We should have taped delayed MORE of the Olympics, says NBC Sports chief

UK Daily Mail ^ | August 15, 2012 | Staff

[C19fan]

Though it came under fire at times over its use of tape delays during the London Olympics, NBC doesn’t appear to have any regrets. In fact, the network wishes it did it more. Days after the conclusion of the most-watched television event in U.S. history, NBC expects to make a profit on the 2012 Olympics, which made heroes out of Michael Phelps, Gabby Douglas and Missy Franklin, among other athletes. Network officials said they got a ratings boost by showing some of those events during prime time, sometimes hours after they happened.

[KarlInOhio]

I really enjoyed the rafting, canoeing, shooting (bow and gun), dressage, decathlon, and biking - which I feel NBC did not cover adequately. Usually just the highlights were presented in those sports. I know, you can’t please everybody. NBC just didn’t fill my bill.

Some of the field events (plus the decathlon) felt like Wide World of Sports summaries. I can understand editing out the stretching, bouncing and running around trying to find his shirt like one athlete did, but they skipped too many athletes and too many rounds. I would like to see every jump in order of the pole vault instead of four vaulters with skipping half the rounds.