The Chargers’ 24-17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on “Sunday Night Football” drew the program’s smallest audience in nearly a year, enabling Fox’s “Thursday Night Football” to end the five-week streak of an NBC-NFL broadcast game being the week’s most-watched prime-time program.

The New England Patriots 35-14 victory over the New York Giants on “Thursday Night Football” averaged 16.26 million viewers to be the most-watched prime-time program between Oct. 7 and Sunday, according to live-plus-same-day figures released by Nielsen on Tuesday.

“Sunday Night Football” was second for the week, averaging 14.89 million viewers, the least for a “Sunday Night Football” game since Oct. 28, 2018, when the New Orleans Saints 30-20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings opposite the fifth and final game of the World Series averaged 14.09 million viewers.

Factors depressing the Chargers-Steelers audience included the teams’ combined 3-6 record entering into the game, Pittsburgh taking a 21-0 lead midway through the second quarter and Steelers undrafted rookie quarterback Devlin Hodges making his first start.

Despite the lower viewership than usual, “Sunday Night Football” was watched by nearly 2.5 million more viewers than the week’s most-watched non-NFL program, the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes,” which drew its largest audience since March 31, 12.41 million viewers, finishing third for the week.

The audience for “60 Minutes” was bolstered by the 31-minute runover of CBS’ afternoon NFL coverage into prime time that immediately preceded it in the Eastern and Central time zones and averaged 25.57 million viewers.

CBS combined having four of the week’s five most-watched scripted programs with the high viewership for its early Sunday evening programming to be the week’s most-watched network for the first time in the three-week-old 2019-20 prime-time television season, averaging 6.62 million viewers.

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NBC was second for the second consecutive week, averaging 6.35 million, followed by Fox, which averaged 6.02 million viewers for its 17 hours of programming, and ABC, which averaged 4.02 million viewers to finish fourth for the third time this season.

For the third time this season, CBS had the most-watched entertainment program, “NCIS,” sixth for the week, averaging 11.21 million; the most-watched comedy, “Young Sheldon,” 13th for the week, averaging 7.642 million viewers; and the most-watched new series, “Bob Hearts Abishola,” 39th for the week, averaging 5.3 million.

NBC’s most-watched programs outside of its NFL coverage, for the third time this season, were its two editions of “The Voice.” The hourlong Tuesday episode was 10th for the week, fourth among non-NFL programs, averaging 8.55 million viewers, one spot ahead of the two-hour Monday edition which averaged 8.54 million viewers.

Fox’s most-watched non-NFL program, for the second consecutive week, was the procedural drama “9-1-1,” 17th for the week and 10th among non-NFL programs, averaging 7.36 million viewers.

Fox’s coverage of Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, the first game of Major League Baseball’s postseason airing on broadcast television, was second in its Saturday night time slot behind the Florida-LSU college football game on ESPN, averaging 6.11 million viewers, 30th for the week.

LSU’s 42-28 victory over Florida averaged 6.45 million viewers, 25th for the week and second among cable programs. The audience was the largest for a regular-season college football game on ESPN since Nov. 11, 2017, when it averaged 7.13 million for Alabama’s fourth-quarter rally for a 31-24 victory over Mississippi State.

ABC’s most-watched program was “Dancing with the Stars,” 27th for the week, averaging 6.398 million viewers.

For the fifth time in five weeks, ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” was the most-watched cable program, with the San Francisco 49ers’ 31-3 victory over the Cleveland Browns averaging 11.56 million viewers, fourth for the week.

ESPN was the most-watched cable network in prime time for the second consecutive week after back-to-back second-place finishes behind Fox News Channel, averaging 3.03 million viewers.

Fox News Channel was second for the second consecutive week, averaging 2.72 million viewers. TBS was third for the second consecutive week, thanks to coverage of National League postseason baseball, averaging 2.22 million viewers.

This week’s live music offerings are all about celebration, from spotlighting strong female voices to commemorating late legends.

