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blogs.timesunion.com - 1/2/2008
Best Seat in My House Blog: NBC scores with WINTER CLASSIC ratings
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January 2 --- by Pete Dougherty: NBC was quick to let us know that its Tuesday afternoon telecast of the NHL Winter Classic drew...the highest regular-season rating in more than a decade...the biggest audience since Feb. 3, 1996. --- More remarkable, the game got a 38.2 rating in the Buffalo market, meaning more than a third of residents with TV sets in that area were tuned to the game...
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