TV MONITOR: Last night's 11:00pm ET edition of CNN/SI's
"Sports Tonight" led with a 5:05 report on Wayne Gretzky's
induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, followed by Pacers-
Celtics and Spurs-76ers. FSN's "Primetime" led with Spurs-
76ers, followed by Pacers-Celtics. "Primetime" followed its
initial NBA coverage with a 1:10 report on Gretzky's Hall of
Fame induction. The 12:00am ET edition of "SportsCenter"
led with Pacers-Celtics, followed by T'Wolves-Jazz.
Coverage of the NCAA basketball Maui Invitational followed
early NBA coverage. "SportsCenter" dedicated 3:02 to
Gretzky's induction, at 6:26 into the broadcast (THE DAILY).
OVERNIGHT ON ABC: Last night's Raiders-Broncos "MNF"
game earned a 13.4/21 overnight Nielsen rating (ABC).
OLBERMANN'S GREATEST: On last night's "Primetime,"
FSN's Keith Olbermann said, "What are you doing for the next
month? Starting tonight and ending a month from tomorrow,
we're going to bring you 'The Century's Real 50 Greatest
Athletes.' It's not like we're keeping how they were chosen
as secret as the formula for Coca-Cola or anything. These
are my opinions" ("Primetime," FSN, 11/22).
OTHER NOTES: The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Langdon
Brockinton reports that the NBA "has lined up" one-year TV
agreements with NTK in Kazakhstan, Melita Sports Channel in
Malta, Anem TV in Serbia and RTVM in Montenegro, increasing
the league's total worldwide TV partners to 128
(SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/22 issue)....USA TODAY's Rudy
Martzke reports that the 6.9 Nielsen overnight rating for
Saturday's FL State Univ.-Univ. of FL game was CBS' highest
college football rating in "nearly nine years" (USA TODAY,
11/23)....Sunday's Cowboys-Cardinals game drew a 24.0/48
local rating in the Phoenix area (AZ REPUBLIC, 11/23).
...Forrester Research "estimates" that between Thanksgiving
and New Year's Day, 8.6 million households will shop on the
Internet, spending a "record" $4B (CNET News, 11/22).