Oct. 18, 20, 21
Lizzo
Join pop tour-de-force Lizzo for a three-night run of her headlining “I Love You Too” world tour at the Palladium. Whether you’re going solo or with a crew in tow, leave your baggage at the door and celebrate self-love with ubiquitous hits including “Truth Hurts,” “Boys” and “Good As Hell.” Expect a live show as exuberant as her songs, loaded with big production, flute solos and choreography from Lizzo’s Big Grrrls backup dancers.

The Palladium, 6215 Sunset Blvd. Tickets are sold out but can be found on the secondary marketplace.

Oct. 18
Tom Petty All-Star Birthday Event
Commemorate the life and legacy of Tom Petty on the weekend of what would have been the late bandleader’s 69th birthday with an intimate evening of music greats at El Rey. Heartbreakers bassist Ron Blair leads the bill, alongside longtime drummer Steve Ferrone, collaborators the Chris Torres Band, Jim Keltner, Earl Slick, Roy Orbison Jr. and many more. All proceeds will go to benefit local homelessness nonprofit Midnight Mission and MusiCares.

El Rey, 5515 Wilshire Blvd. Tickets start at $55.

Oct. 18
Cro-Mags
Grab your sturdiest kicks and head down to the Roxy on Friday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Best Wishes,” the riveting second album from hardcore pioneers Cro-Mags. Vocalist-bassist Harley Flanagan leads the tour, promising an evening loaded with “the best” of “Best Wishes,” alongside a selection of tracks from across the Cro-Mags’ catalog.

The Roxy, 9009 Sunset Blvd. Tickets start at $22.

Oct. 19
We Can Survive
Join 97.1 AMP Radio for an evening at the Bowl celebrating some of the strongest femme voices in pop music today. Taylor Swift leads the bill, joined by fellow chart-toppers Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Lizzo and Becky G, plus performances by Marshmello and the recently returned Jonas Brothers. As always, a portion of ticket sales will go to benefit breast cancer research.

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Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave. Tickets start at $49.

Oct. 20
Stereolab
Following an acclaimed comeback set at Desert Daze last weekend, Stereolab hits the stage at the Theater at the Ace Hotel, celebrating their return from a ten-year hiatus. Expect the band to plumb the depths of its stylish mystique in a set that will veer from French pop to Krautrock to jazz. Local psych-rock talents Wand will open.

The Theater at the Ace Hotel, 929 S. Broadway. Tickets start at $57.

Oct. 23
Jade Bird
Raw and rangy, U.K.-based Jade Bird often sounds like a lost relic from alt-rock’s ’90s heyday but adorned with contemporary garage-rock touches and witty songwriting. At 21, she has already been longlisted in the BBC’s Sound of 2018, toured extensively with Hozier and performed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Come see what all the hype is about.

The Fonda Theatre, 6126 Hollywood Blvd. Tickets are $25.

SERIES

Jay Leno’s Garage Leno discusses race rivalries with Matt Damon, who stars as Carroll Shelby in the upcoming film “Ford vs. Ferrari,” in the season finale of the car-lover’s series. 7 and 10 p.m. CNBC

Infection This three-part crossover event begins on “Chicago Fire” as first responders encounter a fast-spreading virulent disease. The action picks up on “Chicago Med,” as the spread of the disease reaches epidemic proportions, and concludes on “Chicago PD,” where the source of the infection is determined to be a bioterrorism attack. 8, 9 and 10 p.m. NBC

Riverdale As his senior year begins, Archie (KJ Apa) urges Mad Dog (Eli Goree) to attend Riverdale High and join the football team. Also, Mr. Chipping (guest star Sam Witwer) offers Jughead (Cole Sprouse) a scholarship at an exclusive school. Camila Mendes, Mark Consuelos, Casey Cott and Lili Reinhart also star. 8 p.m. CW

The Goldbergs Barry (Troy Gentile) decides to rush a college fraternity, but it doesn’t quite work out as he expects. Back home, with the kids moving on, Beverly and Murray (Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff Garlin) have more time on their hands, which means more hobbies and activities for Beverly and more TV for Murray. 8 p.m. ABC

