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    CNN tops Nielsen cable ratings for election week, Biden’s speech

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    President-elect Joe Biden gestures to supporters Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

    By Lynn Elber, Television Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    CNN and Fox News Channel battled for viewers on the election day that turned into an election week and then some, each earning bragging rights.

    CNN edged Fox among total viewers for the week, averaging 5.9 million viewers to Fox's 5.7 million. The latter was dominant on Tuesday as President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off at the polls.

    Fox averaged 14.1 million viewers Tuesday to CNN's 9.4 million, with MSNBC drawing 7.6 million, according to Nielsen figures. But CNN was tops among those watching Biden's Saturday evening speech after the race was called in his favor, with 13.5 million tuning in.

    MSNBC's coverage of the event drew 9 million viewers, while Fox was watched by 3.1 million.

    For the week, MSNBC averaged 4.6 million viewers.

    Cable channels were the preferred option for those following the election, as the broadcast networks lagged behind individually and cumulatively. Their Tuesday viewership was ABC, 6.3 million; NBC, 5.8 million; CBS, 4.5 million.

    Fox host Laura Ingraham's show, "The Ingraham Angle," had its highest-rated week ever, with an average of 4.9 million viewers.

    Viewers also kept an eye on football and the pandemic-delayed season premieres of returning shows, including CBS' "Young Sheldon" and "NCIS: Los Angeles," each drawing 6 million-plus viewers.

    Powered by a NFL game, NBC was the week's most-watched network in primetime, reaching an average of 6.33 million viewers. CBS had 4.95 million, the Fox broadcasting network had 4.3 million, ABC had 4.1 million, Univision had 1.34 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million, Ion Television had 1.09 million and CW had 580,000.

    Besides the news channels, other cable leaders included ESPN with 2.2 million viewers, Hallmark with 1.5 million and HGTV with 1 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" led the evening newscasts, averaging 9.4 million viewers for the week. NBC's "Nightly News" had 8.2 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.7 million.

    For the week of Nov. 2-8, the 20 most-watched programs, their networks and viewership:

    1. NFL Football: New Orleans at Tampa Bay, NBC, 16.88 million.
    2. Election coverage (Tuesday), Fox News Channel, 14. 6 million.
    3. Election coverage (Tuesday), Fox News Channel, 14.5 million.
    4. "60 Minutes," CBS, 14 million.
    5. Election coverage (Tuesday), Fox News Channel, 13.7 million.
    6. NFL Football: Green Bay at San Francisco, Fox, 13.54 million.
    7. Election coverage (Saturday), CNN, 13.5 million.
    8. Election coverage (Tuesday), Fox News Channel, 13.4 million.
    9. "NFL Pre-Game," NBC, 12.5 million.
    10. NFL Football: Tampa Bay at New York Giants, ESPN, 12.2 million.
    11. "NFL Post-Game," Fox, 11.7 million.
    12. Election coverage (Tuesday), Fox News Channel, 11.6 million.
    13. Election coverage (Tuesday), Fox News Channel, 10.3 million.
    14. Election coverage (Tuesday), CNN, 9.8 million.
    15. "Football Night in America," NBC, 9.7 million.
    16. Election coverage (Tuesday), CNN, 9.4 million.
    17. Election coverage (Tuesday), CNN, 9.2 million.
    18. Election coverage (Saturday), MSNBC, 9 million.
    19. "NFL Pre-Game," Fox, 8.9 million.
    20. Election coverage (Saturday), CNN, 8.7 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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