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 MSNBC was back on top in weekday prime (M-F 8-11pm) for the month of July, beating FOX News and CNN among A25-54 and A18-49 according to Nielsen. This is the 2nd time the network has topped both FOX News and CNN in A25-54 for the month (after May 2017) and the 3rd straight month in A18-49. MSNBC was in the Top 10 in A25-54 among all cable networks for the month, ranking #6 (vs. FOX News' #7 and CNN's #17). In total viewers, MSNBC finished at #2 among all cable networks in weekday prime (ahead of HGTV, History and TBS, just behind FOX News). MSNBC averaged 478,000 A25-54 viewers (vs. FOX News' 461,000 and CNN's 316,000); 328,000 A18-49 viewers (vs. FOX News' 288,000 and CNN's 247,000); and 2.13 million viewers (vs. CNN's 961,000). MSNBC is the only news network to post growth over July 2016 in the key demographics: +10% in A25-54 (vs. FOX News' -31% and CNN's -54%), +2% in A18-49 (vs. FOX News' -40% and CNN's -57%) and +26% in total viewers (vs. FOX News' -29% and CNN's -54%).

10 NFL players will join seven-time Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum superstar artist Carrie Underwood for her performance of “Oh, Sunday Night,” the opening theme for primetime television's No. 1 program, NBC's Sunday Night Football.

BWW has learned that on Monday, July 31st, Laura Benanti will guest co-host on THE TALK. THE TALK airs 2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT on CBS.

Grammy Award-nominated Panic! At the Disco front man Brendon Urie is currently making his Broadway debut as 'Charlie Price' in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Kinky Boots!

Aldo Iuliano's award winning drama Penalty has been making waves in the film world, as this wonderful film has received nearly thirty awards and has been selected for five Academy qualifying Film Festivals. Now this exciting film will open in theatres in Los Angeles.

 NBCSN presents Professional Fighters League action this Saturday, July 29, live at 9 p.m. ET, highlighted by undefeated Andre 'The Bull' Harrison (16-0) defending his featherweight title against Steven 'Avenger' Rodriguez (10-2) from XFINITY Arena at Everett in Everett, Wash.

“Dateline NBC” on Fridays topped ABC's “20/20” across the board for the July 2017 sweep period, averaging 4.6 million total viewers and outperforming “20/20” by +963,000 (+27%). “Dateline” also won the A25-54 demo, averaging 1.4 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by 144,000 (+12%). This is the broadcast's biggest July sweeps win over “20/20” in total viewers and A25-54 since 2013.

Winning among the Big 4 networks for the fifth week in a row in adults 18-49, NBC has also captured the ratings week of July 17-23 in total viewers, households and all other key demos, paced by its popular programming that includes “America's Got Talent,” “World of Dance,” “American Ninja Warrior,” and “The Wall.”

ABC's “The View” averaged 2.590 million Total Viewers, 403,000 Women 25-54 and 295,000 Women 18-49 during the week of July 17, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “The View” beat CBS' “The Talk” (2.429 million, 398,000 and 267,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+161,000), Women 25-54 (+5,000) and Women 18-49 (+28,000).

Multiplatinum award-winning singer and songwriter Camila Cabello has been named Radio Disney's 'NBT' (Next Big Thing) – a multiplatform program that spotlights rising artists and showcases their journey as they pursue their musical dreams. Beginning in August, Cabello's journey as a solo singer/songwriter will be featured in a series of 'NBT' videos on Disney Channel and across multiple Radio Disney platforms. 

With the 20th Annual Long Island International Film Expo wrapping Thursday Night after an amazing week that saw 168 short and feature-length films of every genre showcased, LIIFE presented its Closing Night Awards Ceremony at the historic Bellmore Movies where celebs from both Stage and Screen presented honors to those in the film industry for their hard work.

The “bawdy, sexy” (Neil Pond, Parade) and “ridiculously fun” (Rachel Smith, FOX-TV) comedy BAYWATCH makes waves with a new extended version, featuring outrageous footage not seen in theaters, on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack and Blu-ray Combo Pack August 29, 2017 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.  Fans can dive in two weeks early on Digital HD, August 15.

Miguel Cervantes, who plays Alexander Hamilton in Chicago's Hamilton, appeared on Today this morning, to discuss his family, his wife Kelly and their personal journey with their baby daughter Adelaide's struggle with epilepsy. 

For the first time in the network's 21-year history, MSNBC finished the week as the most-watched cable network during weekday prime (M-F 8-11pm) in total viewers. According to Nielsen, MSNBC ended the week of July 17-21 as the #1 cable network for all weekday prime, averaging 2.34 million viewers, ahead of FOX News at 2.25 million. MSNBC was previously #1 in cable news in weekday prime during the weeks of May 15, 2017 (behind TNT) and September 3, 2012 (behind USA) among total viewers, but this was the 1st time MSNBC was #1 among all of cable.

Programming on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA — a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal — is highlighted this week by live coverage of the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships from Budapest, Hungary; FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships from Vienna, Austria; live gymnastics from the U.S. Classic in Chicago; and FIE World Fencing Championships from Leipzig, Germany.

Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, resigned from his post this morning, revealing that he was strongly opposed to the President's pick for Communications Director - Anthony Scaramucci.

Big screen Eponine, Samantha Barks, visited the Fentstein's/54 Below stage this week for a solo show and treated the crowd to her take on the pop hit, 'If I Die Young.' See video of Sam's performance below!

According to Deadline, HBO's sci-fi Westworld has added Neil Jackson and Jonathan Tucker to its Season Two cast.

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith are no strangers to speculation about their famous relationship, On last night's Watch What Happens Live! Jada addressed one rumor that has her stumped: a rumor that the power couple are swingers.

Comic-Con' in San Diego is in full swing. Each year, eager fans get previews of all the latest in movies and television.  This year, brand-new trailers from Teen Wolf, The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, and more have dropped in this week's presentation so far and BroadwayWorld has all of them.