The Masked Singer Six celebrities perform for a second time. 8 p.m. Fox

Nature The Amazon basin in Ecuador is home to a special patch of jungle that is an untouched wilderness teeming with biodiversity, in part because humans can reach it only by boat. The new episode “Undercover in the Jungle” follows a team of naturalists and filmmakers as they capture intimate behaviors of the wildlife using a network of more than 50 remotely operated cameras and mini-cams reaching from the dark forest floor to the tangled canopy 300 feet in the air. 8 p.m. KOCE and KPBS

Schooled Seeking to improve the football team’s chances of winning a title, Coach Mellor and Principal Glascott (Bryan Callen, Tim Meadows) recruit a soccer star (guest star Rachel Crow) to kick their field goals. Kavan Brar, Brett Dier and AJ Michalka also star. 8:30 p.m. ABC

Nancy Drew When Nancy (Kennedy McMann) learns that Tiffany Hudson’s (Sinead Curry) corpse is being moved out of Horseshoe Bay for a private autopsy, she puts her investigation into Lucy Sable’s (Stephanie Van Dyck) dress on hold to attempt a risky mission in this new episode of the mystery series. 9 p.m. CW

Modern Family Mitch and Cam (Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet) try to help Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) overcome her insecurities about wearing a bathing suit to a pool party in this new episode. Sofía Vergara and Ed O’Neill also star. 9 p.m. ABC

NOVA “Why Bridges Collapse,” a new episode of this documentary series, examines the 2018 collapse of a section of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, then looks at bridge collapses in the U.S. and considers engineering techniques that can make bridges safer and prevent potential catastrophes. 9 p.m. KOCE and KPBS

David Makes Man This new drama wraps up its first season with a finale that reveals how Sky (Isaiah Johnson) died. That moment was preceded by a visit from Shinobi (Jordan Bolger), a fight with Raynan (Adchik Torbert) and a tender moment with David (Akili McDowell). 9 p.m. OWN

Wild Metropolis The series about wildlife adapting to living in metropolitan areas concludes. 10 p.m. KOCE and KPBS

SPECIALS

CMT Artists of the Year 2019 The special honors Carrie Underwood, Dan & Shay, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett, along with breakout artist of the year Ashley McBryde; Reba McEntire receives the Artist of a Lifetime award. From Nashville, Tenn. 8 p.m. CMT

TALK SHOWS

CBS This Morning Author Marc Benioff; Paul Rudd. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS

Today Monica Lewinsky; Ryan Lochte; Ali Wong. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC

KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA

Good Morning America Fashion expert Jessica Mulroney; chef Adam Rapoport. (N) 7 a.m. KABC

Good Day L.A. Billy Bush (“Extra”); surfer Bethany Hamilton; Julissa Bermudez (“Central Ave”). (N) 7 a.m. KTTV

Live With Kelly and Ryan Mariska Hargitay (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”); Victoria Beckham. (N) 9 a.m. KABC

The View Chelsea Clinton guest cohosts; author Alyssa Milano. (N) 10 a.m. KABC

Rachael Ray Dr. Roshini Raj; Scott Wolf. (N) 10 a.m. KTTV

The Wendy Williams Show Michael Rapaport. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV

The Talk Camryn Manheim. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS

The Dr. Oz Show Diabetes medicine that could be used to fight Alzheimer’s disease; aging backward. (N) 1 p.m. KTTV

The Kelly Clarkson Show Kaley Cuoco; YBN Cordae. (N) 2 p.m. KNBC

Dr. Phil Two women claim their lives have been turned upside down by a social media influencer. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Jessica Biel (“Limetown”); Alfie Allen (“Jojo Rabbit”). (N) 3 p.m. KNBC

The Real Media personality Paris Hilton; Mj Rodriguez (“Pose”). (N) 3 p.m. KTTV

The Doctors Mom accused of feeding dog feces to her kids; the medical trend that could be harming grandparents. (N) 3 p.m. KCOP

The Wendy Williams Show Neil deGrasse Tyson (“Letters From an Astrophysicist”). 4 p.m. KCOP

The Real Guest cohost Tisha Campbell; Mark L. Walberg. 5 p.m. KCOP

Between the Lines With Barry Kibrick Why people feel frustrated and angry during good times. 9 p.m. KLCS; 11 p.m. KVCR

