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    Nielsen Week In Review Finds CBS On Top In Primetime

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    In this image released by CBS, Mayim Bialik, from left, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco appear in a scene from "The Big Bang Theory." An episode rerun of the show finished second in this past week's Nielsen ratings. (Darren Michaels/CBS via AP)

    By Frazier Moore, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The nation’s birthday week was observed by the networks mostly by scripted repeats along with the usual slate of reality and game shows.

    Although NBC’s two-hour “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks” special ranked sixth and 16th for the week, the top-ranked primetime shows were CBS’ “60 Minutes” rerun and, in second place, a “Big Bang Theory” repeat, according to Nielsen.

    The week’s most-talked-about show was likely “Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence,” a two-hour investigation into the celebrated aviator’s mysterious disappearance on a round-the-world flight 80 years ago. Although it wouldn’t have cracked the broadcast Top 20, the History documentary was by far the week’s most-watched cable program, drawing 4.32 million viewers.

    Among broadcast networks, CBS won the week in primetime, averaging 8.92 million viewers. NBC had 7.73 million, ABC had 6.11 million, Fox had 5.34 million, Univision had 1.78 million, the CW had 1.73 million, Telemundo had 1.44 million, and ION Television had 1.26 million.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 1.96 million viewers in primetime. HGTV had 1.51 million, USA had 1.43 million and History was right behind with 1.42 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.42 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.16 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.71 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for July 3-9. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1.  “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.43 million.

    2.  “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 7.13 million.

    3.  “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 6.84 million.

    4.  “Little Big Shots: Forever Young,” NBC, 6.72 million.

    5.  “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 6.39 million.

    6.  “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks,” NBC, 6.36 million.

    7.  “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.15 million.

    8.  “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 6.09 million.

    9.  “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 5.50 million.

    10. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.09 million.

    11. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.06 million.

    12. “Dateline Friday,” NBC, 5.04 million.

    13. “Life in Pieces,” CBS, 4.90 million.

    14. “America’s Got Talent” (Friday), NBC, 4.78 million.

    15. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 4.75 million.

    16. “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks” (10 p.m.), NBC, 4.73 million.

    17. “Steve Harvey’s Funderdome,” ABC, 4.68 million.

    18. “Bull,” CBS, 4.64 million.

    19. “Hawaii Five-O,” CBS, 4.62 million.

    20. “$100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 4.61 million.

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    “Mr. Loverman” Tops BAFTA Television Awards With A Pair of Wins

    Sunday, May 11, 2025

    BAFTA unveiled and honored the winners of the BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday (5/11) during a ceremony at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London. Celebrating the very best of television broadcast in 2024, the ceremony was hosted by Alan Cumming, with musical performances from Jessie J, Tom Grennan and Esther Abrami.

    Mr Loverman was the only program to win two categories: Lennie James won his first acting BAFTA--Leading Actor, and Ariyon Bakare won Supporting Actor, also a first-time BAFTA winner.

    First time nominees Marisa Abela won the Leading Actress award for her performance in Industry; and Jessica Gunning won Supporting Actress for her performance in Baby Reindeer.

    In the Female Performance in a Comedy category, Ruth Jones won her first TV Awards BAFTA for Gavin & Stacey: The Finale. First-time BAFTA nominee Danny Dyer won Male Performance in a Comedy Program for his role in Mr Bigstuff.

    For the second consecutive year, Joe Lycett was awarded the BAFTA for Entertainment Performance for his show Late Night Lycett.

    This year BAFTA introduced two new categories celebrating the best of children’s television. Children’s: Scripted was won by CBeebies As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe; and Disability and Me (FYI Investigates) won for Children’s: Non-Scripted.

    Mr Bates vs The Post Office won Limited Drama; Blue Lights won Drama Series; and EastEnders won Soap & Continuing Drama. EastEnders had previously been presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards last month.

    Alma’s Not Normal won Scripted Comedy; Would I Lie to You? won... Read More

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