News Broadcasting
Trevor Goddard, ‘Jag’s’ Lt Mic Brumby, no more
MUMBAI: Television, film actor Trevor Goddard died on Sunday from a suspected drug overdose at his North Hollywood home, say media reports.
The 37-year-old actor, a former boxer, is known for his role as Lt Cmrd Michael ‘Mic’ Brumby in a television series about Navy and Marine Corps- JAG.
His body was found in his North Hollywood home on Sunday by his live-in girlfriend, say reports. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office announcement, the death was classified as suicide with prescription drugs.
Reports say that Goddard was involved in divorce proceedings and that his estranged wife, Ruthann, was in San Francisco during the weekend. He is survived by two young sons.
Born in Perth, Western Australia in October 1965, this professional boxer started his acting career with beer commercials and then did a cameo in a 1994 action film Men of War. He starred as the villain martial-arts fighter ‘Kano’ in 1995’s Mortal Kombat, a movie based on the popular video game by the same name. Later in 1998 Goddard joined JAG and continued his innings till 200. The show is currently aired on Star World in India.
His film credits include 1998’s Deep Rising, an unaccredited role in 2000’s car-theft thriller Gone in 60 Seconds. Recently, he completed his role in the Disney adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl with Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
