Which brings me to another point--as some people pointed out, ABC did the same exact things when they made the Olympics the TV spectacle that it is. There were complaints, but not to the extent that NBC receives. Outside of the fact that at least in the 60s and 70s, the whole idea of the coverage was new to viewers, I am wondering if the greater criticism of NBC is because people don't like Costas the way they did Jim McKay. Costas is one of the best broadcasters around, but he doesn't have the folksy manner or likability that McKay possessed--and I wonder if a lot of people just don't like him.
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:32 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Going back through that online media guide NBCO posted just prior to the >> Games, much of the basketball and soccer is being called from 30 Rock, and >> ostensibly most of Telemundo's staff are there as well. >> > > Bob Fitzgerald, who is the play by play guy for the Golden State Warriors > here in the Bay Area, is doing USA Olympic basketball. I am pretty sure he > is actually in London (at least, the local stories about him have suggested > he was going to England), and I would be shocked if his color analyst, Doug > Collins (and professional USA Olympic Basketball whiner) was not in London > too, if for no other reason so that he could give the team his quadrennial > bitter tale of woe of how the commies stole the gold medal from him. But > there may be announcers doing some of the non-USA BB games who are calling > them from New York. > > Again, I would not mind the off-site stuff so much (though I don't like > it) if they would just inform the viewer clearly in each case, for reasons > Kevin explained so well. > > I should also note that while I have seen some critics go after Bob Costas > in particular, this seems especially misplaced. The time shifting seems to > make his job much more boring (plus the show that begins at 8:00 pm ET is > starting at what, 1:00 am London time? So he is up all night basically just > reading a script). Meanwhile the anchors on the other shows are having fun > actually whipping around to live events and giving some breaking news. That > has got to be a lot more fun. > > ** > > -- > 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 > -- 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
