41.   All three rival networks had reason to want one or both Olympics.

42.   Along the way, all the networks would have viewers believe they are lending a hand to civic responsibility.

43.   All the networks already have standards and practices departments, which review programs and remove offensive material.

44.   All three networks had reporters there, there was a myriad of people dressed up.

45.   Broadcasting around the clock, the popular cable network has an insatiable need for product, which often has to be rapidly churned out by producers.

46.   But both networks have clauses in their contracts with the NBA to recoup the losses through added games or reduced rights fees in subsequent seasons.

47.   But HBO spokesman Quentin Schaffer retorted Thursday that that means the broadcast networks have more shots at producing quality shows.

48.   But he says that the network had to change its self-image and its people had to start believing that they could create high-quality original programming.

49.   But Modell would jump up and down, turn colors and say the teams were suffering and the networks had to step up.

50.   But only two years ago, the networks had more than three times as many viewers in prime time as cable had.