Amanpour and Company 11 p.m. KCET; midnight KVCR

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Cyntoia Brown and Ali Wong. (N) 11 p.m. Comedy Central

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Lupita Nyong’o; Dane Cook; the Avett Brothers perform. 11:34 p.m. KNBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Whoopi Goldberg; author Ta-Nehisi Coates. 11:35 p.m. KCBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jennifer Aniston; Dave Matthews; Blanco Brown performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KABC

The Late Late Show With James Corden Ed Helms; June Diane Raphael; 5 Seconds of Summer. 12:37 a.m. KCBS

Late Night With Seth Meyers John Goodman; Michael C. Hall; Midland performs; Yesod Williams performs. 12:37 a.m. KNBC

Nightline (N) 12:37 a.m. KABC

A Little Late With Lilly Singh Meghan Trainor. 1:38 a.m. KNBC

SPORTS

Baseball The St. Louis Cardinals visit the Washington Nationals, 1 p.m. TBS; the Houston Astros visit the New York Yankees, 5 p.m. FS1

NHL Hockey The Colorado Avalanche visit the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 p.m. NBCSP; the Philadelphia Flyers visit the Edmonton Oilers, 6:30 p.m. NBCSP; the Buffalo Sabres visit the Anaheim Ducks, 7 p.m. FS Prime

For more sports on TV, see the Sports section.

Customized TV listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes

Do you care about the effect climate change is having on California’s giant sequoia trees? The top forest management scientist at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and other speakers are coming to L.A. to talk about how hotter droughts are damaging these ancient giants as never before.

The free lecture from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday is open to the public. It features a trip to the park’s Giant Forest, courtesy of virtual reality goggles.

The forest and popular tourist destination was named by John Muir in 1875 for the impressive size and number of giant sequoias.

Hotter droughts between 2012 and 2016 wiped out 150 million trees in California’s forests, but giant sequoias were not among those lost.

However, scientists discovered “an unprecedented foliage dieback” among Sequoiadendron giganteum during the 2014 drought. Dieback is a term used to convey when a tree or shrub is dying from the tips of its leaves, roots or branches back to its core.

The findings are part of a Leaf to Landscape Project that measures the response of these seemingly indestructible trees to extremely hot droughts. Findings will help scientists better monitor and manage their care.

Speakers include Christy Brigham, chief of resource management and science at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks; Kylie Caraway, who created the VR tour of the Giant Forest; and Savannah Boiano, executive director of the Sequoia Parks Conservancy.

Giant sequoias grow exclusively on the western slope of the Sierra. The largest of these trees, including General Sherman, can be found at Sequoia National Park.

Tickets are free, but you must register in advance. The event will be held at the Moss Theater at New Roads School, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica.

Sign up online at Giant Sequoias and Climate Change

Time was, to compete for a seat at Yosemite‘s annual Bracebridge Dinner, you had to enter a lottery. Not so anymore. Tickets went on sale in August — and some are still available for anyone who wants to attend the national park’s quirky, majestic December holiday tradition that began in 1927.

“It’s one part pageant, one part musical, one part immersive comedy, with a fabulous seven-course meal wrapped around it,” says Sarah Coykendall, producing stage director. “It’s really like nothing else.” Coykendall follows in the footsteps of Ansel Adams, photographer and park lover, who directed and acted in several of the Ahwahnee Hotel‘s Bracebridge Dinners in the late 1920s.

This year Bracebridge will take place Dec. 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and 21. Tickets for dinner only, excluding tax, cost $320 for adults and $252 for children 12 and younger. Dinner plus a two-night stay at the Ahwahnee starts at $783 a night, plus tax and fees. Check out the menu, which includes Peacock Pie (made with duck), beef tenderloin and plum pudding. Dinner, by the way, may be customized with vegetarian and gluten-free options.

For those clueless about this rather obscure tradition, Bracebridge takes place in the Ahwahnee’s dining room, which is transformed into an 18th century English hotel. The show is based on the fictional “Bracebridge Hall,” written by Washington Irving in 1821. The lead character, a jester known as the Lord of Misrule, runs the manor for the evening with lots of over-the-top pomp.

