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Originally Posted by mr.x
And NBC's coverage was terrible.
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That is the dumbest thing yet written. The quality of NBC's coverage was sensational. (By "quality," I am referring to the "look" and "sound" of the coverage, not necessarily its comprehensiveness.) It was one gigantic, high-def, technicolour spectacle. It made the Games, Vancouver, Whistler, and British Columbia look glorious. It also graciously devoted a generous amount of time to Canadian althletes. It often depicted the Canadian narratives (Bilodeau, Rochette, etc.) with greater emotion and gravitas than CTV. In fact, NBC made the Rochette story the emotional centerpiece of the Games.
As good as CTV's coverage was (and it was good), at times NBC made CTV look like a local community channel in terms of "look" and "feel" and "sound."
Have you ever watched "NFL Films", those high-quality, slow-motion, dramatic films about historic NFL games? That is essentailly the kind of treatment that NBC gave to the Vancouver Games. Top notch.