Every year the Olympics get just a bit less important. It isn’t really amateur athletics, everyone might be taking drugs, it takes place in bizarre time zones so you already know all results, etc. There are many reason. Even shows like American Idol, Desperate Housewives, and Grey’s Anatomy dominate over it in the ratings.
I wasn’t planning on watching much this year, but NBC has done a truly amazing job of broadcasting the event. Every single minute is in glorious high def. I get chills as skiers fly down courses, I feel a bit queasy going around the corners in the speed skating events, I lose energy as the cross-country skiers loop through mountainous regions. The broadcast quality is amazing. Buying my HDTV almost two years ago was the best $2500 I ever spent. Watching it really does get me out of the village for a few hours every evening, and transports me to an amazing array of sports.
Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport! The thrill of victory…and the agony of defeat! The human drama of athletic competition! This is ABC’s Wide World of Sports!
OK…so this year it is on NBC, but I’ll survive. At least MNF is on ABC…oh wait..that is now on ESPN. So many letters…so little time.
