Guess what's trending on twitter this weekend?
#ShutUpMattLauer
ALL of NBC's commenters need to take a breath.
#ShutUpMattLauer
ALL of NBC's commenters need to take a breath.
3. Yeh, total garbage. So they don't REALLY want the top 24 gymnist in the world to compete for the all around. I guess they don't want the US or Chinese a chance to sweep the medals in the all around, give others a chance? All they've done now is allow some others to squeek in who are not good enough.Walter C said:Some thoughts after watching the prime time coverage for Day 2...
1. Congrats to Brendan Hansen, who is from the Philly area, for winning a medal and finally beating his rival, Kitajima, after losing to him in the last 2 Olympics.
2. How strange was it that the outcome of the 4x100m relay in London, ended up being reverse of what happened in Beijing. At least Phelps won't come away empty-handed, but still, I thought the US would have this in the bag, with Lochte being the anchor.
3. I smell another controversy in gymnastics. This time, the rule being only 2 competitors from each country allowed in the all-around final, thus preventing Jordyn Wieber from making it, even though she scored really high.
Originally Posted by Sam Posten /t/322614/2012-summer-olympics-london-england#post_3955638
Guess what's trending on twitter this weekend?
#ShutUpMattLauer
ALL of NBC's commenters need to take a breath.
Originally Posted by Steve_Tk /t/322614/2012-summer-olympics-london-england#post_3955660
3. Yeh, total garbage. So they don't REALLY want the top 24 gymnist in the world to compete for the all around. I guess they don't want the US or Chinese a chance to sweep the medals in the all around, give others a chance? All they've done now is allow some others to squeek in who are not good enough.
It does seem contrary to what the Olympics are supposed to represent, being a showcase for the best of the best. I read that of the 24 qualifiers for the women's all-around, 21 of them had lower scores than Weiber. I don't know how anyone can defend a restriction that actually PREVENTS the best athletes from competing.Walter C said:Some thoughts after watching the prime time coverage for Day 2...
3. I smell another controversy in gymnastics. This time, the rule being only 2 competitors from each country allowed in the all-around final, thus preventing Jordyn Wieber from making it, even though she scored really high.
What would NBC show in prime time since it's 1 am in London at that time?Joe Wong said:I know there's already outrage...but I wish the main NBC coverage was live...like it is in many other countries around the world...
Here in the west coast I didn't catch the races till they were 1/2 or 2/3 into it. It was really hard to stop once I started!Jay H said:As a morning person I caught part of the mens and women's cycling road races and the rain on the narrow course on sunday was fairly exciting. I only watched the beginning of both races as I would wake up (here on the east coast) and turn on the telly and poof, cycling! Even got to see a "pee break" on the men's coverage which you like never see on any of the big tours throughout the year so that was different.
Jay
They can show whatever they like in prime time. All I'm hoping for is live TV coverage when the event is actually on. For example, the swimming finals start at around 2:30pm EDT, right in the middle of the day. I'm sure there'd be a sizable audience who would watch it live, just as there would be for baseball games and golf tournaments that are played during the day.Kevin Hewell said:What would NBC show in prime time since it's 1 am in London at that time?
Originally Posted by Steve_Tk /t/322614/2012-summer-olympics-london-england#post_3955660
Glad Lochte gets to be brought down to earth and read some articles about how he gave up such a huge lead.
Originally Posted by Joe Wong /t/322614/2012-summer-olympics-london-england/30#post_3956057
They can show whatever they like in prime time. All I'm hoping for is live TV coverage when the event is actually on.
Originally Posted by Jason Charlton /t/322614/2012-summer-olympics-london-england/30#post_3956159
It will be interesting to see how much NBC (or any other network) will be willing to pay for TV rights the next time around. NBC paid a billion freaking dollars for the exclusive rights - hoping to recoup their outlay via the advertisers that pay big bucks for that prime-time audience (I read 20 minutes out of every hour of Olympic programming - 33% - is commercials) - outrageous.
With the world more connected than ever, the idea of tape-delaying events is already pretty ludicrous. Over the next 4 years, that prime-time audience is going to shrivel up something serious, I think.
The 2016 games are going to be held in Rio De Janeiro - 1 hour ahead of the east coast. Still, that will make live prime-time programming virtually impossible (how many big events are scheduled for 9PM local time or later?), and once again - forcing the same issues.
Walter,Walter C said:Here's hoping the women's team in gymnastics can pull it off today, unlike the men, who just choked big-time.
Originally Posted by Walter C /t/322614/2012-summer-olympics-london-england/30#post_3956230
Well, you won't like the fact that NBC will continue to have the next 2 Summer and 2 Winter Olympics, up until 2020. And considering where they are (or will be), it will continue to be the same old thing. Though, I doubt that any other network would be better.
Rio should be an interesting case, as I wonder if NBC will pull the same stunt of only live coverage for half of the country and the other half will be all tape-delayed (even though it says "Live"). But I can see them getting the organizers to get some of the swimming finals to air live on prime time, and I'm sure most of the track events will be as well.