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    The Olympics and NFL

    Once again the Super Bowl did huge ratings numbers. Not surprising as the NFL seems to be the only sure thing on TV these days. Now CBS has lined up a deal to share the broadcast of the NFL Thursday night games with CBS, hoping to get a piece of the live sports pie.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Michael Schneider • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Once again the Super Bowl did huge ratings numbers. Not surprising as the NFL seems to be the only sure thing on TV these days. Now CBS has lined up a deal to share the broadcast of the NFL Thursday night games with CBS, hoping to get a piece of the live sports pie. This month we'll see if the big dollars NBC spent to get the Olympics will prove worth it.

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    Changes in Late Night; The Olympics, NFL, and 'Bubble' Shows
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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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      Josef Adalian

      Vulture

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      A.J. Marechal

      Variety

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

      Culture

    The full episode

    4 of 4
    Changes in Late Night; The Olympics, NFL, and 'Bubble' Shows
    1. 0:00Big Changes in Late Night
    2. 0:00End of Show Story 'Downloads'
    3. 0:00Bubble Shows
    4. 0:00The Olympics and NFLYou’re reading this
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