On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> Simply put, NBC wants to continue to operate under the assumption that > the Olympic Games is a piece of reality television, able to be edited, > modeled, and adjusted in a manner that allows them to create three > hours of coverage between 8 and 11 PM ET. The catch, of course, is > that the rest of the world does not believe this, and treats it as a > sports event to be aired live. NBC has clearly decided they don't > care, which, bless their hearts, they're more than allowed to do that. > But they should not act like they've gotten the vapors when people who > align with the rest of the world disagree violently. > I don't disagree with this, except that, by making so much coverage available on the cable (and broadcast) networks during the overnight and day hours, I think NBC is approaching a reasonable compromise. Non-primetime is treated significantly (not completely) like sports coverage, which helps me tolerate the entertainment treatment they give to the primetime show. I will also say that I notice they are doing their up close and personal pieces mostly in much smaller bites, which allows them to be squeezed into the (artificially elongated, thanks to their pre-recorded nature) natural breaks in the actual competition. The longer pieces seem to be mostly introduced from the main anchor desk by the "correspondent" who worked on them, which cues me to hit the ff button. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
