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Sure, David Stern and the networks are prone to a case of the shakes whenever the Lakers trail in a playoff series--they root, root, root for teams that produce the biggest ratings. Stars, trophies, big-market pedigree ... by TV standards, the Lake Show is a certified dream team.
Nielsen logic suggests any entry from New York would merit that status also, because that's where 7 percent of America's sets are located. That isn't always the case. The programmers' list of favorites locks on to the usual subjects, teams that win with glamour. In that vein, TV sports' dream teams are exactly who you'd think they'd be. The other faves are a more interesting study.
Dream team NBA MLB NHL Shaq & Kobe Viewers' Mostly because Live! headlined love/hate affair Detroit tunes in this seasons with Pinstripes en masse. highest-rated makes them National puck games on ABC perennially ratings are so ESPN and TBS, fashionable. The small, they get a followed by the Braves bring the bump from Spurs. The TBS audience home markets, most-watched wherever they ESPN/ABC's team from the go; the Giants audience East is the are the top West peaked 1) when Cleveland Coast draw for the Rangers LeBrons. No one ESPN's late were champs, rates half as games. ...