Comments on: NBC Says “No” To Live Michael Phelps Record: Short Version http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/14/nbc-says-no-to-live-michael-phelps-record-short-version/4692 Nielsen TV Show Ratings, Data and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:17:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Joe http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/14/nbc-says-no-to-live-michael-phelps-record-short-version/4692#comment-14649 Joe Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:10:19 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4692#comment-14649 I do like the cable coverage...this morning while getting ready to work I had the US-China Womens Volleyball game on...<br><br>I also heard the NBC's coverage went well past midnight last night. Is that true. If it is that would take up most of the West Coast Prime time to...<br><br>As I said in the post...Major Sports has had the East trained to stay up past midnight if they want to watch it for sometime...and had the West trained for a dinner time start...why they changed it for the Olympics is perplexing...especially since one of their Cable Stations had a Live Softball Game on last night when the NBC Coverage was still going on the same time... I do like the cable coverage…this morning while getting ready to work I had the US-China Womens Volleyball game on…

I also heard the NBC's coverage went well past midnight last night. Is that true. If it is that would take up most of the West Coast Prime time to…

As I said in the post…Major Sports has had the East trained to stay up past midnight if they want to watch it for sometime…and had the West trained for a dinner time start…why they changed it for the Olympics is perplexing…especially since one of their Cable Stations had a Live Softball Game on last night when the NBC Coverage was still going on the same time…

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/14/nbc-says-no-to-live-michael-phelps-record-short-version/4692#comment-14648 Robert Seidman Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:06:10 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4692#comment-14648 Rob, I don't know if it's stupidity or hubris and the hubris quotient which was likely already large probably has ratcheted up significantly based on results. Should it still be in play, I really hope NBC changes its mind and broadcasts what would probably amount to 20 minutes of total coverage (5 minutes of hype, a couple of minutes of race, and post-race coverage) live.<br><br>Joe -- gotcha. And yep, it's off the table if he doesn't win tonight, but you'll already know the results going into Monk/Psych, ironically my HD feed of USA is the east coast feed, so I can watch that on east coast time, I'd pay $$/mo to get the east coast feeds of the broadcast nets, but because of the affiliate network of stations I doubt anything like that will be available for years. Rob, I don't know if it's stupidity or hubris and the hubris quotient which was likely already large probably has ratcheted up significantly based on results. Should it still be in play, I really hope NBC changes its mind and broadcasts what would probably amount to 20 minutes of total coverage (5 minutes of hype, a couple of minutes of race, and post-race coverage) live.

Joe — gotcha. And yep, it's off the table if he doesn't win tonight, but you'll already know the results going into Monk/Psych, ironically my HD feed of USA is the east coast feed, so I can watch that on east coast time, I'd pay $$/mo to get the east coast feeds of the broadcast nets, but because of the affiliate network of stations I doubt anything like that will be available for years.

]]> By: Joe http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/14/nbc-says-no-to-live-michael-phelps-record-short-version/4692#comment-14308 Joe Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:01:26 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4692#comment-14308 I know that his record one is Saturday Night...but he has to get the win tonight to have a chance to break the record Saturday I know that his record one is Saturday Night…but he has to get the win tonight to have a chance to break the record Saturday

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