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Olympics Bring Ratings Gold to NBC and WKYC

By Frank Macek CLEVELAND -- Despite weather that's far from a wintry feel in Canada, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, have racked up big ratings for NBC and WKYC. In the half-century of televised Olympics, NBC's coverage of the Opening Ceremony on Friday was the MOST WATCHED EVER for a non-U.S. Winter Olympics with 67.5 million viewers. Those numbers were 17 million higher than the Torino, Italy, games four years ago and six 6 million more than the previous record holder, Lillehammer Games in 1994. Those tabloid fueled games held the record for 16 years. According to NBC Universal, the top five most watched include: Vancouver (2010) - 67.5  million Lillehammer (1994) - 62.0 million Nagano (1998) - 52.4 million Torino (2006) - 50.2 million Albertville (1992) - 46.7 million Locally, WKYC was the 6th highest rated station in the nation for the Opening Ceremonies with a 23.1 rating and 38 ...