‘Monday Night Football’ Bests MLB’s ALCS Game 7 for Week’s Highest TV Rating, AI Dominates Tech Earnings and What’s Behind Endeavor’s Talk of Going Private, Selling Assets

Plus: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ jolts Thursday box office with $10.3M, Binge model is losing out to week-to-week streaming releases and SAG-AFTRA and studios continue strike talks through the weekend [Vikings-Monday-Night-Football]( ['Monday Night Football' Bests MLB's ALCS Game 7 for This Week's Highest TV Rating | Charts]( By Loree Seitz With the MLB’s World Series kicking off Friday night, the ALCS finale matchup between the Rangers and the Astros was a formidable opponent against ABC’s “Monday Night Football” for this week’s highest TV rating. But NFL fans still took the win. As audiences tuned in to watch the Minnesota Vikings deliver a 22-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers Monday, the game scored 10.20 million viewers on ABC and received a 1.98 rating in the key broadcast demographic among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures. The Vikings vs. 49ers game marked this week’s most-watched and highest-rated weeknight primetime programming from last Friday to this Thursday, per TheWrap’s weekly broadcast TV ratings breakdown. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg]( [AI Dominates Tech Earnings, Highlighting Competitive Advantages | Analysis]( By Alexei Barrionuevo If there was ever any doubt that Big Tech is running headlong into the world of AI, this week’s earnings releases from Alphabet, Meta and Amazon underscored the depth of that leap. In their calls with analysts, tech company CEOs went well beyond a passing mention of AI initiatives. Rather, they seemed to frame the entirety of their business operations through the lens of myriad AI initiatives, which have become front and center in future spending plans. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [What’s Behind Endeavor's Talk of Going Private, Selling Assets | Analysis]( By Lucas Manfredi Endeavor Group Holdings shook up Hollywood on Wednesday after saying it would evaluate “strategic alternatives” such as selling off pieces of the Los Angeles-based company or — as majority owner Silver Lake said — taking the company private. For a company that only went public in 2021, that would be quite a move and the timing was notable, just ahead of earnings on Nov. 8. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [five-nights-at-freddys-josh-hutcherson]( [‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Jolts Thursday Box Office With $10.3 Million]( [Secret Invasion]( [The Binge Model is Losing Out to Week-to-Week Streaming Releases for Sustaining Longer Interest | Charts]( [SAG-AFTRA Strike Talks Studios AMPTP]( [SAG-AFTRA and Studios to Continue Strike Talks Through the Weekend]( [Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon]( [Studios Crack Down on Theaters Showing 'Killers of the Flower Moon' With Intermissions]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wrap Pro logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo](