Can I bitch about NBC one more time?

[bonquiqui]

Spoilers suck ass. I hate the house shows for showing me the finished product before hand too. Just fucking wait, and stop "teasing"

[snipsnsnails]

Yes! The absolute worst! And I am an Olympics nut, but this year NBC makes me want to not watch. Ugh.

[eddy]

I am annoyed I don't get to see each team members routine, just the "hot" ones ie the ones they did stories on.

[speckledfrog]

I'm disappointed that the announced just used to word ginormous. Have some integrity, you aren't shooting the shit with your friends.

[Deleted]

my husband is flummoxed by this too.

whoops, hit enter too soon. he's not even watching! i have been, and he noticed how crappy it all is seconds after he sat down to look for 2 seconds.

i kind of want to beat them all up. everyone at all of NBC.

[jane6672]

The website sucks too, half the videos want you to log in to your cable company?? but none of them are marked to differentiate which you can straight up watch, and which you have to provide credentials for.

And the titles of the videos tell you what happened anyway.

[bab]

Jul 30, 2012 21:29:42 GMT -5 toledo said:

This is THE WORST Olympics coverage. Are you guys watching men's gymnastics? They've abandoned all pretense of drama, showing cherry-picked routines, and basically saying "Wait'll you see this! He totally nails it!" Why should I even watch?

it really is terrible. I wish I could take off from work just to watch it live using the app.

[runforrest]

Maybe mute it? I have done that before when sportscasters annoy me. I do agree that NBC just blows for some reason this Olympics.

[margotmacomber]

I only read NBC as nuclear chemical and biological. (My Army job yo)

So no, you can't bitch about it. Because only me and justkly have gas masks, so you're screwed either way.

[Deleted]

That announcer said "ginormous" last night, too. Idiot. And on a related note, the Chevy Silverado ad they keep showing is so sexist and godawful.

[eddy]

Also I hate that I have no idea score standings of each team. Yeah I see USA is struggling, but who is on top? How far away are we etc. that is half the fun and we are getting no perspective.

[silva]

hey, what happened to Michael Phelps? Is he done?

[Deleted]

One solution is to buy a VPN for a month (less than $10) and watch the BBC coverage with your new UK IP. That's what I am doing.

hidemyass.com/vpn/

[Deleted]

i need to stop reading these (valid, well-supported) posts because i'm getting SO pissed.

[candyapple]

NBC hates its viewers. Hates.

What a shitty network.

[melindafelinda]

You know what makes me more mad? Our local news dude saying "stay tuned to watch me stand in front of Big Ben and ask people what time it is!" I hate the fucking local news.

[bonquiqui]

Soldiers wish they were watching...let's be thankful

[margotmacomber]

Jul 30, 2012 21:48:41 GMT -5 bonquiqui said:

Soldiers wish they were watching...let's be thankful

EXACTLY

They will be confused and then sad.

[bonquiqui]

lol he just said "we are back, although that might be evident" rotflmao

[bab]

Can I just add that Bob Costas looks ghastly. Why is he so grey?

[eightangryreindeer]

Jul 30, 2012 21:43:26 GMT -5 @landobiscuit said:

One solution is to buy a VPN for a month (less than $10) and watch the BBC coverage with your new UK IP. That's what I am doing.

hidemyass.com/vpn/

yep.

[eightangryreindeer]

Agree, the NBC coverage is appalling.

[Deleted]

i wish i could quit my job and watch it live on the BBC. grrr.



UNRELATED TO NBC: can someone get missy franklin's parents some better seats? ffs! they're in the nosebleed!

[eightangryreindeer]

Jul 30, 2012 21:53:12 GMT -5 bab said:

Can I just add that Bob Costas looks ghastly. Why is he so grey?

Because his hair dye is too dark.

[speckledfrog]

Their coverage makes me feel like I'm watching a highlights reel instead of making me feel like I'm witnessing an event. It's really disappointing.

[eightangryreindeer]

If you tweet you should tweet about how bad it is.

NBC is getting the shit kicked out of them.

[bab]

Jul 30, 2012 22:09:06 GMT -5 eightangryreindeer said:

Jul 30, 2012 21:53:12 GMT -5 bab said:

Can I just add that Bob Costas looks ghastly. Why is he so grey?

Because his hair dye is too dark.

LOL you are right!! I think they tightened up his eye lift a little too much as well.

[Deleted]

Even my DH, who could give two fucks, is sitting here wondering where the damn scores are for the men's gymnastics.

[sydney02]

I'm so glad to read this thread. I've sounded like the bitchiest bitch the past few days. The Olympics is huge for us and I feel like NBC is ruining my life. I don't give a shit about sports, espeically the Superbowl but dammit the Olympics my precious right now and NBC is shitting all over it.
Another thing I know they want to go heavy on the USA but can't we get a glimpse of other countries? Can we just see for a second what one of the independents is doing? How about Lichtenstein or Djibouti?
Fuck NBC. Seriously.

[dizzyku]

Just had to come out of lurkdom to say you can watch live coverage and a lot of full replays of all the events on the IOC's youtube channel:

www.youtube.com/olympic

It has totally changed my Olympic experience--I'm actually tempted to watch table tennis, because it's there