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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 10:32 AM
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Is anyone else disappointed in the Olympic coverage? (Rant)
I was really looking forward to seeing the gymnastics. They don't come on until after 11:00 pm ET, so I have missed nearly all of them, including the women's taking the silver. I love gymnastics... I watched the tryouts, etc.

I am sick of swimming and Michael Phelps. Last night they showed his qualifying trials instead of the men's individual rounds!

Does anyone have an email address that I can use to complain to NBC? Their Olympics site takes forever to load on dial-up. Thanks, everyone who replies.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 10:41 AM
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1. I understand what you are saying, but Michael Phelps
is the big Olympic story this time around. Most people do want to see him, so that is why it is all about him. I stayed up to watch the gymnastics. I was disappointed though.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 10:45 AM
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2. I just taped stuff
I'm a swimming geek, though, so I didn't mind all the MP coverage.


I finally figured out where MSNBC was on the cable, so I can see even more stuff! I would have liked to see more fencing, sculling and canoeing.



But I can't wait for track and field!
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 10:51 AM
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3. I'd like to see more womens beach volleyball. nt.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:02 AM
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4. They did show the men's all-around live, but it didn't end till after midnight Central Time
NBC was actually pretty good about refraining from excessive commercials, unlike the worst Olympics coverage ever in Nagano 1998.

Anyway, it's odd that almost nobody is sticking landings. Have the Chinese laid out extra bouncy mats or something?
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:26 AM
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13. On the landings...
I wondered that too. Maybe it's because of the new scoring system that it isn't such a big deal as it once was.

I think it's only .1 of a point deduction now --- ? Someone will know! :hi:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:28 AM
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15. I think a small hop on the landing has always been a tenth deduction.
I do wish they would go back to the regular scoring. I at least somewhat understood it.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 04:11 PM
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21. Yeah, it's so nice that they delay it for the west coast
so that we can stay up well past midnight just like the east coasters. :sarcasm: So asinine.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:04 AM
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5. I've never enjoyed US coverage
I've watched it in the past, but it's so full of fluff and bullshit it's barely tolerable.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 04:15 PM
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22. NBC thinks that women like the fluff and bullshit
It's like the NBC execs walked right out of the show, Mad Men.
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:07 AM
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6. see, i'm the opposite
swimming is the only olympic sport that i actually really care about. if i'm not mistaken they changed the format for swimming this year because of the amount of viewers who take an interest in it.

i'm not sure if you have any of the extra channels covering the olympics, but usually while the swimming is on they are covering something else going on at the same time.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:09 AM
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8. There is about 3 or 4 channels covering it, and they all have
different things showing.
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:12 AM
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9. we have 6 covering them
two are extra HBO channels that came up just for the olympics
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:21 AM
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11. Really? I'll have to check out my guide and see if I have those
HBOs. I have every other HBO.
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:23 AM
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12. they aren't with the other HBO's for us
they are past the HD channels in the 700's
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Mike Daniels Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 12:45 PM
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17. In addition to NBC, MSNBC, USA, and CNBC coverage
Cox Cable has an all soccer channel and an all basketball channel.

I think anyone looking for something besides volleyball, gymnastics, and swimming/diving can find it without too much effort.

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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:28 AM
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14. I don't think gymnastics was on the alternate channels, though.
USA had mostly boxing, and I did watch some other events on MSNBC. Tonight is the last night for gymnastics.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:34 AM
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16. No, there are still the apparatus finals to come
I forget when, though.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:08 AM
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7. I'm watching more of the Canadian broadcast on cable
Interesting (being an old fart myself) to see a 50-year-old woman win a fencing match (got eliminated in a later round), or a 57-ish woman compete in trap shooting.

They show some of the swimming, of course, but other events too, including the less-commercial ones. Like rowing (I think that's the dominant mode of transportation in Canada).

:hi:
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Redbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 11:19 AM
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10. They are trying to cover two live venues simultaneously
Both of which start at 10:00 PM or later ET.

I think the ratings dictate what they cover and for gymnastics and swimming it goes pretty much in this order:

1. Women's team gymnastics
2. Gold medal swimming
3. Men's team gymnastics
4. Women's individual gymnastics
5. Other swimming
6. Men's individual gymnastics

On a side note, I have loved both the coverage on USA and MSNBC and the internet coverage.

I enjoy the sports we never see here like water polo, field hockey, and team handball.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 02:28 PM
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18. Try being on the west coast
There's a three hour delay here, so it *could* be on at 8, but NOOOOOO...
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:38 PM
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26. Now that is crazy.
I was thinking you all got to see it at a more reasonable hour!

:banghead:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:42 PM
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27. It's not even live here
And what's on for the hour before the olympics?

Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. :eyes:
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ellisonz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 03:46 PM
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19. Nope.
If they were preempting the womens finals for USA vs Angola Basketball, then you'd have a claim.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 04:00 PM
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20. The Olympics are going on?
:rofl:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 04:16 PM
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23. Every Olympic I keep hoping NBC would improve the coverage and every Olympic they don't
This Olympic I solved the problem by not watching the Olympics. Problem solved!
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:08 PM
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24. These Olympics are so exotic, so foreign. They should be held in Myrtle Beach.
Edited on Thu Aug-14-08 05:09 PM by WinkyDink
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:10 PM
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25. I'm disappointed that there's so much of it, while important things are happening.
But, that's a wall that I'll bang head against forever before anything changes.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:46 PM
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28. There is no such thing as too much Mens Swimming
I just sit there with a glazed look, admiring the guys, wishing I were back in college chasing swimmers......

But enough about my fantasy life - I have to say the Men's Freestyle Medley was one of the most exciting sporting events I've seen in years!!!
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 07:23 PM
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29. I am watching Women's Badminton single action on Universial HD right now
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