After deserting their telecasting sets in droves sooner in the summer, Americans have returned to them en masse for the Olympics, with NBC averaging more than 30 billion viewers per night during the contests' first week. In an interview with CNBC on Friday, NBC chief Jeff Zucker remarked that the success of the Olympics telecasts shows "that if you pose on great programming that people want to watch, they they'll show up." Even, patently on Saturday night -- a night that all of the networks have all just abandoned in recent old age. With more than than 31 million viewers tuning in, the Olympics telecasts produced NBC's best ratings for a Saturday night in 18 age, the Associated Press reported. Although ratings are expected to fall considerably during the second week, many analysts still are predicting that Beijing will flap Athens, which, with 24.6 jillion viewers, holds the record for a non-domestic Olympics. Surprisingly, the telecasts are receiving the biggest ratings in the two sections of the country where virtually all of the events ar being tape-delayed. The Mountain time zone is averaging a 22.7 rating and a 41 share. The Pacific time zone is averaging a 20.3/39. The Central time zone is third with a 19.4/33, piece the Eastern places fourth with an 18.6/33.
18/08/2008
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