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It doesn’t really “start” that early. Really what they do is show some undercard races, talk about the Derby, then when the OFFICIAL NBC coverage starts more like 5, they replay every color thing they did over the undercard, then the last half hour is maybe actually “new” and live.

23 posted on 09/03/2020 2:06:42 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)

Last year I recorded it and fast forwarded to the undercard races skipping all of the cultural yammering and anything about celebrity hats. If the race was interesting I might even watch it a second time. When they got to the main event I might watch the background until I got bored (pretty quickly) and then watched the race. 5 hours of television in under a half hour.

I get very quickly bored with anything at a sporting event not having to do with the event. The Olympics are some of the worst with athletes who are doing it all for their three legged dog "Hoppy". Zzzzzz! But what would the Olympics be without me cursing at Bob Costas yelling at him to shut up?

30 posted on 09/03/2020 2:27:11 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)