tonight was amazing for our Americans. really an outstanding night.

[edit]–but aside from that, I’m pretty much in complete agreement.

Congratulations. Your mindlessly verbose, needlessly tape delayed, prepackaged, overly hyped Olympic coverage has almost sapped every bit of life out of this special event. Until this year I’ve been somewhat immunized by the fact that in Seattle (where I live) we could watch the Canadian coverage of the Olympics. Those unenlightened hicks north of the border actually show the events as they happen. They find the live events so compelling that they actually don’t have to package them with mindless drivel and explain them before and after. Sadly, CBUT is not broadcasting the Olympics this year (another Canadian network has it), so I’m stuck with your blow-dried version of the games. I’ve also lived in Europe where the coverage is equally “quaint” and I also remember that there was a time when American Networks could also do live coverage. What has happened to you? Do you think that the “Miracle on Ice” would have been better in a tape delayed format?

You are broadcasting these Olympics on five different channels, yet it is seemingly impossible for you to show us the drama of events as they happen. That has meant that your coverage here in Seattle didn’t begin until 2PM on Saturday and Sunday (even thought events were going on) then you take a break for local news and your coverage runs until midnight. I can understand you tape delaying Olympics held in another part of the world where the time zone difference makes it difficult to show events live, but the only reason to do this on the West Coast for an event that takes place in the Pacific Time Zone is corporate greed and/or incompetence. You are a bunch of jerks. Once the Olympics are over, I will do my best to NOT watch your network.