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    Biden Oath Draws Viewers; Nielsen Week In Review

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    Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The first inaugurations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama were the only ones to exceed Joe Biden's in popularity among television viewers over the past 40 years.

    The Nielsen company said that 33.8 million people watched Biden's inauguration over 17 television networks between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. last Wednesday.

    Reagan's festivities in 1981 drew 41.8 million viewers, and Obama's 2009 inaugural reached 37.8 million, Nielsen said.

    Perhaps most important to a former president known to watch television ratings closely: Biden exceeded the 30.6 million who watched Donald Trump take office in 2017, Nielsen said.

    CNN was the most popular network for inaugural viewers, Nielsen said. Meanwhile, Fox News' audience for Biden's oath of office and inaugural address was down 77% from the network's viewership for Trump.

    Meanwhile, the pro football conference championship games gathered people around televisions in big numbers Sunday. Nielsen said 44.8 million people saw Tom Brady and his Tampa Bay Bucs qualify for the Super Bowl, while 41.8 million watched Kansas City beat Buffalo.

    With the primetime game, CBS easily won the week in the ratings, averaging 10.4 million viewers. ABC had 3.4 million, Fox had 2.7 million, NBC had 2.5 million, Univision had 1.2 million, while Ion Television and Telemundo each averaged 1.1 million viewers.

    CNN led the cable networks, averaging 2.76 million viewers in primetime. MSNBC had 2.67 million, Fox News Channel had 2.56 million, TNT had 1.19 million and HGTV had 1.1 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, hitting 10.1 million people. NBC's "Nightly News" had 8.3 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 6.2 million.

    For the week of Jan. 18-24, the top 20 primetime programs, their networks and viewerships:

    1. AFC Championship: Buffalo at Kansas City, CBS, 41.85 million.
    2. "NFL Post-Game," CBS, 17.88 million.
    3. "NCIS" (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 9.64 million.
    4. "FBI," CBS, 8.99 million.
    5. "NCIS" (Tuesday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 8.75 million.
    6. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 7.39 million.
    7. "911," Fox, 7.2 million.
    8. "Presidential Inauguration" (9 p.m.), CNN, 7.08 million.
    9. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 6.73 million.
    10. "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune," ABC, 6.3 million.
    11. "Presidential Inauguration" (8 p.m.), CNN, 6.24 million.
    12. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 6.09 million.
    13. "911: Lone Star," Fox, 6.03 million.
    14. "Magnum, P.I., CBS, 5.86 million.
    15. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 5.81 million.
    16. "Bob Hearts Abishola," CBS, 5.56 million.
    17. "Presidential Inauguration" (10 p.m.), CNN, 5.31 million.
    18. "B Positive," CBS, 5.06 million.
    19. "Mom," CBS, 5.03 million.
    20. "The Bachelor," ABC, 5.02 million.

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    William Dafoe, Jonathan Bailey and Peter Dinklage join the voice cast for Starburn Industries’ “Lincoln in the Bardo”

    Friday, August 28, 2026
    Peter Dinklage (photo by Whitney Matewe)

    Actors Willem Dafoe, Jonathan Bailey and Peter Dinklage have joined the voice cast of Starburns Industries’ “Lincoln in the Bardo,” based on acclaimed author George Saunders’ New York Times bestseller and 2017 Booker Prize-winner.  Saunders adapted the screenplay, with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Duke Johnson directing.  It was announced earlier that Tom Hanks stars as the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in the live action portion of the film.  CAA Media Finance and WME Independent are handling sales at the upcoming TIFF: The Market.

    The film employs a unique blend of stop-motion animation and live action to explore one of the most intimate moments of Lincoln’s life, centering on his relationship with his recently deceased eleven-year-old son.  Blending history and imagination, the story unfolds through an unforgettable ensemble of characters – living and dead, historical and invented – to explore themes of love, empathy, and the human capacity for connection in the face of unimaginable grief.

    Reverend Everly Thomas – the ghost of a minister who died believing he would go to heaven, but, to his dismay, found out otherwise – is voiced by Dafoe.  Bailey is voicing Roger Bevins, the ghost of a young gay man who took his own life over a failed love affair and instantly regretted it.  Dinklage is voicing Hans Vollman, a ghost obsessed with his dream of being reunited with his much-younger wife.

    Four-time Academy Award nominee Dafoe’s credits include animated films “Finding Nemo,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “The Boy and the Heron,” as well as “At Eternity’s Gate,” “The Florida Project,” “Shadow of the Vampire” and seminal Vietnam movie... Read More

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