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Phelps & Co. Blow U.S. TV Record Out of the Water
Published 8/27/2008 at Celebrity Fix
Sure, it lasted for 17 days (not including soccer)—but still!Thanks to NBC's multipronged, round-the-clock coverage, the 2008 Summer Olympics reached 214 million viewers, making it the most-watched event in U.S. television history, according to numbers released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.
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