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This past summer, as Hollywood faced its second major strike, the president of actors union SAG-AFTRA took the podium. She was without makeup, she was raspy and she was pissed. Gone was the ozone-shattering hairspray and the wild prints plucked right from the zoo. Nowhere in earshot was the dog whistle voice and the dolphin laugh. This was Fran Drescher: not the street-smart bimbo of somehow successful sitcoms and expectedly by-the-numbers romances, but the woman who will do anything to show her loyalty and not back down from anything. She had done it throughout her career through battles with industry execs and cancer, and now she was doing it against some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

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A week after Taye Diggs’ surprise exit from “All American,” the CW sports drama’s ratings were up 35% over last week for Monday’s follow-up episode, according to official live + same day Nielsen data.

As viewers tuned in to witness the grim aftermath of the death of father figure and coach Billy Baker, “All American” drew in 671,000 total viewers — up 21.3% from last week’s 553,000 total viewers — and scored 0.23 ratings score in the key demo, marking a 35.3% increase from last week’s 0.17 rating score.

The widespread buzz from Diggs’ departure also boosted its spinoff series, “All American: Homecoming,” which received 444,000 total viewers — up 12% from last week’s total viewership of 396,000 — and a 0.14 ratings score — up 27% from the last week’s 0.11 ratings score.

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Here’s how primetime broke...

“The Bachelor” premiere gave a Monday primetime rose to ABC as the network earned the highest rating of the night with a score of 0.54 in the key broadcast demo, according to official live plus same-day Nielsen data.

As viewers tuned in to watch new bachelor Zach Shallcross welcome 30 women to the Bachelor mansion and make his pick for the coveted first impression rose, the Season 27 premiere courted 3 million total viewers and earned a rating of 0.65 — making “The Bachelor” the second highest-rated program of the night.

Here’s how primetime broke down across the major broadcast networks:

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ABC was first in ratings with an average 0.54 rating in the key demo and third for total viewers with an average of 3.1 million. After the early success of “The Bachelor,” which aired from 8 p.m. to 10 p.