On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> Adding to this: NBC says the reason the Abide By Me segment was cut > was because "our programming is tailored for the U.S. audience." > > > http://deadspin.com/5930048/nbc-responds-we-removed-the-opening-ceremony-memorial-to-terrorism-victims-because- > the-tribute-wasnt-about-america > > Why am I willing to bet every penny I have that the 2002 opening > ceremony, which was so heavily symbolic of the 2001 US terrorist > attacks including the World Trade Center flag, wasn't cut down like > this by any other nation? > > Also, NBC really doesn't give a rat's ass about the complaining. So > much so the head of digital programming actually retweeted this: "the > medal for most Olympic whining goes to everyone complaining about what > happens every 4 yrs., tape delay.” > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/sports/olympics/nbc-olympics-delay-and-streaming-bring-complaints-on-twitter.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all > > "The Olympics! It's a movement, and everyone needs one, every day!" > The main reason they don't give a rat's ass about the complaining of course is that their strategy seems to have worked on the only metric they would possibly care about - they got historic ratings for the OC. To be fair to them, I read in other sources that the "Abide With Me" segment was not tagged in the materials given to broadcasters as a memorial to 7-7. The inference is valid, and I guess the BBC commentators made the link explicit in their on-air comments, but that is not how the producers portrayed it. I also noticed that when Meredith Vieira interviewed Danny Boyle (who she disclosed to the audience Friday night was a close personal friend) the next day, she described that segment (indirectly, and without mentioning that NBC failed to cover it) as a memorial to all those who were unable to be present for the Olympics, and highlighted Boyle's own father, who apparently died within the last 18 months. The fact that NBC dumped it for a lame, content-less Phelps-Seacrest interview makes it still a poor editorial choice, but not quite as bad as if they say on the production rundown "7-7 Memorial" and said "Americans don't care about that, let's pimp Phelps before he looses too many races and becomes irrelevant". -- 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
