NBC's Winter Olympics Gaining Momentum

The critics' tone toward NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics seems to be one of acceptance, with even some compliments interspersed among the reviews. Ratings are running 23% ahead of Nagano, and NBC still has its most popular figure skating events yet to come. THE DAILY and SRi's "Live Wire" shows that over half of NBC's total event coverage last night was live, and overall, 47% of NBC's event coverage has been live since Friday night. The net is sticking by its target of 60%.

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