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    Current Events Push Viewers To “Black Panther,” Fox News; Nielsen Week In Review

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    In this Jan. 29, 2018 file photo, Chadwick Boseman, a cast member in "Black Panther," poses at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles. Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has died of cancer. His representative says Boseman died Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

    By Andrew Dalton, Entertainment Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    A special airing of "Black Panther" in the wake of the death of star Chadwick Boseman was a bright spot for the broadcast networks in a ratings week otherwise utterly dominated by Fox News Channel's coverage of the Republican National Convention. 

    ABC's last-minute scheduling Sunday night of the Disney and Marvel film about the African superhero drew 6.27 million viewers two days after Boseman died of colon cancer at age 43. 

    An accompanying tribute to Boseman brought nearly 5 million viewers and was fifth among broadcast shows for the week, the Nielsen company said Tuesday. 

    But the week overall belonged to Fox News, which had nine of the top 10 and 14 of the top 20 primetime shows. 

    At No. 1 was Thursday night's airing of the convention and the nomination acceptance speech of President Donald Trump, which drew 9 million viewers. Fox News' Tuesday night convention coverage was second with nearly 8 million. 

    And the channel's convention-connected airings of "Hannity" filled out the rest of the top five. 

    The RNC also gave major bumps to the nightly shows of Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham. 

    Fox News Channel was easily the most watched network, cable or broadcast, of the week with an average of 5.1 million viewers in primetime. 

    NBC was the most popular broadcast network, averaging 2.77 million viewers in primetime. ABC had 2.75 million, CBS had 2.4 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Univision had 1.2 million Fox had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 1 million.

    Among other cable networks, MSNBC was second with 1.5 million average viewers, CNN had 1.47 million, HGTV had 1.4 million and TLC had 1.2 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" led the network evening news ratings race, averaging 8.7 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.2 million, and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.2 million.

    For the week of Aug. 24-30, the top 20 programs, their networks and viewerships:

    1. "Republican National Convention" (Thursday), Fox News, 9 million.
    2. "Republican National Convention" (Tuesday), Fox News, 7.9 million. 
    3. "Hannity" (Thursday), Fox News, 7.8 million.
    4. "Hannity" (Tuesday), Fox News, 7.7 million.
    5. "Hannity" (Wednesday), Fox News, 7.1 million.
    6. "Republican National Convention" (Monday), Fox News, 7 million.
    7. "Republican National Convention" (Wednesday), Fox News, 6.9 million.
    8. "Hannity" (Monday), Fox News, 6.85 million.
    9. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Thursday), Fox News, 6.28 million.
    10. "Black Panther," ABC, 6.27 million.
    11. "60 Minutes Presents," CBS, 6.2 million.
    12. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Tuesday), Fox News, 6.1 million.
    13. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Wednesday), Fox News, 5.9 million.
    14. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Monday), Fox News, 5.7 million.
    15. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday) NBC, 5.6 million.
    16. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday) NBC, 5 million.
    17. "Chadwick Boseman Tribute," ABC, 4.9 million.
    18. "The Ingraham Angle" (Monday), Fox News, 4.8 million. 
    19. "The Ingraham Angle" (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.6 million.
    20. "NCIS," CBS, million. 4.5 million. 

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    Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Of “It Was Just an Accident” Arrested In Iran

    Sunday, February 1, 2026

    One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama "It Was Just an Accident" has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards.

    Representatives for the film on Sunday said that Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested Saturday. No details on the charges against Mahmoudian were available. But his arrest came just days after Mahmoudian and 16 others signed a statement condemning Islamic Republic leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the regime's violent crackdown on demonstrators.

    Two other signatories, Vida Rabbani and Abdullah Momeni, were also arrested.

    Jafar Panahi, the prize-winning director of "It Was Just an Accident," issued a statement Sunday decrying his co-writer's arrest.

    "Mehdi Mahmoudian is not just a human-rights activist and a prisoner of conscience; he is a witness, a listener, and a rare moral presence — a presence whose absence is immediately felt, both inside prison walls and beyond them," Panahi said.

    Panahi was also a signatory on the Jan. 28 statement. It reads in part: "The mass and systematic killing of citizens who bravely took to the streets to bring an end to an illegitimate regime constitutes an organized state crime against humanity."

    "It Was Just an Accident" is nominated for best screenplay and best international film at the March 15 Oscars. The film, made covertly in Iran, was France's nominee for best international film.

    Panahi, one of the most acclaimed international filmmakers, has made films through various states of imprisonment, house arrest and travel ban. "It Was Just an Accident," a revenge drama and t he Palme d'Or-winner at last year's Cannes Film Festival, was inspired by Panahi's most recent stint in prison. It was there that he met Mahmoudian. Panahi called... Read More

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