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Post by midwestfan on Aug 27, 2004 22:57:28 GMT -5
I was just doing some checking to see when the men's bronze and gold medal matches would be played. You're not going to believe this ... the bronze medal game is on CNBC Sunday morning at 5:00 a.m. edt and I couldn't even find the gold medal game!  To show our unhappiness with their programming of volleyball, we need to boycot all of the NBC stations. We can be a small but powerful community. |
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Post by sistahsledge on Aug 27, 2004 23:27:24 GMT -5
Well, the nbcolympics.com TV listings arent' always accurate, especially when it's more than a day before the event. We can only hope that it hasn't been correctly updated yet.
As expected, NBC threw the USA/BRA semi into the middle of their primtime telecast and showed only the last half of the final set, about 15 minutes of coverage. Thank God they had the good sense to show us rythmic gymnastics (can't these anorexic, rubber-jointed waifs get a job with Cirque du Soleil?), the hundredth update on that munchkin-voiced Paul Hamm, and a puff piece on tragic Olympic stories. Pass the tissue, please.
The Peacock has exclusive rights to the Olympics through 2012, I believe, so you can rest assured that there will be no decent coverage of USA Olympic Volleyball in our lifetime.
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Post by Rocky on Aug 28, 2004 13:16:06 GMT -5
I just saw in the tv listings that the gold medal match is on NBC listed with the Closing Ceremony. How much time will they give volleyball?
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Post by Vball818 on Aug 28, 2004 17:08:52 GMT -5
I was just doing some checking to see when the men's bronze and gold medal matches would be played. You're not going to believe this ... the bronze medal game is on CNBC Sunday morning at 5:00 a.m. edt and I couldn't even find the gold medal game! To show our unhappiness with their programming of volleyball, we need to boycot all of the NBC stations. We can be a small but powerful community. I can relate to your frustration at the lack of volleyball covergae and requesting that we boycott the NBC network and affiliates, but how effective is that when there is just a few dedicated fans that will take up on your suggestion? It's a good suggestion and can work if you have a plan and really spread out the word to the volleyball community. If you can remember back in '88 when NBC first televised the Olympics for the summer games they had several cable channels for specific sports and one of them was volleyball. Obviously it didn't do well because NBC dropped that and sort of did it again with these games of the 28th Olympiad on the NBC cable channels. Spread the word Midwest fan...it might work. |
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Post by Vball818 on Aug 28, 2004 17:14:26 GMT -5
Well, the nbcolympics.com TV listings arent' always accurate, especially when it's more than a day before the event. We can only hope that it hasn't been correctly updated yet. As expected, NBC threw the USA/BRA semi into the middle of their primtime telecast and showed only the last half of the final set, about 15 minutes of coverage. Thank God they had the good sense to show us rythmic gymnastics (can't these anorexic, rubber-jointed waifs get a job with Cirque du Soleil?), the hundredth update on that munchkin-voiced Paul Hamm, and a puff piece on tragic Olympic stories. Pass the tissue, please. The Peacock has exclusive rights to the Olympics through 2012, I believe, so you can rest assured that there will be no decent coverage of USA Olympic Volleyball in our lifetime. As fervid volleyball fans we're not satisfied on the volleyball coverage whether it's in news print or broadcast, but we should at least be a little thankful they're showing volleyball even though it's taped -well it has to be because of the time zones...anyway other Olympic sports barely get any coverage like canoe/kayak or sailing. I'm sure the fans of those sports must be grumbling too about not seeing their sport being shown, but on the other hand do y'all really care to see it? Now about rhythmic gymastics and synchronized swimming I have said all along that these "sports" should be omitted from the games. Are they a sport? I'll admit they're not easy to do but it's not a sport and it seems that what they are doing is like an audition for Cirque du Soleil. |
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Post by kulasoft on Aug 28, 2004 18:19:18 GMT -5
Yep, it had been scheduled to be shown at 11:30 PM tonight, but now it's 6:00 PM tomorrow (Sunday). Good news though. They're apparently going to show the gold medal match at 10:00 AM HST tomorrow. I just saw in the tv listings that the gold medal match is on NBC listed with the Closing Ceremony. How much time will they give volleyball? |
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Post by Rocky on Aug 28, 2004 20:21:09 GMT -5
I checked the schedule this morning and now it is different again!
Gold medal match - on NBC at 4pm Eastern time
Bronze medal match - 7pm - 11pm - with closing ceremonies
Better keep checking your local listings. You might blink and miss the USA match!
Frustrating . . .
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Post by cyberVBmidwest on Aug 29, 2004 0:57:31 GMT -5
I checked the schedule this morning and now it is different again! Gold medal match - on NBC at 4pm Eastern time Bronze medal match - 7pm - 11pm - with closing ceremonies Better keep checking your local listings. You might blink and miss the USA match! Frustrating . . . I just reset my Tivo to capture the Bronze and Gold. I hope they don't mess with the schedule again. At least the gold is being added. It wasn't even showing until later this afternoon. |
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Post by sistahsledge on Aug 29, 2004 21:44:51 GMT -5
Well, NBC was supposed to start the Bronze medal match telecast at 7:00 but of course, they had to show a 30-minute History Channel documentary first. Oh, and we need another interview with Michael Phelps because he's not yet as over exposed as his butt crack. Nice of them to join the match half-way through the second game of a three-game match. Does anyone else feel like pimp-slapping Bob Costas?
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