino brawl hours before the rapper was fatally shot. Long said he was unable to find hospital records confirming Anderson was treated there.

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