Williams Off to Strong Start for NBC
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NEW YORK  - In his first night in the  anchor chair, Brian Williams picked up where Tom Brokaw left  off.
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PARIS -- Serena Williams's "Come on!" count was rising rapidly. Her first French Open match since 2004 hardly went according to plan at the outset yesterday, and Williams kept grimacing and admonishing herself as each shaky shot helped her 91st-ranked opponent race ahead by a set and a service break.
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Jason Williams had a season-high 27 points and six assists Friday night to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 89-84 victory over the New Jersey Nets, who were short-handed after their earlier trade for Vince Carter.
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Olympic laurels. NBC swept the Nielsen ratings medals, with its first three nights of coverage in Athens taking the top three prime-time spots last week (Aug. 9-15) in viewers and advertiser-coveted young adults. The surge ...
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NBC landed three season or series premieres in Nielsen's top 10 last week, giving the network a ratings victory and leading top executive Jeff Zucker to pronounce its early start strategy a success.
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Having narrowly missed consecutive NCAA Division 3 national titles, Williams will face a new challenge this season.
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NBC's broadcast of the 2004  Olympics has gotten off to as bumpy a start as the U.S. Olympic  team itself, with prime-time ratings for the first three days  of the Summer Games down slightly from four years ago,  according to figures released on Monday.
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NBC's coverage of the Athens Summer Olympics whipped the competition in primetime Wednesday.
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A sponsorship deal with NBC and Philips Electronics will allow viewers to see more news and fewer commercials during the ÂNBC Nightly News With Brian Williams.Â
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Dave Williams has rebounded from the surgery he underwent to repair a herniated disk and is scheduled to be the Metsâ starting pitcher Sunday.
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CHAPEL HILL, NC - Jawad Williams scored a season-high 25 points, Sean May added 16 and No. 4 North Carolina had no problems after a weeklong layoff, beating NC Wilmington 96-75 last night.
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Jawad Williams found himself in the right place at the right time, with a stern message from assistant coach Steve Robinson fresh in his mind.
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One week into its coverage of the Athens Olympics, television network NBC has mounted a comeback in viewership worthy of U.S. gold-medal gymnasts, reversing an early slump to post ratings well ahead of four years ago.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jason Williams had a season-high 27 points and six assists to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to an 89-to-84 win over the New Jersey Nets.
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The marquee matchup that  opened NBC's regular-season "Sunday Night Football" prevailed  in an unusually strong night of television highlighted by  9/11-related programming and premieres of Fox's sitcom lineup.
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NBC, which finished fourth in the   prime-time ratings last spring, was the No. 1 network on the   opening night of the new U.S. broadcast season, according to   figures issued on Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.
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The closest points finish in history registered in the ratings, amounting to an unexpected bonus for NBC. Contract talks are expected to start late next year.