Barcelona_'92 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 No credits? No logo tease? They did the credits at the end of the afternoon broadcast. Usually they don't unveil the logo for the Summer Games until about a year out. I can't believe they didn't even have closing comments from Bob Costas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen-Seth Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 No credits? No logo tease? If they had credits they would have had the publicly acknowledged the Starbucks they built and the workers they brought in to work it, and that would have broken McDonald's exclusivity rights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 No credits? No logo tease? They ran credits at the end of the afternoon show. And they did do a Rio preview segments. No, they did not reveal the logo to an event 2 1/2 years away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroKinesis Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Ah okay, I was watching something else during the afternoon show. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breathesgelatin Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 They ran credits at the end of the afternoon show. And they did do a Rio preview segments. No, they did not reveal the logo to an event 2 1/2 years away. Oh, bummer. I turned off the afternoon coverage when they were re-showing the Jessica Long adoption segment from yesterday. Nice piece, but didn't need to rewatch it. Ugh, wish I'd seen the Rio preview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroKinesis Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 So... in the battle of the Daytona 500 vs the Winter Olympics... can't wait to see who won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link28469 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 They ran credits at the end of the afternoon show. And they did do a Rio preview segments. No, they did not reveal the logo to an event 2 1/2 years away. In previous NBC olympic broadcastss, there are always credits during the last daytime broadcast (sometimes the last Friday and Sunday), consisting of a piece I don't know, and then popular music of that time, with thye usual montage. Later Bob Costas previews the next games, and the Closing Ceremony, they have Bob Costas do his usual epic speech, followed by an altered credits montage with the usual Randy Edelman pieces. THEN, they play an epic, well-edited trailer for the next games with the guy who announces the promos, sponsors, "still to come", "tomorrow" segments, etc. (Bill St. James) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Well, to NBC's credit, it was great that they added Vladimir Pozner to the Closing Ceremony coverage...even though that clown CHris Collingsworth should've been on stage instead in the Circus section!! Pozner, being Russian, gave some great insights into the Russian character & the ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.bernham Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I am glad the coverage is over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I am glad the coverage is over! You're glad the Olympics are over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 i'm glad the olympics are over. staying up to 3 am every night only to have to wake up at 9 wouldn't be my ideal way to spend 10 days. i'm not in college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Thank god that Ryan Seacrest wasn't involved, although sadly he'll be in Rio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link28469 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Thank god that Ryan Seacrest wasn't involved, although sadly he'll be in Rio. I know. I thought they said he was going to interview someone, but I'm glad that never happened. I'm hoping the reason they didn't have a Bob Costas monologue is that he just wanted to go home and rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breathesgelatin Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I know. I thought they said he was going to interview someone, but I'm glad that never happened. I'm hoping the reason they didn't have a Bob Costas monologue is that he just wanted to go home and rest. He did. There was a whole segment of him going to South Korea to shadow/interview Yuna Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link28469 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 He did. There was a whole segment of him going to South Korea to shadow/interview Yuna Kim. Must have been one of the things they cut out of the Primetime repeats on week 2 or during one of the 2 days I missed the daytime coverage, because I never saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I am So disappointed on NBC coverage. The Commentaries on OC and CC, the Commercials, the Cuts-Off, the "focus ONLY on Americans athletes " etc... I am convince to to order International TV fee for RIO 2016... I really like the Prime-time set, and Intro pice before OC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breathesgelatin Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Must have been one of the things they cut out of the Primetime repeats on week 2 or during one of the 2 days I missed the daytime coverage, because I never saw it. Here's the segment: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/ryan-seacrest-meets-yuna-kim-korea?ctx=top-moments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barcelona_'92 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/sports/olympics/coverage-of-olympic-games-delivers-a-win-for-nbc.html?_r=0 Interesting stat in this article--the median age of the primetime viewer for the Sochi Games was over 55 years old, which is up considerably from 48 in 2002. Even though the streaming numbers were up, it doesn't appear that all of the new extreme events are doing much to attract younger viewers to the Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 An interesting article in Slate about NBC's coverage. Apologies if this has already been posted-- though I couldn't find that it has. http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/fivering_circus/2014/02/nbc_olympics_the_network_s_coverage_of_the_sochi_games_is_reality_tv_masquerading.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 An interesting article in Slate about NBC's coverage. Apologies if this has already been posted-- though I couldn't find that it has. http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/fivering_circus/2014/02/nbc_olympics_the_network_s_coverage_of_the_sochi_games_is_reality_tv_masquerading.html I hadn't seen it yet, but good find. Not exactly a major revelation.. people have been likening NBC's Olympic coverage to reality TV for some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 The manner NBC promotes the Olympics indeed has taken on reality TV proportions. With them being so cheap to produce with solid financial returns over the years, that's the US TV landscape it shapes and impacts the Olympics--even posing what's scripted. I worked a lot for much of Sochi 2014 (still do) and could only rely on watching the primetime segment on the late night encore presentation, since I have no laptop, digital satelitte/DVR, smartphone to catch up when I want and work around that. Did doze off to sleep and left it running when it was on a few days. Maybe Rio... Hopefully the online stuff is where I'll catch up. Geez people, give it a rest! Many uninformed American viewers unfairly attack it for not being patriotic enough when Davis and White's medal ceremony wasn't shown instead dealing with the flower ceremony (among other gripes and slights reported and linked below on Slate). Many of them fail to understand how US Olympic TV works and its structure: http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/fivering_circus/2014/02/olympics_rage_o_meter_flag_waving_poorly_informed_americans_are_mad_at_nbc.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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