XX Olympic Winter Games

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

(or to lure swanksters away from sweatshirt criticism).

We'd be doing that no matter what. That's what we do.

I haven't found these Olympics any more or less dramatic than others. I think the biggest factors are 1) it always suffers when it's outside the US because of the huge time delay and the fact that results are all over the place hours before it airs, 2) American Idol is getting absolutely mamoth ratings, nothing is tearing people away from that, 3) Winter Olympics are always a little weak ratings-wise in the US because US athletes just aren't as dominant as in the summer games.

[innerSpaceman]

Well, anecdotal as this may be ... I'm not watching them at all (and I'm usually glued to them).

[Not Afraid]

I watch figure skating. And I never turn on the TV.

I do think it is funny that the media has pumped up a bunch of athletes who haven't been spectacular. I mean, Bode who? Oh, and are there other figure skaters out there besides Michelle Kwan? I guess they haven't had a good week in Vegas.

Oh, and ALL this coverage and WHERE is the most famous resident of Turino? Anyone heard from the shroud lately?

[Matterhorn Fan]

One of the guys on the Daily Show was wearing it last week.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

CCCP does represent political oppression and suppression of human freedom. What else does it represent?

Cosmonauts!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

That long-shots are winning over favorites is not really that big a deal, dramatically.

So what is your definition of drama?

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, um, there was that thingy that happened at women's gymnastics a few Olympics back. Something where some girl was injured, but had to pull it together for the U.S. to win. It was a really tense final competition and she pulled it off, but then collapsed in a broken heap. The U.S. won, and she was on the Wheaties box the following week. I don't remember her name or any of the details, but it was about the most dramatic thing I've ever seen at the Olympics.

Then there was the thug-clubbing with those two bimbo figure skaters. Oooh, it was so dramatic that I even remember their names are Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. Hahaha, they will live in infamy. Tonya got to skate, despite being like a Darwin's Award mastermind behind the clubbing attack on her rival. She goes out on the ice and gets her laces all tangled up and trips and has to start over, but blows it completely ... cause like she's a skanky criminal on worldwide tv. Hahaha, how was that for drama?!?


And we wonder why womens' gymnastics and womens' figure skating are the hot sports at the Olympics.

[wendybeth]

Isn't Tonya mud-wrestling or some such thing these days?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, um, there was that thingy that happened at women's gymnastics a few Olympics back. Something where some girl was injured, but had to pull it together for the U.S. to win. It was a really tense final competition and she pulled it off, but then collapsed in a broken heap. The U.S. won, and she was on the Wheaties box the following week. I don't remember her name or any of the details, but it was about the most dramatic thing I've ever seen at the Olympics.

Okay, but what does that have to do with ratings? Such things can't be known until people are watching and they happen. They really have no affect on the rating.

And, for the record, while compared to the rest of televsion, the ratings have been bad, it's the best ratings NBC has gotten in a long time. So this may just be a matter of NBC sucking wind.

[scaeagles]

If I wasn't married I might be stalking one particular women on the US curling team. That fair skinned red head with the smile.