Given the time difference, I'd have to think #2 is what they're thinking. I was going to say that surely nobody watching the prime time show is unaware of the results, but then someone in my Facebook feed complained about people posting results and spoiling things for him.
John On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > I see two scenarios: > 1. They didn't hire a continuity person. > 2. NBC is treating its primetime broadcast as a stand-alone program that > I'll shorthand as "The Olympics", independent from anything a viewer might > watch on the mothership or the satellites. So, indeed, Today may reveal a > result, but in the eyes of NBC, that's not a problem because when a viewer > tunes in at 8 ET, the assumption is they're there to watch "The Olympics" > as opposed to the stuff you've been able to see all day long if you wanted > to. > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:17 AM, M-D November <[email protected]>wrote: > >> And almost channeling the fictional ACN, NBC's dayside and primetime seem >> to be in conflict. This morning on "Today", the anchors revealed a result >> for one of tonight's women's downhill events in an 'athlete to watch' >> segment - followed immediately by an ad for primetime promoting that very >> same event and athlete. (I'm being intentionally vague here.) Something >> tells me this won't be the last time this happens over the next 2 weeks. >> > -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
