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    Procedural dramas jump to front in TV’s opening week; NFL tops Nielsen rundown

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    San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) passes against the Denver Broncos during the first half of an NFL football game in Denver, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Besides live sports, the one thing broadcast networks can be counted on for these days is franchise procedural dramas.

    That was evident on opening week of a new television season, when the 10 most-watched scripted programs all fit this tried-and-true formula, according to the Nielsen company.

    There were three programs each in CBS' "FBI" series and NBC's "Chicago" shows, and two each of CBS' "NCIS" shows and NBC's "Law & Order" franchise.

    No comedies appeared in Nielsen's top 20 programs.

    Buoyed by "Sunday Night Football," NBC won the week in primetime with an average of 6 million viewers. ABC had 4.5 million, Fox had 4 million, CBS had 3.9 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Ion Television had 960,000 and Telemundo had 850,000.

    Fox News Channel was the most popular cable network, averaging 2.12 million viewers in primetime. ESPN had 2.02 million, MSNBC had 1.21 million, HGTV had 811,000 and Hallmark had 688,000.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.6 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 6.5 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.6 million.

    For the week of Sept. 19-25, the 20 most-watched programs in primetime, their networks and viewerships:

    1. NFL Football: San Francisco at Denver, NBC, 17.8 million.
    2. NFL Football: Minnesota at Philadelphia, ABC, 12.86 million.
    3. "NFL Pregame," NBC, 12.85 million.
    4. "The OT," Fox, 12.13 million.
    5. "Football Night in America," NBC, 9.11 million.
    6. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.14 million.
    7. "FBI," CBS, 6.81 million.
    8. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 6.75 million.
    9. "Chicago Med," NBC, 6.59 million.
    10. NFL Football: Tennessee at Buffalo, ESPN, 6.57 million.
    11. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 6.19 million.
    12. "NFL Pregame," ABC, 6.16 million.
    13. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 6.12 million.
    14. "NCIS," CBS, 5.82 million.
    15. "Chicago PD," NBC, 5.48 million.
    16. "Law & Order: SVU," NBC, 5.47 million.
    17. "FBI: International," CBS, 5.44 million.
    18. "NCIS: Hawai'i," CBS, 5.31 million.
    19. "FBI: Most Wanted," CBS, 5.27 million.
    20. "Survivor," CBS, 5.05 million.

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    Yacht Club expands its postproduction team

    Friday, November 14, 2025
    Yacht Club’s (l-r) Zac Gobetz, Jacqueline Xerri, Aria Yagobi, Zach Law and Amin Ashtar Ali

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