Fewer Viewers Light Up Olympic Torch for NBC (tiny violin Alert)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/16/04 | Ben Berkowitz

[Happygal]

I was convent educated here in Ireland.
Getting hit by a paddle was an every day happening, normally felt during maths class.

Playing hockey was childs play by comparison! *L*

[Guillermo]

So, someone's not going to watch the remaining 15 days of the Olympics, because she was on day one...

OK then.

[BJungNan]

Olympics? Did the games begin already? And who is NBC?

[Happygal]

Are ye being sarcastic?

[NormsRevenge]

I hear ya..

I'm watching the cheese heads take a pounding by the Seahawks.. ;-)

[JoJo Gunn]

The Olympics never really held any fascination with me except in '84, and nobody can ever come close to ABC's coverage.

[NormsRevenge]

I remember Innsbruck ,, Munich ,, LA ,, Tokyo best

[JoJo Gunn]

I was just 16 in '72, and remember Munich somewhat, but I suppose I wasn't old enough to appreciate the ramifications of it all.

I do remember McKay saying "they're all gone".

[NormsRevenge]

Im a year ahead of ya.. I was 17, watched a couple nights of the downhill at this cheerleader's house by the fire.. well, sort of watched it. ;-)

[MCH]

Not on their HD-TV prime time coverage - at least I haven't seen them - the quality of the HD picture is awesome.

Awesome picture, but unfortunately about 24 hours too late. NBC really screwed this one up IMHO. If they'd broadcast the Olympics in HD at the same time as their SD coverage, I'd be all over it. As it is, a full day delay is just ridiculous. You'd have to live in a hole not to hear who won what from the day before, so it's not worth watching at all. Their HD coverage is just pretty pictures with all the drama & mystery removed. Boring.

[DameAutour]

I'm with you on ABC's coverage. I find myself constantly annoyed by NBC and their smarmy, over-the-top, overhyped coverage. And they're better this year than they've ever been. Still not good enough. But I love the games, so I keep watching.

[Wolfstar]

They've cut down on the human interest stories tremendously.

Too late. Not interested any more. As far as I'm concerned, the modern Olympics is an idea whose time has past — rather like the old World's Fairs.

[RightthinkinAmerican]

I find that I hardly watch ANYTHING on NBC, just because it's NBC.

[nwrep]

The problem is the Olympics stopped being the Olympics when it became a professional tournament instead of an amateur competition.

I think the Olympics used to be a lot more fun to watch in the 1970s. I remember the 76 and 80 Olympics as a child, and they seemed more full of suspense and energy and excitement.

[Hessian]

Sorry folks, but that music you hear is NOT Jurassic Park. It is without a doubt the main theme to THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY, JR.!

One of the best Friday night lineups in my memory - BRISCO, THE X-FILES and in the town where I lived, first run episodes of STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE...

[aruanan]

Fewer Viewers Light Up Olympic Torch for NBC (tiny violin Alert)

Oh, you mean it's on broadcast TV? Hmmm. Well.

[stands2reason]

Here's all you need to know: Field hockey is the traditional sport for Yankee preppie girls.

[Tanniker Smith]

If you have DISH Network, check out channel 100. There's an Olympics options that shows you what's going on at the moment on five of the six channels, and you can select straight from there. Actually, it shows six, but the NBC channel is constantly showing a looping promo even when NBC is airing Olympic coverage. Makes it a bit easier to find what's going on.

TS

[Old Professer]

4 times is too much; it is spelled "AMATEUR."

[dfwgator]

So when will they make poker an Olympic sport? They might as well, they've made every other sport an Olympic sport.