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    Football, Drama Franchises Top Ratings; Nielsen Week In Review

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    Tampa Bay Buccaneers inside linebacker Devin White (45) sacks Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) during the second half of an NFL football game in Tampa, Fla., in this Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken, File)

    By Lynn Elber, Television Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    An unprecedented impeachment hearing failed to keep TV viewers from settling back into familiar, escapist habits last week.

    NFL and college football and sturdy drama franchises including the "Chicago" shows on NBC and the "NCIS" group on CBS were among the week's ratings winners, according to Nielsen figures out Wednesday.

    The second impeachment of now-former President Donald Trump drew viewers to news shows, but not in the numbers that tuned in the prior week to bear witness to rioting inside the U.S. Capitol and gave CNN get its biggest single-day audience ever.

    CNN had last Wednesday's most-watched impeachment hearing coverage and again claimed the weekly lead among cable news channels.

    CBS' news magazine "60 Minutes," which included reports on the Capitol attack and security measures for President Joe Biden's inauguration, was the week's top non-sports broadcast despite competition from a NFL divisional playoff game.

    That contest, between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints was the week's No. 1 program. It helped make Fox the most-watched network with an average 9.1 million viewers, followed by NBC with 6.4 million. CBS had 4.1 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1 million and Ion Television had 940,000.

    ESPN was the most-watched cable network in primetime, averaging 3.2 million for the week. CNN had 3.1 million, MSNBC had 2.7 million and HGTV had 1.1 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" topped the evening news ratings contest, averaging 10.3 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 8.5 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 6.3 million.

    For the week of Jan. 11-17, the 20 most-watched programs in primetime, their networks and viewership:

    1. NFC Playoff: Tampa Bay at New Orleans, Fox, 35.5 million.
    2. NFL Playoff: Baltimore at Buffalo, NBC, 26.2 million.
    3. College football championship: Ohio State at Alabama, ESPN, 18.5 million.
    4. NFL Pregame, NBC, 18.3 million.
    5. NFC Postgame, Fox, 18 million.
    6. College football pregame, ESPN, 12.8 million.
    7. "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.57 million.
    8. "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune," ABC. 7.8 million.
    9. "Chicago Med," NBC, 7.6 million.
    10. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 7.3 million.
    11. "Chicago PD," NBC, 6.6 million.
    12. "Great North," Fox, 6.1 million.
    13. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 5.6 million.
    14. "Magnum P.I.," CBS, 5.5 million.
    15. "This Is Us," NBC, 5.46 million.
    16. "The Chase," ABC, 5.45 million.
    17. "NCIS," CBS, 5.2 million.
    18. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 5.1 million.
    19. "MacGyver," CBS, 5 million.
    20. "The Price is Right," CBS, 4.9 million.

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    Harvey Weinstein’s rape accuser questioned about the consensual part of their relationship

    Thursday, April 30, 2026
    Jessica Mann arrives for Harvey Weinstein's trial in criminal court, in New York, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    Two days after allegedly being raped by Harvey Weinstein, his accuser wrote herself a reflective note about becoming "emotionally attached" to someone and wanting a loving partnership, according to exhibits and testimony Thursday at the former movie mogul's retrial.

    Nowhere did the note mention the alleged sexual assault days before at a Manhattan hotel, a Weinstein lawyer pointed out in confronting accuser Jessica Mann with the missive — which hasn't emerged at two previous trials about her allegation.

    Weinstein, 73, is on trial for the third time on a charge accusing him of raping Mann in a New York hotel in March 2013. He was initially convicted in 2020, but an appeals court overturned that verdict. During his first retrial, the jury couldn't reach a decision on the rape charge.

    In the sketchy, journal-like note on her cellphone testified about on Thursday, Mann mused about budding feelings of attachment in a non-exclusive relationship with someone she didn't name. She reflected on how she wanted a mutual and loving relationship and said her feelings toward the unnamed person were creating inner conflict for her.

    After describing fears of rejection, unworthiness and being a "'bad' person," she appealed for God's guidance.

    "I know that I was struggling with some of the decisions I was making that were different than what I was raised with," Mann explained in court, adding that there was "a lot going on at this time in my life." She emphasized what she had written about seeking freedom: "I was feeling very controlled."

    Through questions, Weinstein attorney Teny Geragos suggested that the note reflected Mann's conflicted feelings about being involved with the then-married Weinstein. Mann has acknowledged the two had a... Read More

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