Coykendall has been tasked with freshening up the show, which she feels carries a message about “the interconnectivity of life, the importance of protecting nature and the idea of peace.”

“We want to reach a new generation, and the generation after that,” she says.

What will be new? This year, for the first time, the jester will be female (though she will still be called the Lord of Misrule). And some of the jokes and story lines have been modified to keep up with the times.

The performing cast works year-round to produce the 3½-hour pageant. It takes about 100 people, including lead characters, chorus members from the San Francisco Opera, cooks, waiters, wine stewards, hotel staff, lighting and production support and others, to pull it off.

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Free this weekend? You can choose your perfect pumpkin, feast on Japanese street food and walk for HIV/AIDS awareness in Southern California.

Throughout Santa Ynez Valley

Six wine-centric towns host events during the four-day Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley, an excuse to spend the weekend in wine country. Highlights include the Solvang Grape Stomp, the family-friendly Los Alamos Day in the Country festival, and cooking classes in Ballard, Buellton and Santa Ynez.

When: Oct. 17-20. Check website for event dates and times.

Cost, info: Events $25-$150. Refer to event websites for policies on children and pets. Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley

Costa Mesa

Bring an appetite for sushi, ramen and Japanese fried chicken to the 10th OC Japan Fair at the OC Fair and Event Center. Anime fans can hang at the cosplay show on Saturday, while Mario Kart experts can play in a gaming tournament all weekend. Other entertainment includes performances by Japanese artists and cultural demonstrations on sake, calligraphy and kimonos.

When: 5 p.m. Oct. 18, noon Oct. 19, 10 a.m. Oct. 20

Cost, info: $8, or free for children 6 and younger and adults 65 and older. Family friendly. Only service dogs permitted. OC Japan Fair

Silverado

Explore the Helena Modjeska Historic House for free in celebration of the actress’ birthday. The tour includes Shakespearean performances, samples of Modjeska’s preferred marshmallow candies and tales about her journey from Poland to California in the late 1800s. Registration by phone required.

When: Noon Oct. 19

Cost, info: Free. Family friendly. No dogs. (949) 923-2230

Pasadena

The 25th Pumpkin Festival at Brookside Park has a pumpkin patch, fall crafts, carnival games, food trucks, and interactive performances by local dancers and musical groups. Proceeds benefit the Kidspace Children’s Museum, which offers half-price museum admission for $7 per person during the event.

When: 9:30 a.m. Oct. 19 and 20

Cost, info: Free admission to the festival; tickets for food and activities cost $1 each. Family friendly. No dogs. Pumpkin Festival

Los Angeles

Walk to raise money and awareness for HIV/AIDS at the 35th AIDS Walk Los Angeles. The morning begins in front of City Hall with an aerobic warmup and a ceremony featuring activists, celebrities and musical performers. Celebrate the end of the four-mile walk with live music, food trucks and free ice cream back at the starting point.

When: 9 a.m. Oct. 20

Cost, info: Free participation; donations can be made online or at the event. Family friendly. Dogs OK, but pet owners should be mindful of potentially hot asphalt. AIDS Walk Los Angeles

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Google on Tuesday showed how it will attempt to get its high-end Pixel phones out of their rut: a combination of familiar Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. technology, the addition of juggernaut carrier AT&T Inc. and cutting-edge camera and digital-assistant features that showcase the company’s lead in artificial intelligence.

The new models — the 5.7-inch Pixel 4 and 6.3-inch Pixel 4 XL — have redesigned cases with a new camera bump and an additional lens alongside a much-improved display with smoother animations and facial recognition to replace yesteryear’s fingerprint sensor. Google also increased the memory to 6 gigabytes, addressing a pervasive complaint about overly frugal specs on last year’s devices.

A new radar-based motion sensor lets people control the Pixel with hand gestures in the air, and it will also detect users’ presence and attention to keep the screen on while reading. Google Assistant is more capable and more deeply integrated than ever, extending a lead on Apple’s Siri voice assistant and Samsung’s Bixby.

Google started designing its own consumer hardware a few years ago to generate new revenue growth beyond advertising. The home-grown gadgets also help the company control the distribution of its web services, reducing reliance on other hardware makers.

