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NBC your Olympics coverage sucks (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by reddig33@lemmy.world to c/television@lemmy.world

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Not that I should be surprised, but trying to watch it today and it’s just talk talk talk talk. Commercials. More talk. Overhead shots of the stadium. People walking around in the rain. Talking head. Cut away to footage of Carl Lewis bitching about something. Instant replay of something they already showed. People hugging. Stadium shot. Human interest story. Commercial. Shot of Eiffel Tower. Promo for actual sports being shown on Peacock. Etc etc.

Meanwhile you can see there’s sporting events going on because they are showing them on the Jumbotron in the stadium shots. Really no excuse for this since most of this coverage is pre-recorded anyway.

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[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The television coverage may suck. I chose to spend the $12 to get ad free Peacock for a month and that has been great. Every event, ad free, with no fluff.

Without that, probably would have never watched my new favorite event, kayak cross.

[–] AplasticAenima@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I paid 12 dollars too and mine is full of ads.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Even without ads, I love the random breaks to show you what Paris looks like in the middle of Gold medal lifts. "We have to take a break" right as the athlete's raising her bar so we can... Look at the Seine...