Heavy Medal Archive: Opening Ceremonies
Friday's show sets Canadian record
An estimated 13.3 million viewers watched the entire Opening Ceremonies Friday night, making it the most watched television show in Canadian history, according to CTV, a consortium of 11 television networks that is televising the games in Canada. That broke...
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Tracee Hamilton
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February 13, 2010; 6:33 PM ET |
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Live chat: Opening Ceremony
Chat with media reporter Paul Farhi and TV critic Hank Stuever as the Vancouver Games begin with the Opening Ceremony on NBC. We'll kick things off around 9 p.m. Join the conversation below: Opening Ceremonies...
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Lindsay Applebaum
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February 12, 2010; 8:15 PM ET |
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NBC Crushes the Competition
When the dust settled on audience levels for the first three nights of the Beijing Summer Olympics, NBC was thrilled to learn that, excluding weeks in which it carried seven full nights of Olympics coverage, it had copped its biggest...
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washingtonpost.com Sports Editor
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August 12, 2008; 4:36 PM ET |
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Fake Footprint?
This story from The Daily Telegraph of London reveals that Chinese organizers faked some of the "fireworks" during Opening Ceremonies....
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Tracee Hamilton
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August 11, 2008; 7:00 AM ET |
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Kobe, Lebron Charm Fellow Olympians
Lebron James clowned around with the U.S. softball team and Kobe Bryant posed for photos with every U.S. Olympian who marched in Friday's Opening Ceremonies and requested one, according to pole vaulter Jeff Hartwig. Hartwig said James and Bryant charmed...
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Amy Shipley
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August 10, 2008; 7:51 AM ET |
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Opening Ceremonies Do Well on NBC (Updated)
Pleased to offer a report from television columnist Lisa de Moraes below. But first, this is a good place to mention that Paul Farhi's blog on Olympic TV coverage, "Playback," is up and running. Check it out ... here's Lisa:...
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Jon DeNunzio
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August 9, 2008; 4:58 PM ET |
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