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NBC dominated in the traditional opening week of broadcast television’s new season, and they did even when you take football out of the equation

An average 14.1 million people tuned in to watch former Vice President Joe Biden’s town hall on ABC Thursday night, topping the 13.5 million who watched President Donald Trump’s town hall on NBC, according to data from media measurement company Nielsen. Biden’s town hall ran from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET while Trump’s ran from 8 p.m. to...

The novelty of seeing stars getting Emmy Awards delivered to their homes wasn’t enough to keep that annual show from slipping further in popularity.

The Nielsen company says 22.8 million people watched the third night of the Democrats’ virtual convention on television.

In response to the hard seltzer craze that has taken the nation by storm, police in Portland, Maine, “cleared the air” and issued a warning to drinkers of one particular brand. The department took to Twitter Monday to address the phrase “ain’t no laws when you’re drinking claws,” which people often say when drinking White Claw hard seltzer.

Walmart is opening up dozens more veterinary clinics in its stores and launching its first online pet pharmacy, hoping to lure more U.S. pet owners who are spending billions of dollars each year on their dogs and cats. The biggest retailer in the world already operates 21 veterinary clinics in its stores across six states, but over the next 12...

Kibbles for Fido? Nope. These days he’s getting diced chicken with sweet potatoes and spinach. U.S. pet owners are increasingly feeding fresh food to their dogs and cats. Some order pre-proportioned meals of meat and vegetables or frozen raw meat online. Others find them in refrigerators at big retailers like Walmart. Later this spring, Petco and its partner, California-based JustFoodForDogs,...

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is a five-time Super Bowl winner, has been named AP NFL Most Valuable Player three times and he is, statistically, one of the best players in the National Football League. But he’s still not the highest-paid player in this year’s big game.

Demand for healthy, natural food is extending from humans to their pets. Petco announced Tuesday it will stop selling dog and cat food and treats with artificial colors, flavors and preservatives, both online and at its nearly 1,500 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. “We are making sure we are always taking the nutritional high ground,” Petco CEO Ron...

President Donald Trump unloaded on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a heated cabinet meeting this week, railing against her for failing to stop illegal border crossings. Trump, who has growing increasingly frustrated by a spike in apprehensions at the border and other legal setbacks, blamed Nielsen Wednesday for failing to do enough to stop them, according to people familiar...