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    Football, Holiday Season Fare Make Mark On Nielsen Numbers

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    Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Jameis Winston (3) is pursued out of the pocket by Dallas Cowboys' Benson Mayowa (93) in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Television viewers are feeling the spirit of the season.

    Two of the four most-watched cable channels last week, Hallmark and Freeform, devote their primetime schedules to holiday-themed programming this time of year. Hallmark turns on the tinsel for November and December and generally sees the network’s best ratings of the year.

    For the broadcast networks, a holiday special by the musicians Pentatonix reached 7.5 million people last week and highlights of “Saturday Night Live” Christmas shows were seen by 5.7 million people. Many of the regularly-scheduled prime-time shows had holiday themes.

    A study by the Nielsen company found that some 217 million people watched at least a minute of holiday-themed programming on television last year. And while it’s prime family viewing, nostalgia counts for something, too: Nielsen found that people aged 55 and up watched more holiday programming than any other age group.

    Another seasonal activity – watching football – led NBC to a dominant win last week among the broadcast networks.

    NBC averaged 10 million viewers in prime-time last week. CBS had 8.8 million, ABC had 4.5 million, Fox had 2.7 million, Univision had 1.7 million, Telemundo had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.4 million and the CW had 1.1 million.

    ESPN was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.55 million viewers in prime time. Hallmark had 2.36 million, Fox News Channel had 2.34 million, Freeform had 1.77 million and USA had 1.54 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.2 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 7.5 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Dec. 12-18. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Tampa Bay at Dallas, NBC, 24.15 million.

    2. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 16.92 million.

    3. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 15.96 million.

    4. “NCIS,” CBS, 14.76 million.

    5. NFL Football: Los Angeles at Seattle, NBC, 14.65 million.

    6. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 14.09 million.

    7. NFL Football: Baltimore at New England, ESPN, 12.92 million.

    8. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 12.49 million.

    9. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.14 million.

    10. “Bull,” CBS, 11.62 million.

    11. “The Voice” (Monday, 9 p.m.), NBC, 11.23 million.

    12. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 10.37 million.

    13. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 10.03 million.

    14. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS, 9.46 million.

    15. “Survivor,” CBS, 9.09 million.

    16. “Madam Secretary,” CBS, 9.05 million.

    17. “Thursday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 9.01 million.

    18. “The Voice” (Monday, 8 p.m.), NBC, 11.23 million.

    19. “Mom,” CBS, 8.23 million.

    20. “The Great Indoors,” CBS, 8.11 million.

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

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    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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