<rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
broadcasting of the events.
Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
against Great Britain. </rant>
--
Zob
"So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> against Great Britain.
Other networks? Yes, in the very *distant* past.
NBC has had exclusive rights for the Summer Olympic Games in 1988 and the Winter Games since 2002?
It's been exclusively NBC for the past decade and for the Summer Games almost a quarter of a century.
> <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> broadcasting of the events.
> Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> against Great Britain. </rant>
> --
> Zob
> "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
They will probably show the women's gymnastics in prime time tonight.
> <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> broadcasting of the events.
> Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> against Great Britain. </rant>
> --
> Zob
> "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
It's a bit like going to a restaurant and having them randomly bring out
bits of your dinner; maybe some peas, then a bit of desert, then a appetizer,
then some steak, .....etc.
==
> > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> > broadcasting of the events.
> > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> > against Great Britain. </rant>
> > --
> > Zob
> > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> They will probably show the women's gymnastics in prime time tonight.
> > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> > against Great Britain.
> Other networks? Yes, in the very *distant* past.
> NBC has had exclusive rights for the Summer Olympic Games in 1988 and the
> Winter Games since 2002?
The triple cast was pretty cool that they had going on for the 2000
games.
On Jul 29, 1:05 pm, Zob <zobva1 @ gmail.com> wrote:
> For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
Say what, a spoiling with no warning? Oh well, that's cool if it were
that big of a deal I would not be in a thread talking about the
Olympics. I've been watching most of the coverage and as of now they
have not shown any footage about the upset you are posting about.
> > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> > broadcasting of the events.
> > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> > against Great Britain. </rant>
> > --
> > Zob
> > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> It's a bit like going to a restaurant and having them randomly bring out
> bits of your dinner; maybe some peas, then a bit of desert, then a
> appetizer,
> then some steak, .....etc.
> ==
> > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> > broadcasting of the events.
> > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> > against Great Britain. </rant>
> > --
> > Zob
> > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> They will probably show the women's gymnastics in prime time tonight.
> Sandi
Yep, that's the plan but now that Zob already spilled the beans...
> > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> > broadcasting of the events.
> > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> > against Great Britain. </rant>
> > --
> > Zob
> > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> It's a bit like going to a restaurant and having them randomly bring out
> bits of your dinner; maybe some peas, then a bit of desert, then a
> appetizer,
> then some steak, .....etc.
> ==
On Jul 29, 3:16 pm, Ron Capik <r.ca...@verizon.net> wrote:
> It's a bit like going to a restaurant and having them randomly bring out
> bits of your dinner; maybe some peas, then a bit of desert, then a
> appetizer,
> then some steak, .....etc.
> ==
> Later...
> Ron C
> --
I've been to a restaurant that did that and I did not care for it.
Here I am saving room for the good stuff that is coming later and then
when the brought that stuff it was not as good as the other stuff I
passed on, oh well.
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:48:04 -0400, Susan <su...@nothanks.org> wrote:
> >x-no-archive: yes
> >On 7/29/2012 4:42 PM, Peter Lawrence wrote:
> >> Other networks? Yes, in the very *distant* past.
> >> NBC has had exclusive rights for the Summer Olympic Games in 1988 and
> >> the Winter Games since 2002?
> >> It's been exclusively NBC for the past decade and for the Summer Games
> >> almost a quarter of a century.
> >ABC's was always MUCH better.
> >Long ago.
> >Susan
> Yes... and without the advantage of the latest technology at NBC's
> disposal.
I could not agree more, NBC should have shown the opening ceremonies
live but not to beat up NBC to badly at least they showed the Men's
Basketball vs. France live today.
> On Jul 29, 2:24 pm, Zob <zobva1 @ gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:48:04 -0400, Susan <su...@nothanks.org> wrote:
>>> x-no-archive: yes
>>> On 7/29/2012 4:42 PM, Peter Lawrence wrote:
>>>> Other networks? Yes, in the very *distant* past.
>>>> NBC has had exclusive rights for the Summer Olympic Games in 1988 and
>>>> the Winter Games since 2002?
>>>> It's been exclusively NBC for the past decade and for the Summer Games
>>>> almost a quarter of a century.
>>> ABC's was always MUCH better.
>>> Long ago.
>>> Susan
>> Yes... and without the advantage of the latest technology at NBC's
>> disposal.
> I could not agree more, NBC should have shown the opening ceremonies
> live but not to beat up NBC to badly at least they showed the Men's
> Basketball vs. France live today.
