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TV Ratings: NBC Olympics coverage cruises on Friday

With skiing and figure skating as its big ticket events, NBC's Friday night coverage of the Winter Olympics had no trouble rolling to ratings wins in all key measures, even if the generally slow night led to low demo ratings.

 

What to watch at Olympics

What to watch at Olympics

Terrible day for the United States Olympic team yesterday: It won only four medals.

 

Lysacek upsets Plushenko to win skating gold

Evan Lysacek put together his best free skate ever and won the men's figure skating gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics on Thursday, upsetting the reigning Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko.

 

Torah Bright of Australia Wins Women’s Halfpipe

The Australian Torah Bright lit up a dark night with gold-medal run and an effervescent smile, winning the snowboarding halfpipe competition at Cypress Mountain on Thursday.

 

Vonn crashes in super-combined

Vonn crashes in super-combined

Maria Riesch of Germany won the women's super-combined gold at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

 

Olympics tops 'American Idol' in ratings

Olympics tops 'American Idol' in ratings

Shani Davis, Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White are the true American Idols. In a startling turnaround from the night before, the Olympics clobbered Fox's "American Idol" in the ratings Wednesday night. The Nielsen Co. said that during the one hour the two shows competed against one another, the Olympics were seen by 30.1 million people while 18.4 million watched "American Idol."

 

American Lindsey Vonn triumphs in downhill

Lindsey Vonn lived up to her billing as the golden girl of the Winter Olympics with a dominant victory in the women's downhill at Whistler Creek on Wednesday.

 

Ohno slammed by Koreans in bitter echo of 2002

Ohno slammed by Koreans in bitter echo of 2002

US short track skater Apolo Anton Ohno has been portrayed as unworthy of a medal in a worrying echo of the bitter resentment which erupted between America and South Korea at the controversial 2002 Olympics.

 

Men's super-combined postponed because of snow

Men's super-combined postponed because of snow

An overnight snowstorm forced ski officials to postpone Tuesday's Olympic men's super-combined race and call off women's downhill training, the latest events to fall victim to the problematic weather at the games....

 

Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo Set Olympic Record In Short Program

Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo Set Olympic Record In Short Program

Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo are sure to remember this Valentine's Day. The Chinese married couple broke their own world record with a mesmerizing performance to open pairs competition at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, and it took until the very last pair – about three hours later – for anyone to come close to topping it. With a score of 76.66, the pair lead two-time world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany by just .70 points.

 

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