usatoday.com - 10/29/2009
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TNT drew nearly 3.7 million viewers Tuesday for the Celtics' 95-89 victory over the Cavaliers, followed by the Lakers' 99-92 win over the Clippers. That was a 43 percent increase over the 2.6 million that watched last year's opening-night doubleheader. Overall, it was TNT's most-watched ...
bizofbasketball.com - 10/28/2009
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bizofbasketball.com —
On the heels of the most-watched NBA regular
season in Turner Broadcasting’s 26 years of airing NBA...
basketball, TNT tipped off the 2009-10 season with its most-watched doubleheader since Feb. 2, 1996 with nearly 3.7 million total viewers . The previous record is held by a doubleheader ...
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NBA Opening Night on TNT Sees Highest Viewed Regular ...
offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/24/2009
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offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com —
The on-air analysts from TNT and ESPN share
their thoughts on the coming season....
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Predicting the Winners
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 30 days ago
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TNT announced Wednesday afternoon that its Tuesday night
doubleheader of Cleveland-Boston followed by the Lakers-Clippers was its...
most-watched two-headed night since Feb. 2, 1996. The Lakers were part of that doubleheader bonanza as well, playing the ...
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Lakers help TNT to big-time ratings (the Clippers were ...
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Cavaliers: Suicide lines: Dwight's one millionth follower; Raps hold off Cavs
Ohio Sports Report —
... continued to play tight games. Considering the injuries, as well as limited personnel, some Spurs coaches were amazed they won the division. But all of it was a grind. In the Spurs' best years, their point differential was close to 10, and last year's was 3.8. That's a small margin for a team that won 54 games. So Wednesday night showed the change, and Gregg Popovich emerged from the locker room and quickly noted that. 'We didn't have to play our main guys 35 or 40 minutes,' he said." USA Today :"The doubleheader featuring title contenders Boston, Cleveland and the ...
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... ? DONUT 4: From USA Today : " The doubleheader featuring title contenders Boston, Cleveland and the Los Angeles Lakers produced Turner's most-watched opening night in its 26 years of airing the NBA. TNT drew nearly 3.7 million viewers Tuesday for the Celtics' 95-89 victory over the Cavaliers, followed by the Lakers' 99-92 win over the Clippers. That was a 43 percent increase over the 2.6 million that watched last year's opening-night doubleheader. Overall, it was TNT's most-watched doubleheader since Feb. 2, 1996, a night that was anchored by a Bulls-Lakers showdown." The NBA ...
Suicide lines: Dwight's one millionth follower; Raps hold off Cavs
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... games. Considering the injuries, as well as limited personnel, some Spurs coaches were amazed they won the division. But all of it was a grind. In the Spurs' best years, their point differential was close to 10, and last year's was 3.8. That's a small margin for a team that won 54 games. So Wednesday night showed the change, and Gregg Popovich emerged from the locker room and quickly noted that. 'We didn't have to play our main guys 35 or 40 minutes,' he said." USA Today: "The doubleheader featuring title contenders Boston, Cleveland and ...
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