You can actually watch all of the events live on nbcolympics.com, if you have a cable subscription.
> > > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> > > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> > > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> > > broadcasting of the events.
> > > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> > > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> > > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> > > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> > > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> > > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> > > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> > > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> > > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> > > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> > > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> > > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> > > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> > > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> > > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> > > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> > > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> > > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> > > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> > > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> > > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> > > against Great Britain. </rant>
> > > --
> > > Zob
> > > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> > They will probably show the women's gymnastics in prime time tonight.
> > Sandi
> Yep, that's the plan but now that Zob already spilled the beans...
> > On Jul 29, 2:24 pm, Zob <zobva1 @ gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:48:04 -0400, Susan <su...@nothanks.org> wrote:
> >>> x-no-archive: yes
> >>> On 7/29/2012 4:42 PM, Peter Lawrence wrote:
> >>>> Other networks? Yes, in the very *distant* past.
> >>>> NBC has had exclusive rights for the Summer Olympic Games in 1988 and
> >>>> the Winter Games since 2002?
> >>>> It's been exclusively NBC for the past decade and for the Summer Games
> >>>> almost a quarter of a century.
> >>> ABC's was always MUCH better.
> >>> Long ago.
> >>> Susan
> >> Yes... and without the advantage of the latest technology at NBC's
> >> disposal.
> > I could not agree more, NBC should have shown the opening ceremonies
> > live but not to beat up NBC to badly at least they showed the Men's
> > Basketball vs. France live today.
> You can actually watch all of the events live on nbcolympics.com, if you
> have a cable subscription.
Sounds good, I'm getting fired up for Friday that's when track & field
starts, WOO-HOO!!!
I enjoyed the woman's weightlifting earlier, at no other time can
people get away with talking about a clean snatch on network TV.
>> > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
>> > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
>> > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
>> > broadcasting of the events.
>> > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
>> > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
>> > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
>> > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
>> > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
>> > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
>> > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
>> > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
>> > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
>> > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
>> > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
>> > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
>> > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
>> > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
>> > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
>> > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
>> > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
>> > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
>> > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
>> > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
>> > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
>> > against Great Britain. </rant>
>> > --
>> > Zob
>> > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
>> It's a bit like going to a restaurant and having them randomly bring out
>> bits of your dinner; maybe some peas, then a bit of desert, then a
>> appetizer,
>> then some steak, .....etc.
>> ==
>> Later...
>> Ron C
>> --
> Mmmm....desert, I love desert, I look grit.
> ==========
> :)
Maybe a little rocky road.
My spell checker is about as good
at context as I am at spelling and
poof reading. ;-)
==
>>> > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
>>> > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
>>> > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
>>> > broadcasting of the events.
>>> > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
>>> > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
>>> > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
>>> > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
>>> > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
>>> > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
>>> > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
>>> > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
>>> > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
>>> > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
>>> > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
>>> > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
>>> > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
>>> > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
>>> > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
>>> > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
>>> > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
>>> > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
>>> > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
>>> > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
>>> > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
>>> > against Great Britain. </rant>
>>> > --
>>> > Zob
>>> > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
>>> It's a bit like going to a restaurant and having them randomly bring out
>>> bits of your dinner; maybe some peas, then a bit of desert, then a
>>> appetizer,
>>> then some steak, .....etc.
>>> ==
>>> Later...
>>> Ron C
>>> --
>> Mmmm....desert, I love desert, I look grit.
>> ==========
>> :)
> Maybe a little rocky road.
> My spell checker is about as good
> at context as I am at spelling and
> poof reading. ;-)
> ==
> >> > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> >> > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> >> > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> >> > broadcasting of the events.
> >> > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> >> > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> >> > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> >> > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> >> > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> >> > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> >> > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> >> > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> >> > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> >> > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> >> > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> >> > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> >> > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> >> > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> >> > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> >> > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> >> > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> >> > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> >> > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> >> > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> >> > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> >> > against Great Britain. </rant>
> >> > --
> >> > Zob
> >> > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> >> It's a bit like going to a restaurant and having them randomly bring out
> >> bits of your dinner; maybe some peas, then a bit of desert, then a
> >> appetizer,
> >> then some steak, .....etc.
> >> ==
> >> Later...
> >> Ron C
> >> --
> > Mmmm....desert, I love desert, I look grit.
> > ==========
> > :)
> Maybe a little rocky road.
> My spell checker is about as good
> at context as I am at spelling and
> poof reading. ;-)
> ==
> > > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> > > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> > > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> > > broadcasting of the events.
> > > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> > > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> > > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> > > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> > > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> > > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> > > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> > > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> > > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> > > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> > > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> > > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> > > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> > > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> > > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> > > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> > > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> > > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> > > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> > > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> > > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> > > against Great Britain. </rant>
> > > --
> > > Zob
> > > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> > It's a bit like going to a restaurant and having them randomly bring out
> > bits of your dinner; maybe some peas, then a bit of desert, then a
> > appetizer,
> > then some steak, .....etc.
> > ==
> > > > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> > > > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> > > > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> > > > broadcasting of the events.
> > > > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> > > > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> > > > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> > > > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> > > > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> > > > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> > > > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> > > > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> > > > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> > > > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> > > > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> > > > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> > > > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> > > > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> > > > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> > > > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> > > > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> > > > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> > > > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> > > > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> > > > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> > > > against Great Britain. </rant>
> > > > --
> > > > Zob
> > > > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> > > It's a bit like going to a restaurant and having them randomly bring out
> > > bits of your dinner; maybe some peas, then a bit of desert, then a
> > > appetizer,
> > > then some steak, .....etc.
> > > ==
> > > Later...
> > > Ron C
> > > --
> > Mmmm....desert, I love desert, I look grit.
> > ==========
> > :)
> I can only smile too...
You and crazy shoot up the theatre guy. You're both insane and that's
all you can do.
> >> > <rant>NBC is doing a less-than-stellar job (understatement
> >> > intentional) with their Olympics coverage IMO. Well, maybe not
> >> > exactly with their coverage, but with their coordinating the
> >> > broadcasting of the events.
> >> > Everything is all glommed together for 8, 9 hours at a time on 4 or 5
> >> > different networks (NBC, MSNBC etc.) so you I can't record say,
> >> > gymnastics or swimming without filling my DVR up with things like
> >> > Korean women weightlifters or Montenegro water polo. That means I'm
> >> > finding it difficult to find and watch the events that I'm most
> >> > interested in. And then they keep bouncing back and forth from event
> >> > to event, so even when I DO record something I want to see, I might
> >> > have to FF through two hours of a qualifying bicycle race to find a 10
> >> > minute snippet of a 400 meter swimming final in which an American
> >> > swimmer is favored to get the gold. And I can't watch events live
> >> > because different events are being broadcast on several different NBC
> >> > affiliated channels at different times with seemingly no rhyme or
> >> > reason. It's been very frustrating so far.
> >> > For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> >> > women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> >> > to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> >> > The other networks have done a much better job in the past of
> >> > broadcasting the individual events that are traditionally the most
> >> > popular such as swimming, gymnastics and diving rather than burying
> >> > them in a mountain of Balkan country playing water polo, Australians
> >> > playing beach volleyball and United Arab Emirates in a soccer game
> >> > against Great Britain. </rant>
> >> > --
> >> > Zob
> >> > "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> >> They will probably show the women's gymnastics in prime time tonight.
> >> Sandi
> >Yep, that's the plan but now that Zob already spilled the beans...
> What beans, exactly, am I meant didn't to have spilled? I didn't say
> anything specific at all. And I said much less about a gymnastics
> upset than anyone who has a TV, radio or internet doesn't already
> know!
> --
> Zob
> "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
> >> For instance, I read online a while ago about an upset in the USA's
> >> women's qualifying gymnastics this morning but haven't yet been able
> >> to find NBC's coverage of that event. GRRRRR.
> >Say what, a spoiling with no warning?
> I didn't reveal any spoiler information at all. Can you tell me, from
> what I said, what the spoiler is? That there was a gymnastics upset?
> What was the upset?
> And the 'upset' I was referring to -- and provided no specific
> information about -- happened TWELVE HOURS ago in London and has been
> reported all day on radio, TV and the internet. You already have
> access to the exact same media that I do, with much more actual
> information than I gave.
> >Oh well, that's cool if it were
> >that big of a deal I would not be in a thread talking about the
> >Olympics. I've been watching most of the coverage and as of now they
> >have not shown any footage about the upset you are posting about.
> WHich is exactly what this thread and my complaint was about in the
> first place. Something significant happens in the Olympics, and NBC
> pretends that nothing had occurred. Evidently to force people to
> watch their prime time show and sit through stuff we don't want to
> watch in order to see it. We have to read about it online or hear
> about it on another channel's tv news or on the radio.
> --
> Zob
> "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Certainty Contest champion
