How long has nbc covered the olympics

We're thinking long-term in the IOC. We are here for years, and we want to be there much longer and we want to leave a good legacy. The London Olympics were the most-watched in U. In , the two-week event attracted an average of The Games in London attracted roughly 31 million viewers, and the Beijing Olympics averaged 27 million viewers. This year's spectacle, which was postponed from because of the Covid pandemic, runs from July 23 to Aug.

The games will include 41 sporting events, including new competitions such as baseball, softball, skateboarding, surfing and karate. NBC will show popular competitions, including the USA men's basketball team's chase for a 16th gold medal, women's basketball, women's soccer, swimming and gymnastics featuring USA champion Simone Biles. Skip to header Skip to main content Skip to footer Opinion.

Illustrated iStock. Please, I am begging you, make it less terrible to stream the Olympics It's a great American tradition to bash NBC's coverage of the Olympics, but there is absolutely no excuse for how confusing it's been to try to watch the Summer Games this year. Entertainment Olympics Culture. More From Jeva Lange. Read All.

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The daily gossip: November 12, The week's best photojournalism. Travis Scott was unaware of mass casualty declaration, attorney says. Adding to the dissociative nature of proceedings — chaos in the live broadcasts, sleepy times in the studio — Steve Kornacki has been wheeled out to offer a spritz of data-driven rigor. In practice his real job has been to laugh at jokes about how many pairs of khakis he brought with him to Tokyo, which by my admittedly anecdotal calculation have arrived at the rate of roughly one for every five minutes Kornacki has spent on air — a feat of Olympic endurance in its own right.

Whereas primetime NBC has consistently been chaotic and annoying, Peacock has managed the impressive feat of being consistently chaotic, annoying … and 15 minutes behind the live action on NBC. From Tokyo Live two men in tight shirts shouting on a couch to Tokyo Gold some guy standing under a staircase and Tokyo Tonight two hosts who clearly hate each other , Peacock has put in the hard yards to secure a roster of talent with no visible on-air charisma for each of the shows occupying key time slots.

Yes, a lot of it has been bad, especially for those less popular sports assigned to play-by-play journeymen.