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• NBC Sunday has post-NFL hangover.(TELEVISION)(National Broadcasting Company Inc., National Football League)

  - 2007-02-12

  Football is over for NBC, and the net's new Sunday night game plan hasn't exactly found the Nielsen end zone. One of the down sides to airing a primetime football series--as ABC learned over 35-plus years on Monday nights--is that the audience...

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• Gameshow 'Heroes' to NBC's rescue.(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)

  - 2006-12-04

  Though ABC and CBS have gotten most of the headlines this fall, NBC has quietly put pieces together. Sure, the new Sunday night NFL package is responsible for much of its ratings growth, but the net's Monday drama "Heroes" is the...

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• Football's a hit for NBC.(National Football League's sports broadcastings brings audiences to National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(television audience ratings)

  - 2006-08-09

  NBC, which has experienced its share of fumbles in recent years, welcomed back the National Football League with open arms Sunday. Evening's primetime Hall of Fame contest between the Oakland Raiders and Philadelphia Eagles was the top-rated program for the week ...

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• NFL hands ball to NBC, kicks rivals.(National Football League, National Broadcasting Company Inc)

  - 2006-04-10

  The NFL's schedule released last week favors NBC, but its boost to the Peacock remains far from a sure thing. So-called flex scheduling allows league's new Sunday night partner to essentially snatch a game from Sunday afternoon nets Fox and CBS...

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• Madden adds color: pigskin analyst tackles Sunday games on NBC.(John Madden signs deal with National Broadcasting Company Inc. NBC Sports)

  - 2005-06-16

  John Madden, the dean of pro-football analysts, has signed a six-year deal with NBC Sports to do color on the premiere season of "NBC's Sunday Night Football," beginning in October 2006. In a telephone conference call to announce the signing, Dick ...

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• Nets pass the pigskin: ABC punts NFL to ESPN, NBC.(American Broadcasting Companies Inc., National Football League, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, National Broadcasting Company )

  - 2005-04-19

  ABC is taking itself out of the primetime football game ... while ESPN and NBC are gladly jumping in. Alphabet is handing off the storied 36-year "Monday Night Football" franchise to its sister cable network ESPN, while NBC gets to televise...

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• The agony & the ecstasy.(American Broadcasting Companies Inc. and National Broadcasting Company Inc.'s market share)

  - 2005-04-19

  HOLLYWOOD -- If the primetime ratings race remains as tight as it's been this year, Monday's NFL deals could turn out to be a crucial field goal that determines the winner of the 2006-07 season. While a lot can change in TV...

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• Jockeying for NFL Rights Nears End; DirecTV Renewal Blocks Cable; NBC Eyes Disney's 'MNF'.(TV Currents)(National Football League)(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Monday Night Football)(Column)

  - 2004-11-15

  Byline: Jon Lafayette Sunday's set, but there's plenty of prime-time pigskin up for grabs. Fox and CBS stayed in the NFL lineup last week, agreeing to pay $8 billion for six more seasons of Sunday afternoon football games. Each network paid...

  Tags: CBS Corp., Disney Corp., Fox, National Broadcasting Company Inc., NBC Universal Inc., NFL

• Affils balk at pix for pigskin. (National Broadcasting Company Inc.'s failure to renew the National Football League contract)

  - 1998-01-19

  NBC's failure to renew its contract with the National Football League last week could explode into a high-noon showdown between the network and its affiliates during a Jan. 19 meeting in New Orleans at the start of the NATPE convention. Dick Ebersol, president...

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