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    Fox News draws 5 million viewers for Rittenhouse interview; Nielsen week in review

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    In this image from undated video, Kyle Rittenhouse, right, sits for an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Rittenhouse was acquitted on charges stemming from killing two men and wounding another during the unrest that followed the shooting of a Black man by a white police officer, in Kenosha, Wis. (Courtesy of Fox News via AP)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Tucker Carlson reached 5.05 million viewers for his Kyle Rittenhouse interview on Monday, the Fox News Channel opinion host's largest audience since the night of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

    Rittenhouse was acquitted on murder charges last week  and Carlson was given the chance for the post-trial interview because of the support he had shown him, according to the 18-year-old's family.

    Carlson has averaged 3.16 million viewers on a typical night this year, the Nielsen company said.

    ABC News and Diane Sawyer had strong ratings for her Friday night interview with members of a California family held captive for many years by their parents. That "20/20" episode reached more than 7.4 million viewers.

    Fox broadcasting was the top-rated network in primetime last week, averaging 5.4 million viewers. NBC had 4.8 million, CBS had 4.5 million, ABC had 4.1 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Telemundo had 1 million and Ion Television had 880,000.

    Fox News Channel was the most-watched cable news channel in prime time, averaging 2.89 million viewers. ESPN had 2.31 million, Hallmark had 1.58 million, MSNBC had 1.18 million and HGTV had 893,000.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.3 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.2 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.4 million.

    For the week of Nov. 15-21, the 20 most popular programs in primetime, their networks and viewerships:

    1. NFL Football: Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers, NBC, 14.55 million.
    2. NFL Football: New England at Atlanta, Fox, 13.52 million.
    3. "The OT," Fox, 11.6 million.
    4. "NFL Pregame," NBC, 11.2 million.
    5. NFL Football: L.A. Rams at San Francisco, ESPN, 10.7 million.
    6. "NFL Pregame," Fox, 8.59 million.
    7. "Football Night in America, Part 3," NBC, 8.54 million.
    8. "FBI," CBS, 7.61 million.
    9. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.58 million.
    10. "Yellowstone," Paramount, 7.42 million.
    11. "20/20," ABC, 7.41 million.
    12. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 6.95 million.
    13. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 6.78 million.
    14. "The Equalizer," CBS, 6.59 million.
    15. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 6.56 million.
    16. "FBI: International," CBS, 5.96 million.
    17. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 5.79 million.
    18. "Survivor," CBS, 5.77 million.
    19. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 5.64 million.
    20. "NFL Pregame," ESPN, 5.5 million.

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    Leo UK boosts planning and social teams with hires of Spence, Patterson, Simpson and McWilliams

    Wednesday, November 26, 2025
    Leo UK’s (l-r) Helen Simpson, Tom Patterson, Nick McWilliams and Scarlett Spence

    Leo UK has made four senior appointments across its planning and social teams. Joining as planning partners are Scarlett Spence and Tom Patterson.

    Spence moves from her role as head of strategy at BBC Creative where she led flagship campaigns including the BBC’s Olympics coverage. Before that, she spent eight years at Mother London, helping deliver work for Ikea, Adidas and Amazon Prime Video. At Leo UK, she will bring a sharp brand-building lens to Vodafone.

    Patterson joins from Lucky Generals where he was strategy director on Virgin Atlantic, Co-op and Uswitch. Earlier in his career, he spent time at BBH and ITV, were he helped relaunch Tesco’s award-winning “Food Love Stories” and build ITV’s internal brand strategy team. At Leo UK, he will lead strategy on McDonald’s global business.

    Appointed to the newly created role of head of social at Leo UK, Helen Simpson brings deep global social experience from The Beatport Group where she unified social strategy across seven international music and tech brands. Her earlier agency work at We Are Social in both London and New York included campaigns for Netflix, Ralph Lauren, Apple TV+ and Paramount. She will be tasked with scaling Leo UK’s social offering and embedding social-first thinking across client work.

    Joining Leo UK as head of social strategy, Nick McWilliams moves from We Are Social. Known for blending cultural insight with creative strategy, his recent work includes “No Preds, No Goals” for Adidas and Nike Milan’s “Stop at Nothing”. He will work closely with Simpson to shape the agency’s social strategy across clients.

    Over the past 12 months, Leo UK has significantly expanded its social capabilities, hiring senior specialists across planning,... Read More

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