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Weekly ratings: Olympics crush competitors
Weekly ratings: Olympics crush competitors
NBC is running out of ways to describe its stellar Olympics ratings. During last week's Summer Games coverage, the network...
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Amid Olympics, NBC's Competitors Post Record Low Ratings
Media DecoderThe Hollywood Reporter notes: “From the ratings week ending Aug. 17, ABC, CBS and Fox each had their lowest-rated and least-watched week in recorded People Meter history (which almost certainly means their all-time lowest; People Meters were rolled out in 1987 and broadcast averages have eroded significantly since then). Fox’s 3.2 million average marks the lowest-ever turnout for a major network; ABC’s 1.1 rating represents the lowest rated in the adult demo.”

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RadarOnline.com — ... : Chinese officials have shut down access to Apple's iTunes store after finding out that Olympic athletes were downloading the benefit album Songs for Tibet , which features John Mayer, Moby , and Underworld. How else will they learn what bad American music is? Golden Boy beats ...

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