CBS wins with viewers in ratings


CBS wins with viewers in ratings

NEW YORK

CBS was back to its old ways last week, winning decisively in viewership and seizing the lion’s share of the week’s most-watched shows, according to the Nielsen company. Led by its coverage of the AFC Wildcard Playoff game between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, seen by more than 31 million viewers, CBS placed another dozen prime-time shows in the Top 20.

For the week of Jan. 4-10, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: AFC Wildcard Playoff: Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, CBS, 31.23 million; NFC Wildcard Post-Game (8:11 p.m. EST), Fox, 23.04 million; AFC Wildcard Pre-kick (8:08 p.m.), CBS, 22.16 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 18.98 million; “Golden Globe Awards,” NBC, 18.51 million; “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 17.25 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 15.85 million; “Scorpion,” CBS, 11.67 million; “American Idol” (Wednesday), Fox, 10.96 million; “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 10.85 million.

Media mogul Murdoch engaged to model Hall

LONDON

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged to Jerry Hall, the American actress and former supermodel who had a long-time relationship with Mick Jagger.

Murdoch, 84, and Hall, 59, placed a classified ad in the Births, Marriages and Deaths section of Tuesday’s Times newspaper, which is owned by Murdoch’s News Corp.

Murdoch, the executive chairman of News Corp., and Hall have been dating since late summer after being introduced by one of Murdoch’s sisters and his niece in his native Australia, the Times reported in a story posted online.

They made their relationship public in October when they appeared together at the Rugby World Cup Final in London and got engaged over the weekend while attending the Golden Globes Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Outback pub toasts famous visitor Bowie

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA

Drinkers at a dusty Outback pub raised their beer glasses Tuesday to the pub’s most-famous visitor, David Bowie.

More than three decades ago, the mercurial musician made the 400-mile drive from Sydney to the tiny outpost of Carinda in parched western New South Wales state to shoot the video for his 1983 hit “Let’s Dance” at Carinda’s only pub.

The pub’s current owner, Malcolm George, said the town of fewer than 200 people hadn’t known that Bowie was coming. And they have never been allowed to forget the visit, which took their rustic watering hole to a global audience.

“People still come in asking, ‘Is this is the pub where Bowie sang?’” George said.

George said that only one of the local extras who appeared in those smoky bar scenes still lives in the town. But news late Monday that Bowie had died immediately boosted business.

“It’s been nonstop,” George said.

Associated Press

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