Heat-Lakers Game Sets New Ratings Mark for ABC
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The much-heralded Christmas Day matchup between Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers and Shaquille O'Neal's Miami Heat was the highest-rated regular season basketball game on television in nearly seven years, broadcaster ABC said on Monday.
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By Bill Keveney  ABC suddenly has a strong pulse on Thursday thanks to the medical team at Grey's Anatomy.  TV's top buzz show, transplanted from Sunday to Thursday, attracted 25.4 million viewers, beating last year's No.
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and the Lakers for the first time since he was traded to Miami. The Heat have. Philadelphia&#39;s Allen Iverson leads the NBA in scoring with a 28.7 average.
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It's difficult to discern whether ABC and its corporate brother ESPN want Kobe and Shaq to kiss at midcourt or rumble in the lane when they play on Saturday.
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Disney&#39;s ABC and ESPN outlets will likely grab big ratings with a Detroit-Indiana/Miami-Los Angeles Lakers NBA doubleheader Christmas Day, which says something about what can sell sports.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA game that pitted former teammates Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant against each other.
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ABC soared above the competition last week with dominating performances by college and pro football, as well as hits such as red-hot rookie "Desperate Housewives."
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There was a nice little mini-drama last night with the Lakers playing in Seattle. Not as big of a deal as Kobe vs. Shaq or Kobe vs.
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CBS finished the official first  night of the new TV season as the most watched network in prime  time, led by a robust return of crime hit "CSI: Miami," while  ABC won the key ratings race for young adult viewers with  "Monday Night Football."
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LOS ANGELES  - "CSI: Miami" was  hot-to-trot in its third season premiere Monday, leading CBS to  a victory for the night in total viewers and besting ABC's  "Monday Night Football" in the key audience group of adults  aged 18 to 49 during the 10 p.m. hour.
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Shawn Marionâs debut was strong. It just was not enough for the Miami Heat to stop Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
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(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Miami Heat, 104-102, in overtime in the much-anticipated Christmas Day showdown at Staples Center.
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The brick wall came tumbling down Saturday. But that didn't stop the Miami Heat from beating the Los Angeles Lakers in Shaq vs. Kobe I. With Shaquille O'Neal watching from the bench after fouling out late in the fourth quarter, Dwyane Wade and Eddie Jones scored four points each in overtime and the Heat beat the Lakers 104-102 to extend their winning streak to 11 games, equaling a franchise record.
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The NBA finals were a television bust. San Antonio's four-game sweep of Cleveland finished with a record-low 6.2 television rating and 11 share on ABC, Nielsen Media Research said Friday.
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Kobe Bryant scores 33 points as the Lakers beat the skidding Heat 104-94 Sunday in th first game of Miami's post-Shaquille O'Neal era.
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SACRAMENTO Â· With Shaquille O&#39;Neal warming up for Saturday&#39;s showdown with the Lakers, and with Dwyane Wade nearly providing a triple-double, the Heat pulled off something special Thursday.
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NBA Shaq vs. Kobe drew the highest rating in six years for a regular-season NBA game. The overnight rating for the Miami Heat's 104-102 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on ABC Christmas Day was 8.0. That was the highest since February 1998, when Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls against the Lakers on NBC. The game featured Shaquille ...