NBC Olympic Primetime Male vs. Female Coverage Report

[Olympic TV]

We're tracking the NBC broadcast network coverage of male and female athletes in primetime.

Here are the most recent posts:

Day 1: https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/09/olympic-primetime-report-day-1-men-dominate-nbcs-coverage/

Day 2: https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/10/olympic-primetime-report-day-2-women-receive-more-coverage-on-nbc-than-men/

Day 3: https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/11/olympic-primetime-report-day-3-nbcs-coverage-focuses-on-women-marit-bjorgen-receives-little-attention/

Day 4: https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/12/olympic-primetime-report-day-4-men-edge-out-women-on-nbcs-primetime-broadcast/

PS: Just realized I should've posted this in this forum, not the other one.

[Olympic TV]

Day 6 was dominated by men ... our post about it is here:
 

https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/16/olympic-primetime-report-day-6-nbc-focuses-on-men-and-mixed-pair-events-womens-events-receive-little-airtime/

[Olympic TV]

Day 7 and a fairly even distribution between mens, womens and mixed pairs events.

https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/16/olympic-primetime-report-day-7-nbcs-gives-women-more-coverage-than-men-by-a-narrow-margin/

[Olympic TV]

We have Day 8 results posted now. Men get more airtime than women. Marit Bjørgen receives little attention again.
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/16/olympic-primetime-report-day-8-nbcs-coverage-focuses-more-on-mens-events-marit-bjorgen-briefly-mentioned/

[Olympic TV]

Will Marit Bjørgen get significant attention from NBC tonight?

https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/17/marit-bjorgen-ties-record-for-most-medals-by-a-winter-olympian-will-she-make-nbc-primetime/

 

[Olympic TV]

Our Day 5 NBC Primetime Olympic Coverage Report: A few days behind, but still quite interesting.
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/16/olympic-primetime-report-day-5-nbc-gives-women-more-airtime-than-men-thanks-to-snowboard-halfpipe/
 

[Olympic TV]

Our Day 9 Report is now up. Very even distribution.

https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/17/olympic-primetime-report-day-9-men-and-women-get-almost-equal-time-on-nbc/

[Olympic TV]

After 10 Days, NBC's primetime Olympic broadcast has favored men by a large margin. Full details including sport by sport data for the first 10 days included in this post.
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/18/nbcs-primetime-olympic-broadcast-features-male-athletes-by-a-significant-margin-after-the-first-10-days/

[Quaker2001]

43 minutes ago, Olympic TV said:

After 10 Days, NBC's primetime Olympic broadcast has favored men by a large margin. Full details including sport by sport data for the first 10 days included in this post.
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/18/nbcs-primetime-olympic-broadcast-features-male-athletes-by-a-significant-margin-after-the-first-10-days/

Just a hunch here, but do you think that might have a little something to do with the fact that the men's figure skating has happened already and the women's hasn't?  And that the men have had 4 of their alpine skiing races while the women have only had 3?  I see that there was a similar trend with Sochi at this point compared to where they finished.  Not sure exactly what this data is trying to show though

[Olympic TV]

Definitely the fact that Ladies Figure Skating has yet to happen influences the results, as did the alpine and snowboarding delays. We predict the gap will shrink, but not sure if it will be as small for Sochi.

[Olympic TV]

Day 11 results are in. Women got more coverage by almost a 3-1 margin.

https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/19/olympic-primetime-report-day-11-women-get-more-coverage-than-men-on-nbc-by-an-almost-3-to-1-margin/

[Olympic TV]

Women significantly more coverage than men on NBC"s primetime Olympic television broadcast on Day 12. 
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/20/olympic-primetime-report-day-12-women-and-pairs-dominate-nbcs-coverage-mens-events-receive-little-airtime/

[Olympic TV]

Coverage of Women Eclipses Coverage of Men Through Day 13 of NBC’s Primetime Olympic Television Broadcast

Could Women Athletes Receive The Majority of Primetime Television Coverage for the First Time in a Winter Olympiad?
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/21/coverage-of-women-eclipses-coverage-of-men-through-day-13-of-nbcs-primetime-olympic-television-broadcast/

 

[Olympic TV]

And another question heading into tonight: Marit Bjørgen just became the most successful Winter Olympian in history. Will NBC give her more than a few seconds of primetime?

https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/21/marit-bjorgen-sets-the-record-as-the-most-decorated-winter-olympian-of-all-time-will-nbc-finally-give-her-more-than-a-few-seconds-of-primetime/

[Olympic TV]

Women dominate NBC primetime for the fourth night strait ...
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/22/olympic-primetime-report-day-14-women-get-more-nbc-coverage-than-men-for-the-fourth-night-straight-marit-bjorgen-overshadowed-again/

[Quaker2001]

2 hours ago, Olympic TV said:

Women dominate NBC primetime for the fourth night strait ...
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/22/olympic-primetime-report-day-14-women-get-more-nbc-coverage-than-men-for-the-fourth-night-straight-marit-bjorgen-overshadowed-again/

Considering the only 2 events happening tonight are women's figure skating and women's ski cross (plus taped coverage of short track), expect that trend to continue for a 5th straight night.  When all this is over, you'll have to let me know what all this is supposed to mean.

