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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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    Awkward Moments For News Outlets In Light Of Corporate Owners’ East Wing Ballroom Donations

    Sunday, November 2, 2025

    President Donald Trump's razing of the White House's East Wing to build a ballroom has put some news organizations following the story in an awkward position, with corporate owners among the contributors to the project — and their reporters covering it vigorously.

    Comcast, which owns NBC News and MSNBC, has faced on-air criticism from some of the liberal cable channel's personalities for its donation. Amazon, whose founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, is another donor. The newspaper editorialized in favor of Trump's project, pointing out the Bezos connection a day later after critics noted its omission.

    It's not the first time since Trump regained the presidency that interests of journalists at outlets that are a small part of a corporate titan's portfolio have clashed with owners. Both the Walt Disney Co. and Paramount have settled lawsuits with Trump rather than defend ABC News and CBS News in court.

    "This is Trump's Washington," said Chuck Todd, former NBC "Meet the Press" host. "None of this helps the reputations of the news organizations that these companies own, because it compromises everybody."

    Companies haven't said how much they donated, or why
    None of the individuals and corporations identified by the White House as donors has publicly said how much was given, although a $22 million Google donation was revealed in a court filing. Comcast would not say Friday why it gave, although some MSNBC commentators have sought to fill in the blanks.

    MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle said the donations should be a concern to Americans, "because there ain't no company out there writing a check just for good will."

    "Those public-facing companies should know that there's a cost in terms of their... Read More

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