NBC has 33-year low viewership for
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony:
‘Not a happy’ benchmark
Fox News,
by
Cortney O´Brien
Original Article
Posted By: formerNYer,
7/27/2021 12:42:50 PM
The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, delayed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, drew 16.7 million viewers for NBC on Friday, the smallest audience for the network broadcast in the past 33 years, according to data from the Comcast-owned NBCUniversal on Saturday.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catherine 7/27/2021 12:47:19 PM (No. 858855)
I can tell you one better - most Americans hope those at the Olympics don't win a gold medal. We have no interest vested in anti-American athletes who hate their own country.
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NBC = Nothing But Communists. Could disappear tomorrow, and it would not affect me in any way.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Thos Weatherby 7/27/2021 12:58:27 PM (No. 858863)
When will the countries that are hosting start taking a stand. And the athletes instead of complaining and not supporting our country should try to do things that build on what we have instead of trying to destroy it. Instead of de-funding the police lets de-fund the Olympics a few times.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/27/2021 1:00:32 PM (No. 858865)
The snippets showed an extremely airy fairy production that we were sure would be woke to the nth degree. Pass. It is difficult to watch coverage of events that is mostly inane nattering by that Mike Tirico who, having nearly destroyed ESPN’s coverage of some sports, is now doing the same at NBC. Useless, virtually unintelligible mutterer. But he is the woke color so...
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Why should anyone watch? Politics aside, the games themselves are nothing more than a sports entertainment spectacular to sell cola, burgers, and lots and lots of athletic wear. National teams could be replaced with teams from Nike, Addidas, Puma, and UnderArmor. The games include many of the same high-priced professionals one can see on any given weekend. So, what's the point? Toss in the "wokeness" of it all...what patriotism is still allowable by our cancel society? Who wants to chant U-S-A! these days? We're all racists and supremacists.
These Olympics are the beginning to a death spiral. The games aren't what they were; the world not what it was. The only thing that will save them is the athleticwear companies and government subsidies. In the USA, those should all end. Let the various "national teams" and competitors fend for themselves.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/27/2021 1:10:27 PM (No. 858878)
Well, well, well… surprise, surprise! From last November:
Never Forget That Mike Tirico Was Suspended For Sexually Harassing and Stalking Women at ESPN
https://www.sportscasting.com/never-forget-that-mike-tirico-was-suspended-for-sexually-harassing-and-stalking-women-at-espn/
The incidents are described in detail. Tirico calls them “misunderstandings”. Was it ever so.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Daisymay 7/27/2021 1:11:19 PM (No. 858880)
Maybe the Powers That Be, in charge of everything Olympics, will take notice. Those of us who love the USA will never watch some Liberal Lesbian take a knee when our Anthem is played. Now most of the rest of her Team is doing the same. So, we do not watch. Now there are many more Athletes who think it's wise to show the world the hatred they have for their own country. So we don't watch! The next thing is what it costs to send an Athlete to the Olympics. It's very expensive and they are always begging for money, but they despise their own country, shame our Flag and take a knee to our Anthem. So, we won't give them a penny! That's the way we treat Traitors to our Country!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/27/2021 1:11:53 PM (No. 858881)
I've been spending a lot of time on the golf channel lately because there are some great players out there but when they attempted to show the Olympic golf events the other night, the remote was in my hand fast as lightning. The Olympics are going the way of most pro sports - out the door.
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Wasn't it woke enough??? HAHA!!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 7/27/2021 1:19:58 PM (No. 858893)
I gave up on the Olympics when the coverage became so fractured - 10 minutes of one sport, 10 minutes of commercials, back to a different sport, and so on for hours. They teased the popular sports all evening, then showed a few minutes late at night. I'd switch away when they changed sports, then never went back. I haven't watched since London Olympics in 2012, and even then, gave up after a night or two. Haven't missed it either.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 7/27/2021 1:20:18 PM (No. 858894)
I don't watch but I hear about announcers/commentators slobbering like drama queens in elevating the stature of "woke" athletes.
Transgender weightlifting might increase viewership, lol.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Noj15 7/27/2021 2:13:43 PM (No. 858963)
Hours and hours of lame commercials and then you get to watch a 13 year old on a skateboard.
Complete waste of your time.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Omen55 7/27/2021 2:15:07 PM (No. 858966)
The smart move would have been to cancel the games.
Without the crowds it's not the same.
The 2nd smart move would have been to ban ALL political stunts.
No kneeling,no signs no nothing.
Do your event & step aside for the next or leave the field with your team.
Violate the rule you,& your team,forfeit any medals won.
If no medals ban from rest of Olympics.
Do it at end of Olympics banned from the next one.
But the IOC is too stupid & corrupt for that.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bobn.t 7/27/2021 2:19:22 PM (No. 858976)
Roger that #1.
I could care less.
Hope they break a leg.
We never watch NBC/CBS/ABC.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Laotzu 7/27/2021 2:21:19 PM (No. 858980)
Karmalympics
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 7/27/2021 2:24:21 PM (No. 858985)
i am astounded..
what was the problem in 1988??
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/27/2021 2:39:37 PM (No. 859000)
The socialists don't believe in winning. They should be given a certificate of participation, not a medal. My charges for watching any of this is $10,000 an hour, and I do not think I could bear it even with that.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
TJ54 7/27/2021 2:56:30 PM (No. 859021)
Who cares about mindless prattle from talking heads
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
DVC 7/27/2021 3:05:17 PM (No. 859036)
Racist politics wrecks everything.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
red1066 7/27/2021 3:08:41 PM (No. 859044)
It's the little snippets of the personal lives of these people that irritate the hell out of me. Every single one is from a victim perspective and about all the obstacles this person had to overcome while getting paid to train and travel.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 7/27/2021 3:28:22 PM (No. 859071)
Ian at Forgotten Weapons is a lot of fun, and you can learn a lot of history, too.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
usawatcher 7/27/2021 4:33:33 PM (No. 859115)
I watched Simone Biles to see if she did some of her amazing stuff and that has been it..
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 7/27/2021 4:41:09 PM (No. 859123)
"Get Woke
Go Broke"
It is not just a very short poem and meme.
It is real.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
bobmadison 7/27/2021 4:47:25 PM (No. 859135)
Are the olympics still being held? Haven't watched in 30-40 years...
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
danu 7/27/2021 5:04:07 PM (No. 859147)
You simply must tune in to experience the scheduling, the editing, the commentary, the carry-on!
~ all performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks Amateur Hour, it would seem.
Nothing is what or when it's supposed to be. The interviewers ignore or insult the young Americans.
The US rugby team looks to have been recruited from The Bowery. Promising gymnasts were excluded to give Simone her privilege, which she now tosses aside.
It couldn't be better if Dr Jill were running it...
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/27/2021 5:07:02 PM (No. 859157)
Oily Slimeimpics
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
DVC 7/27/2021 5:40:41 PM (No. 859191)
A significant part of it is NBC itself. Hideous channel, filled with unpleasant fools, jabbering.
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So nobody is watching the woke Olympics what a surprise!! I hope NBC (Nationally Broadcasting Communism) loses a massive amount of money. NBC is so anti-American it's now unwatchable. It's has even filtered down to the sports shows. Mike Florio is such a Xiden lover I'll bet he has his picture under his pillow.