It's almost expected that American television will screw up any international event. But the closing ceremonies of the Olympics? First they cut out Ray Davies of the Kinks doing a classic song about London "Waterloo Sunset". Then they cut out the group Muse, which was only going to play the official Olympic song. Ooops.
And then they decided they would cut off the closing ceremonies for a horrible new sitcom starring a chimp, rather than broadcast the performance of classic band The Who. Maybe they didn't want people to remember that Who songs are the theme for competitor CBS' CSI shows.
Yeah, they showed the performance, but at 12 Midnight. Nice job. This on top of simply bad coverage. During the day NBC had 4 different channels going a minimum of 8 hours apiece. But all seemed to be showing the same thing: Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Soccer & heats in either Swimming or Track. Really extensive coverage. Oh brother.
At least the website had everything. The site is still up. I don't know for how long. I probably watched as much online as on TV. Weightlifting, White Water Canoeing, Wrestling, Judo. Let's see what happens in 2 years at Sochi for the next Winter Olympics.
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