23 hours ago, Olympic TV said:

And another question heading into tonight: Marit Bjørgen just became the most successful Winter Olympian in history. Will NBC give her more than a few seconds of primetime?

https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/21/marit-bjorgen-sets-the-record-as-the-most-decorated-winter-olympian-of-all-time-will-nbc-finally-give-her-more-than-a-few-seconds-of-primetime/

You do realize what else happened in that race, right?  That might be of some interest to NBC's audience?

[Olympic TV]

Women dominate NBC's primetime Olympic television coverage for 5th night straight. Women have received more than 80% of the non-mixed pair coverage over the past five nights. Coverage of women in PyeongChang may be historic.
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/23/primetime-olympic-report-day-15-women-dominate-nbcs-coverage-for-five-nights-in-a-row-womens-coverage-has-potential-to-be-historic/

[Olympic TV]

Sorry, link was not active in previous post:
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/23/primetime-olympic-report-day-15-women-dominate-nbcs-coverage-for-five-nights-in-a-row-womens-coverage-has-potential-to-be-historic/

 

[Olympic TV]

NBC's primetime Olympic television broadcast focused mostly on men's events last night. Women still lead in overall PyeongChangcoverage.
http://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/24/olympic-primetime-report-day-16-men-more-receive-more-nbc-airtime-than-women-at-a-greater-than-4-to-1-margin-women-still-lead-in-overall-coverage/

[Olympic TV]

Men received more than double the women’s Coverage on NBC's primetime Olympic television broadcast Saturday night. Women still have slight lead overall. https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/25/olympic-primetime-report-day-17-men-receive-more-the-double-womens-coverage-on-nbc-women-still-have-slight-lead-overall/

 

[Olympic TV]

The biggest media story of the PyeongChang Games may be the lack of coverage Marit Bjørgen has received on NBC's primetime Olympic broadcast.
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/25/marit-bjorgen-wins-yet-another-gold-medal-will-nbc-give-the-most-successful-winter-olympian-real-primetime-coverage/

[Quaker2001]

21 minutes ago, Olympic TV said:

The biggest media story of the PyeongChang Games may be the lack of coverage Marit Bjørgen has received on NBC's primetime Olympic broadcast.
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/25/marit-bjorgen-wins-yet-another-gold-medal-will-nbc-give-the-most-successful-winter-olympian-real-primetime-coverage/

I'm sorry, but I'm having trouble taking you seriously now.  Biggest media story of the Games?  This constant narrative of yours that she deserves more coverage is getting old and tired and speaks more to someone who is personally offended that a favorite athlete that isn't getting showcased rather than a serious analysis of what NBC is airing in primetime.

[Quaker2001]

Bjørgen being interviewed on NBC's afternoon show where they just aired the race (after it initially aired on NBCSN last night)

[Olympic TV]

Women received more NBC Olympic primetime broadcast television coverage than men for the first time in a Winter Olympiad. Third Highest Proportion Of Female Coverage Ever Documented.

Full details, including male/female clocktime splits for every sport can be found here:
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/26/women-receive-more-nbc-primetime-winter-olympic-broadcast-television-coverage-than-men-for-the-first-time-3rd-highest-proportion-of-coverage-for-women-ever-documented/

[LatinXTC]

5 minutes ago, Olympic TV said:

Women received more NBC Olympic primetime broadcast television coverage than men for the first time in a Winter Olympiad. Third Highest Proportion Of Female Coverage Ever Documented.

Full details, including male/female clocktime splits for every sport can be found here:
https://fiveringtv.com/2018/02/26/women-receive-more-nbc-primetime-winter-olympic-broadcast-television-coverage-than-men-for-the-first-time-3rd-highest-proportion-of-coverage-for-women-ever-documented/

Well good, it's as it should be. American women have been dominating in the Olympics for awhile now. They not only won us more medals this olympics, they also won us more gold medals than men. They're clearly the more reliable athletes.