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In reply to the discussion: Fuck NBC for fucking with the 2012 London Olympics [View all]Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)53. I'm guessing most of their audience doesn't speak french
NBC does what they think are best for their ratings. If broadcasting the full 3 hours would have been better for their ratings, then they would have done so. Their thinking was that most people would find 3 hours too long. I only watched about 10 minutes of it, so I don't really care either way.
In making a decision, some people will be upset, but the fact is, NBC is a business, and they need to make money (and use a big event as a hopeful segway to get people to watch whatever show they are showing next. If the average person found 3 hours too long, it would hurt the ratings of the next show, since people would change the channel before it was up.
I was too busy watching breaking bad to care either way.
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The monkey is a good actor! :-) (The romance and the girl's incessant blinking? FEH!)
WinkyDink
Aug 2012
#33
It's 'obscene' to say 'shit' after 9.00pm? When is America going to put on its big-boy pants?
truebrit71
Aug 2012
#64
I was lucky I was able to see the BBC feed. Watched it all the time and I am
Justice wanted
Aug 2012
#30
I watched more than the ceremonies for my entertainment - good stuff during the day
Baclava
Aug 2012
#52
That totally pissed me off, I waited a fucking hour for them to return with 7 MINUTES of The Who
Raine
Aug 2012
#50
Well lookie lookie-NBC's Olympics coverage was most-watched TV event in US history
malaise
Aug 2012
#56
Proof that when you have a monopoly on the coverage people sit through shit coverage...
truebrit71
Aug 2012
#66
They also occasionally ran ads DURING a football (soccer) game. Not at halftime, during the game.
mikeytherat
Aug 2012
#69
Let's not forget the 4 minutes of BALLET! Prima Ballerina Darcy Bussell of the Royal Ballet flew in
October
Aug 2012
#76
holy crap. the opening and closing of the Olympics are just big half-time shows...
yawnmaster
Aug 2012
#85
It can be watched on the internets that way. Watching on US based network TV you are going to get..
yawnmaster
Aug 2012
#89
then they are stuck watching the show from a US perspective and at the will of the broadcaster.
yawnmaster
Aug 2012
#91