0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/15/2014
On Sunday, there are a lot of things going on at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The US men’s hockey team doesn’t have much time to celebrate its win over Russia as it has to play against Slovenia. NBCSN has the game at 7:30 a.m. ET with pregame starting at 7:15. Lindsey Jacobellis is […]
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From NBC, we have the latest ratings for Friday, Day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics. And while the primetime portion on NBC did win the night, it did drop to the lowest numbers of the Games to date. Granted, Friday nights are low-rated to begin with, but based on the Opening Ceremony the previous […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/14/2014
We have this blurb from the CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster. For Wednesday, CBC aired the Team Canada vs. Team USA women’s hockey game live in the morning and saw an average of 5.6 million Canadians watching the contest. For CBC’s Olympic morning broadcast, the game helped to draw an average of 1.2 million viewers to […]
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The numbers are in for Wednesday and Thursday on the networks of NBC. Wednesday’s ratings were delayed due to the snowstorm on the East Coast, but they are now available. Continuing the trend from the start of the 2014 Sochi Games, NBC’s Olympic primetime is trailing Vancouver. Wednesday’s average rating of 12.1 with a 19 […]
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As Bob Costas continues to recover from his pink eye infection, it means another night of substitute host. Matt Lauer, tapped from the Today Show has hosted since Tuesday. NBC is giving him a night off so in his place comes another person from Today to pinch hit for Bob. Former Today co-host Meredith Vieira […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/13/2014
On Friday, CBC and its affiliated networks will be all over men’s hockey (Canada vs. Austria on CBC), the men’s figure skating free skate (TSN), men’s ski jumping (Sportsnet One), men’s super combined in alpine skiing (Sportsnet) and a whole lot more. CBC’s coverage will be live throughout the day. Here’s the breakdown of events. […]
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On Friday, there are a few glamor sports at the Sochi Olympics with medals on the line on Friday. That includes men’s figure skating, the men’s super combined in alpine skiing, women’s skeleton, men’s ski jumping at the large hill as well as curling and hockey. Once again, NBCSN will air 12 hours of coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/12/2014
This is what Canada has been waiting for. The men’s Olympic hockey tournament really gets underway with Team Canada taking on Norway at noon ET on CBC. Team USA will be playing at 7:30 a.m. and TSN will air its opening game vs. Slovakia while CBC will take Team Russia vs. Slovenia. In curling, the […]
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On Thursday, men’s hockey gets into high gear as both Team Canada, Team Russia and Team USA will all be in action. In addition, men’s figure skating begins as Russia’s Yevgeny Plushenko starts his farewell to Olympic competition in the short program. Team USA hopes to build its resume in men’s curling vs. Great Britain […]
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NBC has to be excited about its Tuesday ratings. Not only did they surpass Turin’s numbers to which NBC has been mostly comparing the Sochi Games, but they also outdistanced the numbers from Vancouver for the same opening Tuesday of the Olympics by a wide margin. In addition, NBCSN set a daytime viewing record between […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/11/2014
Here’s the quotage for Tuesday night’s primetime coverage of the 2014 Sochi Games. Matt Lauer hosted in place of the ailing Bob Costas. Tonight had pairs figure skating, women’s luge, snowboarding halfpipe and a lot more. Check out what was said by NBC’s Olympic crew in Sochi. 2014 SOCHI WINTER GAMES – FEB. 11 NBC […]
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In Canada, the main event at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games will be hockey. At 7 a.m. ET, it’s the blood rivalry game between the USA and Canada in women’s hockey. Then the men’s hockey tournament begins on Wednesday as the Czech Republic takes on Sweden. Canada has medal hopes in men’s speed skating, luge, […]
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On Wednesday, several sports will hand out medals in Sochi. The women’s downhill at Rosa Khutor will take place early and the U.S.A.’s most decorated female skier, Julia Mancuso will be on the slopes in hopes of winning another medal. She won bronze in the Super Combined on Monday. Speed skater Shani Davis hopes to […]
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Our first Canadian ratings press release for the 2014 Olympics from CBC. Canada’s public broadcaster says 28 million viewers watched part of the network’s coverage of the Sochi Winter Games. CBC says its daytime program is rating 10% better than CTV’s daytime for Vancouver. For the Opening Ceremony, CBC says 19 million viewers live or […]
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NBC has provided the ratings for Monday’s Olympic primetime program. The Peacock saw a 10 percent decline from Vancouver on the first Monday of the Olympics. Last night’s ratings saw a 12.8 number and a 20 share for the tape delayed coverage compared to Vancouver’s 14.2/22 for mostly live programming. Compared to Turin in 2006, […]
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Since the beginning of NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics, one of the stories has been the pink eye condition of host Bob Costas. It was so noticeable that it became distracting to viewers. Not only are there
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/10/2014
The full compliment of networks will be utilized for Canada’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics. CBC will carry women’s luge while Sportsnet airs the pairs figure skating short program and TSN goes with speed skating and luge. It’s going to be busy during the 4th day of action during the Sochi Games. We have […]
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In what has to be an encouraging sign for NBC, Sunday’s primetime broadcast which featured the men’s downhill, the end of the team figure skating and women’s moguls beat Vancouver’s ratings for the comparable Sunday. NBC registered a 14.4 rating with a 22 share. It’s just over Vancouver’s 14.3/22 for the first Sunday of the […]
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I love this video so much that I’ve already posted it at Awful Announcing. I happened to see this while watching BBC’s Olympic coverage on Sunday. While getting ready for the men’s downhill, BBC aired footage of analyst Graham Bell skiing down the Rosa Khutor course with just a handheld camera. As you will see, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/9/2014
On the first official day of competition for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, NBC racked up good numbers, but like the night before for the Opening Ceremony, the Peacock saw ratings that were below Vancouver in 2010 for the first night, but way up from Turin in 2006. For its tape delayed coverage […]
