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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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    Sesame Workshop receives Elevate Prize Catalyst Award as it charts a new path for “Sesame Street”

    Thursday, May 15, 2025
    Sal Perez, executive producer and VP of Sesame Street at Sesame Workshop, talks to Bert and Ernie after winning the Elevate Prize Foundation's Catalyst Award, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)

    Elmo, Abby Cadabby and the rest of the "Sesame Street" gang will get some high-profile help as they travel down a new road.

    The Sesame Workshop – founded in 1969 and currently working on its 56th season, but its first not distributed by recent partner HBO – received the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award Wednesday, which will provide the nonprofit a $250,000 grant as well as support in promoting its work from the Elevate Prize Foundation. Previous winners of the award include Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, actor Michael J. Fox, and NBA great Dwyane Wade.

    "They haven't just entertained generations – they've educated, advocated and inspired real change," Elevate Prize Foundation CEO Carolina Garcia Jayaram, said as she presented the award to The Sesame Workshop at the foundation's Make Good Famous Summit in Miami Beach, Florida. "And their work hasn't just been confined to the screen. Through their nonprofit, they've expanded their mission globally. They've created real world programs that bring education, health and hope to millions of children in over 150 countries."

    Sal Perez, the show's executive producer and a Sesame Workshop vice president, said the organization planned to use the award to let more people know that its nonprofit work extends beyond the TV show.

    "We do a lot of work around the world with direct services, trying to provide content for families that talks about some of those harder to talk about subjects, whether it's trauma, whether it's homelessness and things of that nature. So this is an opportunity to highlight that kind of work."

    Perez told The Associated Press in an interview before the ceremony that there would be news about Sesame Workshop's future released "in the coming days." Last year, Warner... Read More

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