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Saturday Olympic ratings strong; NBC sorry for Japan remark

NEW YORK (AP) — Highlights from media coverage of the Pyeongchang Olympics:

RATINGS: An estimated 21.4 million viewers watched NBC's prime-time coverage on Saturday night, with the number increasing to 24.2 million when consumption on the digital live stream and NBCSN cable network are added. Both figures are down from the 25.1 million who watched the corresponding Saturday in Sochi four years ago. But it was a better showing than the first Saturday night from the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro two years ago. NBC's dominance of the TV landscape was thorough: ABC, CBS and Fox had a combined 6.