USOC Press release announces NBC/Universal wins Olympic TV rights for 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020. See at www.TeamUSA.org
NBC sucks simple as that. Another 10 years of watching that midget Bob Costas hosting the Olympics makes me want to gag. I live on the west coast and the same time zone as Vancouver and i still didn't see any live figure skating. Or for that matter much of anything live.
Sigh. I am sorry, my fellow American skate fans, but despite the exit of Comcast takeover (with the expected belt-tightening) and the long overdue firing of NBC sports honcho Dick Ebersol, the last place network somehow scrounged up enough cash to bid for the next 4 Olympics. We can look forward to most competitors being skipped from the tape-delayed broadcast and Sandra Bezic's paradoxically shrill yet monotonous commentary. Truly, a tragic day.
I expect terrible commentary on both sports for the next ten years. Sad, sad, sad. How I miss Dick Button's commentary.