![]() ![]() women’s gymnastics team was also broadcast far in advance, as you say. I watched the USA Men’s Basketball Team match on Sunday while reading the paper - there was no reason to pay close attention because a news bulletin several hours before announced they had lost to France. ![]() Combine that with the news coming out of Tokyo about the stumbles of star athletes and it becomes doubly frustrating. Trying to make sense out of the maze of coverage among the various platforms of NBC, Peacock, the Olympic Channel, USA Network and others is difficult enough. ![]() The spotlight and emphasis that NBC has placed on these opening marquee events, featuring some of sports’ biggest stars, have been crushed by a perfect storm of unimaginable disappointment and anticlimactic performances. Greg Braxton, senior writer: Today I tuned in to the USA women’s beach volleyball team trying to play a match in typhoon weather, which might sum up the Olympic viewing experience: The event has been overcome by a figurative typhoon. what in the heck is going on with the Tokyo Olympics? Amid a set of unprecedented challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and a crisis of legitimacy for the International Olympics Committee, I’m hard-pressed to remember a more chaotic and deflating start to what has been a TV juggernaut for most of my lifetime. I am a casual Olympics viewer, admittedly - following the bold-faced names, like Osaka and Biles the big events, like swimming and track and field and the most important stories, like. And my first reaction to this one-two punch was, “Welp, I guess that means I can skip tonight’s telecast.” women’s gymnastics squad had silver-medaled in the team competition after its top athlete, Simone Biles, withdrew citing her mental health. Tuesday morning, I awoke to an Apple News push notification that the U.S. Matt Brennan, TV editor: As I prepared for bed Monday night, idly checking Twitter, the news broke of Japanese star Naomi Osaka’s third-round upset by the Czech Republic’s Markéta Vondrousová in the Olympic tennis tournament. The opening ceremony was a much-needed cureĪfter a dreadful run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, the hosts acknowledged the sober moment of their opening with dignity and grace. Television There’s reason for Olympic cynicism. ![]()
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