Still, the Pixel line has never sold particularly well, despite some of the best tech and consumer reviews. The company will be hoping this fourth iteration, with its new features, addresses the malaise.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google also showed off new Nest-branded Wi-Fi routers and Home Mini speakers as well a Pixelbook Go laptop.

The facial-recognition sensor on the Pixel 4 appeared to start up quickly in a demonstration, working in concert with the new Motion Sense feature, which alerts the phone that a user’s hand is approaching to pick up the device, which in turn triggers the facial sensor to turn on and start scanning, leading to a quicker unlock. Apple has had Face ID on iPhones since 2017, but Google‘s implementation is a different approach.

The Pixel’s face authentication will work with some payment apps, including one from Citigroup Inc., and face data will be securely stored on the device, according to Google. The motion sensor also lets users navigate between songs, snooze alarms, and decline calls with a hand gesture.

Google highlighted its new zoom lens on the back of the Pixel as the most significant 2019 addition to a device that gets its name from its emphasis on photography. Apple added a second lens in 2016 with the iPhone 7 Plus, but Google has long maintained that it can make up the hardware gap with software. That story doesn’t change this year: Google argues that its imaging software is the best and the new lens only helps it extend that capability across a wider range of zoom. The company has developed a whole new image-processing pipeline for its zoom feature, borrowing from its advancements in nighttime photography with Night Sight.

The new Pixel cameras will show a live preview of what the image will look like before it is captured — a subtle but important improvement in an era of sophisticated image processing. Google has also added a dedicated slider for controlling shadow exposure for more advanced photographers, and a so-called astrophotography mode will let even amateurs capture detailed images of stars at night with a tripod and four minutes of exposure.

The Pixel’s updated voice assistant has a new swipe gesture for launching, on-device processing for tasks that don’t require the internet, and the ability to open specific pages or menus within apps upon a user’s command. Google has added a new voice-memo app with on-the-fly transcription, which worked well in a demonstration. The new phones also include car crash detection and can automatically call emergency services.

The smaller Pixel 4 has a 5.7-inch screen, slightly bigger than last year’s model, though the overall size hasn’t increased. That matches the dimensions of the iPhone 11 Pro. The Pixel 4 XL, at 6.3 inches, sits in between the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro Max screen sizes.

The new Pixel phones will cost $799 or $899 depending on screen size, and extra storage will cost more. That pricing positions the Pixel 4 $100 above the iPhone 11 but $200 below the iPhone 11 Pro line. Despite the unique new technology, such pricing will likely continue to be a pain point for the high-end Pixels as the new models are no more affordable than the Pixel 3 of last year.

In the first quarter of this year, Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat said the Pixel 3 didn’t sell well, attributing a year-over-year decline to heavy promotions in the smartphone market. Google wasn’t the only phone maker to struggle in the quarter, with Apple reporting its first annual holiday quarter sales decline in nearly two decades on the heels of lower-than-expected iPhone sales.

Pixel sales trail far behind Apple and Samsung, though new cheaper Pixels launched in June have slightly offset the poor performance of Google’s high-end models.

The Pixel 4 phones go on sale Oct. 24 and pre-orders begin on Tuesday. Google will be selling the phones through all four major U.S. carriers for the first time. They will come in 64 GB and 128 GB capacities, with 6GB of RAM, and in a choice of orange, black or white.

The new models, like Apple’s latest iPhones, lack fifth-generation cellular connectivity despite many 5G networks kicking in over the next 12 months. Google said it is working on 5G technology, but wouldn’t say when a 5G Pixel model would launch. Apple plans to launch a 5G iPhone around next September, while Samsung started shipping 5G phones earlier this year.

Google also showed off new Pixel Buds headphones that are built to rival AirPods. Unlike the previous version, they are cordless this time. They will launch next year for $179 and have five hours of battery life.

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Bankers who two months ago were fighting for a piece of WeWork’s highly anticipated share sale are now scrambling to just keep the company alive.

WeWork and its backers are furiously trying to line up two rescue plans before it runs out of cash as early as next month: one by SoftBank Group, the company’s largest shareholder, and one by JPMorgan Chase & Co., which won WeWork’s IPO mandate but ultimately didn’t pocket a fee as the plan for the initial public offering collapsed and cut off WeWork’s access to new cash.

