I'm still getting over the fact that CBS abandoned coverage of the Men's Final of the US Open in place of its all-rerun schedule on Monday evening leaving coverage to ESPN2.
If any network in the UK did anything like this to just about any sporting event ever, then they'd never be trusted for sports coverage again. To put this in perspective, Ofcom, the UK regulator (think FCC) recently investigated ITV when their HD feed failed to show an England goal in the World Cup Finals in South Africa. That's how seriously we take sports coverage. While open-ended sports like Wimbledon tennis do get cut off at 9pm if they're not big games, a final would be broadcast when it happened irrespective of timing. Scheduled programmes would get bumped regardless. The obvious equivalent is the classic Federer v Nadal Wimbledon final of 2008 which finished around 9pm local time, when it had been scheduled for a 2pm start. BBC One simply postponed original programming. It's unconscionable that they'd have done anything else. I think this says it all: http://www.observer.com/2010/media/cbs-abandons-us-open-final-mid-match And could the transition between EPSN2's coverage of the tennis ending and the NFL game starting been any more amateur? http://www.patspapers.com/blog/item/history_schmistory_on_espn2_after_nadal_win/ Adam (Who was able to watch the game in the UK uninterrupted until he bailed at around 2am, on Sky Sports 2 where they just kept going). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
