Windyduck Get your facts before you write

[Orangemen]

Windyduck before you write an article know what you are talking about. Olympic ratings are up this year. Here is an article. You think before someone would write that they would read a little on what they are writing about. Here is an article if you would like to get your facts together.

NBC Sprints to Ratings Rout
Thursday August 26 11:21 PM ET


NBC's coverage of the Athens Summer Olympics whipped the competition in primetime Wednesday.

The network averaged 24.3 million viewers and an 8.7 rating/25 share in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic from 8-11 p.m. with its coverage of track and field, volleyball and wrestling events, according to Nielsen Media Research.

As of Wednesday, which marked its 13th consecutive night of Olympics coverage, NBC has averaged 25.9 million viewers, up 14% from the 22.7 million average yielded during the same 13-night frame for the 2000 Sydney Olympics .

Overall, NBC said that through Wednesday, some 193 million viewers have tuned in to some portion of the round-the-clock coverage of the action from Athens offered on NBC and sister channels Telemundo, CNBC, MSNBC, USA Network and Bravo.

Among the highlights from Wednesday's coverage was the gold-medal victory in the women's 400-meter hurdles by Greece's Fani Halkia. An impromptu singalong broke out in the stadium as the Greek national anthem played while a teary-eyed Halkia accepted her medal.

The only competing program that put up any kind of a fight against NBC's Olympics coverage was Fox's two-hour block of repeats of the cult-fave animated series "Family Guy," which is set to return to Fox's schedule with fresh episodes next year after finding new life through DVD sales and reruns on Cartoon Network.

The "Family Guy" mini-marathon tied NBC for the nightly gold among male teens (4.1/16) and beat NBC in that demo in the 9:30-10 p.m. half-hour (4.8/17). In viewers, the "Family Guy" block averaged 5.2 million, peaking at 9:30 p.m. with 5.4 million.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

 

[ChuckSims]

Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.

 

[RobFunk]

everything has been outstanding. most enjoyable since LA. very very nice package NBC has put together this time around. its no wonder more people are watching, it is easy for anyone to put on and pick up whats happening and have an interest.

 

[MaxValue]

oooohhh

 

[Fezzik]

I think Winky was spot on in regards to hard core sports followers.

"Everyone" I know agrees with Winky. We have no desire to watch taped Men's handball and womens' weight lifting.

Or to watch events we know the conclusions to.

However, Joan Q public loves to watch the Olympics, the pagentry, the stories. And the recreational viewer swamps all else.

 

[MariaSharapova]

i think the biggest discovery for me in these
games was the bike racing event known as the
keirin. In japan,its a sport funded by
pari-mutuel wagering.here's a link

keirin

 

[jwunderdog]

I used to watch the olympics and love it not so this year. I have not seen one boxing match Prime time, but I did get the suspense of seeing a US diver make it to the final 12, Now that is exciting!!!. Maybe they have shown boxing at night and I have just missed it.NBC has turned the Olympics into a reality show not a sporting event, which we all know from "The Apprentice" and "Who wants to marry my Dad", may get good ratings but, I have no interest in as a sports fan.

 

[Woody0]

I think NBC could do a much better job. Got up yesterday near end of US basketball game and switched on NBC first. Not available on either Seattle or Boston stations I get but fortunately was carried live by CBC, on all their stations, in all 6 time zones.

 

[Railbird]

I didnt read the article, but it is a disgrace that Swimming was not live. Casual fan is what has ruined the nba, nba fans are ignorant. It is for that reason I will NEVER play fantasy football.

 

[Stephen]

Isn't it fun being a writer Winkyduck?

Rest assured, no matter what you write somebody is going to rip you.

By the way, the Olympics have been boring unless you enjoy beach volleyball, gymnastics and synchronized swimming.

The last good Olympics was 1976, before the U.S. boycotted Russia and corporate sponsorships and drugs became more prevalent.

 

[tuleythetout]

Stephen...still waiting, huh?