JPMorgan is sharing its proposal — an unusually risky $5-billion debt package that is WeWork’s preferred option — with about 100 investors, according to a person with knowledge of the discussion. Several have expressed skepticism about WeWork’s ability to service the debt, and news of the proposal’s eye-popping terms sent the company’s existing bonds reeling to a new low Tuesday.

At the same time, SoftBank is trying to pull together a backup option. The Japanese investment powerhouse would inject capital into WeWork and take a controlling stake, a move the company’s management hopes to avoid. To help it craft a proposal, SoftBank hired advisors at investment bank Houlihan Lokey to explore options for easing WeWork’s cash crunch, said people with knowledge of the discussions.

Both proposals share one thing: a lot of uncertainty.

“WeWork’s credit metrics remain off-the-chart ugly,” Vicki Bryan, chief executive of Bond Angle, a high-yield credit research company, said in a note Tuesday.

JPMorgan’s plan would raise $5 billion in one of the riskiest junk debt offerings in recent years that could include $2 billion of pay-in-kind bonds yielding 15%. The bank is casting an unusually wide net for this type of offering, pitching investors ranging from some of the world’s largest asset managers to credit hedge funds with expertise in distressed investing, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Payment-in-kind notes, known as PIKs in industry parlance, give issuers the option to pay interest on debt with more debt. In buying PIK deals, investors are in effect betting that a cash-strapped company will be able to make good on a ballooning debt obligation when it matures. PIK debt has historically been favored by the likes of struggling energy companies and firms exiting bankruptcy.

Although terms remain under discussion, the potential WeWork PIK could pay 5% interest in cash and 10% interest in debt that would accumulate and become due at maturity. That means that a $2-billion obligation with a 10% payment-in-kind option would grow to $2.7 billion after three years and $3.2 billion after five.

WeWork’s board has hired investment bank Perella Weinberg Partners as it weighs its options. With funds running low, the company expects to cut potentially thousands of jobs from its staff of about 12,500 this month, as it focuses on its core business of renting out office space.

Lending to WeWork is so potentially dicey that one junk bond investor, Diamond Hill Capital Management’s John McClain, said anybody brave enough to do it would “be taking on substantial career risk.”

The proposed yield in the new debt package underscores skepticism among debt investors that the company will be able to stem its cash bleed and become profitable anytime soon. It’s a costly option that may reward investors handsomely in the event of an actual turnaround.

The market’s initial reaction wasn’t encouraging. WeWork’s existing notes, $669 million of 7.875% bonds due in 2025, fell the most on record Tuesday morning after Bloomberg reported on the potential terms for a new debt package. The junk bonds dropped to a record low of 79 cents on the dollar to yield 13.4%, according to Trace, before recovering a bit.

SoftBank’s advisors at Houlihan are working on cutting liabilities as WeWork mulls over the debt package. Other measures for restructuring WeWork’s balance sheet could include renegotiating or terminating some existing leases to reduce WeWork’s indebtedness and cash burn. Future lease payment obligations as of June 30 were $47.2 billion, according to the prospectus for WeWork’s aborted IPO.

The new debt could come with a coupon nearly twice that of the junk bonds the company sold less than 18 months ago.

“If they are talking about doing a PIK note at a yield of 15%, the existing unsecureds have to reprice,” McClain said.

SpaceX has bet its future on a network of small satellites that could beam the internet down to Earth. This month, the company’s plans got a whole lot bigger.

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has requested permission from an international regulatory group to operate as many as 30,000 satellites at a specific frequency, power level and location in space. The company had received prior permission from the U.S. government to operate about 12,000 satellites and launched 60 initial satellites in May.

The new batch of 30,000 satellites are set to be in orbits ranging from about 200 miles to 360 miles above the Earth, according to filings submitted Oct. 7 to the International Telecommunication Union, which allocates radio spectrum and satellite orbits. The filings did not include details of when the satellites would be launched.

A SpaceX spokesperson said in a statement that the company was taking steps to “responsibly scale” the total network capacity and data density to “meet the growth in users’ anticipated needs.”

