Anyone watching the Closing Ceremonies on Sunday was surely shocked when 860-plus hours of NBC Olympic coverage came to an abrupt and wholly unceremonious end at 10:30 so that the Peacrock could play piggyback and plug a crappy new series. The show was “The Marriage Ref,” Jerry Seinfeld’s weird hybrid production that’s half stand-up comedy, …
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Feb 16
An Olympic epiphany: The Winter Games rock even though NBC sucks
Up until about 9:30 last night, I had firmly convinced myself that I hated the Olympics. This was based on some limited years of uninspired research and attributable primarily to NBC and its incessant, tape-delayed prepackaged hype. (Note to NBC: Sports must be shown live. The fact that we have the games in our own …
