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    NFL Helps NBC Score Nielsen Touchdown

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    Carolina Panthers kicker Graham Gano (9) misses a field goal attempt as punter Andy Lee (8) holds during the second half of an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The return of football and back-to-back prime-time interviews with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump led NBC to a decisive victory in the television ratings.

    Both the season-opening Super Bowl rematch between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos and a Sunday night game involving a Tom Brady-less New England team and Arizona both reached more than 20 million viewers, the Nielsen company said.

    NBC also reached 14.7 million viewers for the “Commander-in-Chief Forum” featuring Clinton and Trump. Given the rough reception given to moderator Matt Lauer, NBC may have a hard time celebrating that ratings achievement. The first debate between the two presidential candidates, moderated by NBC “Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt, is scheduled for Sept. 26.

    Add in summer’s top show in its waning weeks, “America’s Got Talent,” and it made for a dominant week for NBC.

    The network averaged 11.1 million viewers in prime time. ABC had 4.5 million, CBS had 4.2 million, Fox had 3.9 million, Telemundo had 1.7 million, Univision had 1.6 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and the CW had 1.1 million.

    ESPN was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.42 million in prime time. Fox had 2.15 million, Discovery had 1.64 million, HGTV had 1.57 million and USA had 1.44 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.9 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 7.88 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.2 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 5-11. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Carolina at Denver, NBC, 25.19 million.

    2. NFL Football: New England at Arizona, NBC, 23.08 million.

    3. “NFL Pre-Game Show” (Thursday), NBC, 18.51 million.

    4. “NFL Pre-Game Show” (Sunday), NBC, 17.67 million.

    5. “Commander-in-Chief Forum,” NBC, 14.72 million.

    6. “The OT,” Fox, 14.36 million.

    7. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 12.19 million.

    8. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.96 million.

    9. “NFL Kick-Off Show” (Thursday), NBC, 10.62 million.

    10. “America’s Got Talent”(Wednesday), NBC, 10.61 million.

    11. College Football: Mississippi vs. Florida, ESPN, 8.35 million.

    12. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.95 million.

    13. “NCIS,” CBS, 7.52 million.

    14. “Better Late Than Never,” NBC, 6.91 million.

    15. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 6.67 million.

    16. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.38 million.

    17. “Dateline NBC,” NBC, 6.33 million.

    18. “Miss America Competition,” ABC, 6.29 million.

    19. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 6.21 million.

    20. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.15 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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