Fezzik nailed it with the Joan Q public line...yes, ratings must be up, but it's the non-sports fan (highly skewed toward women) that is watching for the most part. Adding to this is the fact that right in the story it says that the best network competition is RERUNS of the "Family Guy." There is really nothing else to watch for the Nielsen families (which, by the way, I've never met one...and I know that when I'm at a bar or a sports book for Monday night football, none of those guys' viewing preference is being recorded while their wives/girlfriends are watching other stuff at home).

OK...got a little off-topic there...but I second the motion of welcoming winkyduck to the fellowship of writerhood.

 

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ak5387:
Windyduck before you write an article know what you are talking about. Olympic ratings are up this year. Here is an article. You think before someone would write that they would read a little on what they are writing about. Here is an article if you would like to get your facts together.

NBC Sprints to Ratings Rout
Thursday August 26 11:21 PM ET


NBC's coverage of the Athens Summer Olympics whipped the competition in primetime Wednesday.

The network averaged 24.3 million viewers and an 8.7 rating/25 share in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic from 8-11 p.m. with its coverage of track and field, volleyball and wrestling events, according to Nielsen Media Research.

As of Wednesday, which marked its 13th consecutive night of Olympics coverage, NBC has averaged 25.9 million viewers, up 14% from the 22.7 million average yielded during the same 13-night frame for the 2000 Sydney Olympics .

Overall, NBC said that through Wednesday, some 193 million viewers have tuned in to some portion of the round-the-clock coverage of the action from Athens offered on NBC and sister channels Telemundo, CNBC, MSNBC, USA Network and Bravo.

Among the highlights from Wednesday's coverage was the gold-medal victory in the women's 400-meter hurdles by Greece's Fani Halkia. An impromptu singalong broke out in the stadium as the Greek national anthem played while a teary-eyed Halkia accepted her medal.

The only competing program that put up any kind of a fight against NBC's Olympics coverage was Fox's two-hour block of repeats of the cult-fave animated series "Family Guy," which is set to return to Fox's schedule with fresh episodes next year after finding new life through DVD sales and reruns on Cartoon Network.

The "Family Guy" mini-marathon tied NBC for the nightly gold among male teens (4.1/16) and beat NBC in that demo in the 9:30-10 p.m. half-hour (4.8/17). In viewers, the "Family Guy" block averaged 5.2 million, peaking at 9:30 p.m. with 5.4 million.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>



ak5387:

What you've failed to realize is the fact that the "articles" on the front page of the RX are mearly glorified posts....

 

[MariaSharapova]

the reason the games were better back then is
that you were younger backer then.now your a
cynical,weary old fart with a saggy wrinkly
ball sac festooned with grey pubes.

keirin rules!!!

 

[Gargoyle]

I, for one, think that they should have the womens event 1 week and the mens events on the 2nd week. This has become a coverage of Title IX supporters with probably most of the viewers being women. All I see on TV are the women events: womens softball, soccer, gymnastics, diving, track and field, triathlon, tae kwon do, and basketball. The one womens event I probably would have liked to see more of is the womens wrestling, but that's just me. But for a wrestling enthusiast like myself, it pains me that I have to watch 2 hours of womens canoe/kayak to see 10 minutes worth of wrestling. If they separated the genders with their own week of Olympic events, than maybe I wouldn't be so irritated with what I see on TV.

 

[MariaSharapova]

i love the crack about corporate sponsorships
and drugs ruining the games since 1976.first
of all not true,already drugs plus blood doping,
remember lasse viren???so 1976 already had
drugs with practically nil testing.
i'm trying to think of a major american sport
that isn't practically drowning under the
flood of corporate sponsorship.
Here's the kickoff sponsored by Bud Light,
and there it goes in the air,and here's the
return,brought to you by Ford Trucks.
touchdown followed by commercials,come back
for kickoff followed by another round of
beer adverts.
Hard to think of an american sport where
the athletes aren't using drugs.probably far more prevalent in the four major sports than
in Olympics.