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Saturday's cross-platform telecasts turn in the largest audience for the winter games since 2014.
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off with an opening ceremony on Friday that averaged 21.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings and digital data from Adobe Analytics.
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The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games kicked off to a solid ratings start with its opening ceremony, seeing a 34% uptick from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony, which kicked off at 11 a.
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