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sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com - 12/27/2008
More on NBA Christmas ratings.
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ABC got just what it wanted for Christmas. The network's Christmas Day NBA doubleheader, featuring Spurs/Suns and Celtics/Lakers, averaged a 4.3 rating and 7.9 million viewers, up 30% and 43% respectively from a 3.3 with 5.5 million for last year's doubleheader, which consisted of ...
Video: Celtics-Lakers Christmas Day hype
sports.yahoo.com - 12/23/2008
Video: Celtics-Lakers Christmas Day hype
— sports.yahoo.com — Take note, ABC. If I'm not bouncing around my living room like a litter of puppies on... crack by dinnertime this Thursday , you will have ruined the holidays. If Grandpa isn't pounding his chest, while Aunt Helen throws Clementine peels at the cat by ... (more) Video: Celtics-Lakers Christmas Day hype

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Insight Communications Has Ruined My Year
hardballtimes.com - 12/23/2008
Insight Communications Has Ruined My Year
— hardballtimes.com — In the runup to its January 1st launch, I thought I'd plan ahead and find out on... exactly which channel the MLB Network will be appearing among the many hundreds of offerings I receive from my cable provider, Insight Communications. After all, I'd hate to tune to channel 947 when the Larsen ... (more) Insight Communications Has Ruined My Year

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boston.com - 12/26/2008
Celtics-Lakers game gets high ABC ratings
— boston.com — The Christmas day rematch of last year's NBA Finals, in which the Lakers broke the Celtics' 19-game... win streak yesterday, earned a 5.3 household rating on a fast-national basis, the highest-rated regular season NBA game in four years, on... (more) Celtics-Lakers game gets high ABC ratings

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Fang's Bites — ... of this decade. The SMW says ABC's NBA doubleheader including Celtics-Lakers did well. SMW says after seven seasons of broadcasting the NBA, ...

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