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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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    Saulo Rocha Joins TBWA\Media Arts Lab Los Angeles As Executive Creative Director

    Wednesday, September 3, 2025
    Saulo Rocha

    TBWA\Media Arts Lab, the bespoke global creative agency for Apple, has appointed Saulo Rocha as executive creative director at its Los Angeles office. Rocha will report directly to Brent Anderson, global chief creative officer. “Saulo joins an incredible creative leadership bench in Los Angeles that is firing on all cylinders. He brings that same level of ambition, vision, experience, and creative chops to TBWA\Media Arts Lab,” said Anderson. “Over the years, Saulo has built a rare and remarkable body of envy-inducing work for major brands, spanning film, film craft, activation, social, direct, ambient, and everything in between. Saulo has the proven ability to recognize, shape, nurture, and execute simple yet impactful ideas. I cannot wait to see how he helps us take the Apple brand forward.” A Brazilian-born creative leader, Rocha brings more than 17 years of international experience across Latin America, Europe, and North America. His career includes leadership roles at agencies such as LOLA MullenLowe, where he was creative director, and DAVID Madrid, where he was a founding executive creative director at its launch in 2019, and ultimately advanced to chief creative officer in 2022. Rocha’s creative achievements have earned global recognition: Forbes Spain named him among its Top 100 Creatives for three consecutive years (2023, 2024, and 2025), and Cannes Lions ranked him the #4 Creative Director worldwide in 2021. He has developed award-winning campaigns for brands including Burger King, Netflix, Coca-Cola, Milka, Halls, Dole, Twitter, Danone, Dove, Activision, and Corona. His work has been honored with more than 500 international awards, including 72 Cannes Lions, two Titanium Lions, and five Grand Prix awards. Speaking about his new role,... Read More

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