What amuses me about NBC is they’re trying really hard to pretend that the opening ceremony haven’t happened yet, even though 8:08pm has already passed in Beijing. I’m watching the Today Show right now: Al Roker and Natalie are in the NY studio saying stuff like “and the opening ceremonies coming later tonight!” while Matt Lauer & Ann Curry *are in* Beijing on screen on some kind of weird mini-tape delay. It looks like it’s early evening there but they can’t be live because the opening ceremony is going on right now. The lengths to which they’re going to perpetuate this ruse in order to protect their exclusive coverage here in the U.S. is a little insulting to our intelligence.

— Posted by Jon

I simply tired of NBC’s Olympic coverage. Over-exposure of American athletes, ridiculous behind the sport stories, and horrific timing. Remember Sydney? I was hopeful their online player would allow greater flexibility for schedules, but not showing the opening ceremonies online is further evidence of NBC’s “don’t worry, we’ll show you what we think is important” approach to the olympics. boo.

— Posted by killie42

NBC’s Olympic coverage is terrible across the board. Their TV stations don’t cover many events, case in point: this opening ceremony. Their Internet coverage is simply unaccessible.

I can’t say this is a bad thing as it further legitimizes and promotes piracy.

— Posted by NBC Dislike