SpaceX makes its money by launching satellites for commercial and government customers and ferrying cargo for NASA to the International Space Station. But company Chief Executive Elon Musk has said SpaceX’s launch revenue probably tapers off at about $3 billion a year.

The global internet connectivity market, on the other hand, is worth about $1 trillion. Musk has estimated that with the company’s Starlink satellite constellation, SpaceX could capture at least 3%, or $30 billion, of that sector.

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Musk also intends to use revenue from Starlink to fund his passion project: a Mars spaceship known as Starship that would be capable of ferrying up to 100 people to the red planet. The company has started building prototypes of that spaceship near Boca Chica Beach in Texas and in Cocoa, Fla., and Musk estimated last month that a test launch reaching 60,000 feet in altitude could occur in one to two months.

“SpaceX is relying on Starlink to provide a lot of profit for them,” said Laura Forczyk, owner of space consulting firm Astralytical. “They have a lot of ambitious projects going on that they need funding for.”

But the company faces daunting technical challenges to build the high-tech satellite components cheaply enough to be affordable for users, with a level of reliability that can place it above competitors on the ground and in the sky.

Several other broadband-beaming satellite constellations have either launched or are in the works, including London’s OneWeb, which is backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. and British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. Jeff Bezos’ Amazon.com Inc. has also entered the race with its Project Kuiper and asked the Federal Communications Commission in July for permission to launch more than 3,200 satellites.

With this in mind, part of SpaceX’s goal in filing for 30,000 satellites may be to reserve its place and prevent competitors from taking its desired orbit and frequency first.

The large number of proposed satellites might also be to ensure seamless global coverage that can provide high data rates and increased reliability, said Kerri Cahoy, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. SpaceX said it was investing in the future of Starlink to increase the system’s total network capacity and density, and that demand for fast and reliable internet service has escalated around the world.

With so many satellites from various constellations set to enter space, industry insiders have become increasingly concerned about potential collisions between spacecraft.

Last month, a satellite belonging to the European Space Agency had to fire its thrusters to avoid colliding with one of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. SpaceX has said that an on-ground operator missed a message from the U.S. Air Force showing that the chance of a collision had increased, and that it is implementing “corrective actions.” The company said it has automated collision avoidance in its satellites and will be sharing spacecraft-tracking data with all other satellite operators.

SpaceX said it planned to offer service in the northern part of the U.S. and Canada as early as next year, with global coverage of more populated areas after 24 satellite launches, or a total of 1,440 satellites in orbit. More satellites could mean the company wants to serve more users, particularly in areas that are rural or semirural and have few options for internet access.

Musk said in May that SpaceX had not yet signed up any customers because it wanted to wait until the system was working well but that the company was interested in partnering with governments or telecommunications companies. Musk said he didn’t think Starlink would displace any telecommunications firms.

“The greater global coverage they can provide, the greater their market is,” Forczyk said. “The way they can increase their profit from Starlink is to increase their coverage and really make them No. 1 compared to their competitors.”

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MARIANNE. About 18 months ago, my friend @valerie_von_sobel suggested that I meet someone she greatly admired, Marianne Williamson, who was interested in commissioning a portrait. We made a date at the Baccarat hotel in New York, over-looking MOMA. Almost before I’d sat down, Marianne announced that she was going to run for President in 2020 and wanted to use the portrait as her campaign image. After 35 years as an illustrator I am not surprised by much, but I remember very little of the rest of the conversation. I did my homework; Marianne – in case you didn’t know- is a best selling author, spiritual guru and friend of Oprah (who claimed to have experienced 157 miracles after reading one of her books). She is also a Democrat. As a British citizen I cannot vote for her, but for using drawing to get her message across in a photo saturated world, she has my undying admiration. It was an honour @mariannewilliamson

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Although author Marianne Williamson didn’t meet the requirements for the upcoming debate, she deserves a shout out for the single most stylish candidate portrait of the 2020 race. Done by world-renowned fashion illustrator and celebrity portrait artist David Downton (whose work has appeared in the pages of Vogue, Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar among others), the image appears on both T-shirts and campaign buttons on her campaign website.

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