NBC Coverage Of the Olympics

[runningman]

I am not here to divide the merc. users or anything but something has to be said. Listen americans every time you guys here from Bob Costas don't beleve a word he says. I'm not taking anything away from the USA they are beating the shit out of everybody in the olympics and no i'm not jealous but you guys aren't the favorite in everything. For instance i was watching the women's 100m sprint on the track two days ago and Bob was saying how american woman were going to win and how they have dominated for years (which they have). Then i turned on the Canadian channel (who weren't biased because we had no runners in the final) who said that the White chick was the heavy favorite. Then at the end of the race to the americans it was a huge upset meanwhile in canada and rest of the world it happened how it should have . I just wish you guys would see how it really should be televised instead of thinking that you guys are the fav. in every event.

By the way don't think i'm anti-american because i'm half american

[swedetech]

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the coverage is so fucking horrible... last night they started broadcasting the mens high jump but didn't show the conclusion, they went on to same freakin gymnastics instead... so weak!

[san]

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the coverage sux ass. the comentators don't know squat and costas can go rot.

[DreamGirlie]

i read in the paper yesterday the ratings for nbc olympics are higher than any other oddly enough lol

[runningman]

Cause you guys love to hear your own propaganda. Ever here the term monopoly..

[supaz]

I watched the men's high jump and the ending turned out well...

The Swedish guy got the gold! I thought it was cool...
I'm an American, but imo, I want the best athlete to win in whatever event. It's not about who's representing whichever country...

now when it comes to soccer, that's a different story

[palmer]

why don't you just go to athens if you love the damned olympics so much maybe you could help fill some of those empty seats.

don't you have cbc?

[ekm]

NBC = comercials (50%)+ Bob Costas (25%) + the actual freakin sports (25%)

Does anybody else agree?

[Jibgolly]

bob costas is about as usefull as a frozen piece of dog poop.
i seriously think he is the most lonely man in america.
he knows more sports statistics then any machine could ever hold.
he looks like a 40 year old virgin too.

[CSquare]

bob costas is a pretty good host imo. he's extremely bright and was more than happy to go toe to toe againt vince mcmahon even when he physically threatend him.

[DJZeke]

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I have not watched any of it and I don't plan on it anytime soon either.

[FM]

what I love is in many events, especially tonight on the bars, where the color commentator typically is some ex-event (or sport) athlete, etc.

They give their critiques on the replays..."should be a .1 deduction here, nice job there, little off here..." and the like, then you see the judges give the scores out...

Commentator #1: "And look at that, a xxxxxx!"
Commentator #2: "Oh I don't believe that! I totally disagree. That shouldn't be that high! Unbelievable!"

bunch of wankers half the time I swear

[TigerClaw]

I also hate, how they over analize the replays be giving details by detail info on how the person did the moves, I was watching the diving competitions and I hated how the comentators just continue to analize the jumps by showing the replays, Not only that, Showing a super imposed image of the dive by showing each frame, Geez, I seen the replay once, I dont want to see it 2, 3 or 4 times already!

[BobbyDGTL]

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Trust me, many Americans here hate the type of coverage the pritime NBC has to offer. But I have been able to see many other sports which the US is lacking in. I agree that the programming selection is terrible though

[TigerClaw]

the problem is, The other events are being covered on other stations, Besides NBC, Telemundo is also covering the events since they are owned by NBC, However, CNBC, MSNBC, And Bravo have been covering the other events as well, But unless you don't have cable or direct TV, Those unlucky souls wont be able to watch the other events and can only watch on there local NBC station.