# Suck it, NBC. Fucking Olympic spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867 "2006-02-24T00:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/21 "2006-02-24T14:54:07Z")
> [@Waverly](#): > > Does a post 11pm telecast of the top skaters really help this? I’m also baffled at the love of late night sports events. When I grew up, there always seemed to be sports available Saturday and Sunday afternoon, Wide World of Sports and all that. I sure as hell didn’t stay up until 11:30 as a 5 year old watching the Olympics in '76. Now, you can’t see a decent boxing match unless you spend $45, and stay up until 11:30 Saturday night for it to start. You want to watch a GOOD World Series game, you’re up until 12:30 since they’ll have a zillion pitching changes and every at bat takes twice as long, nice if you get up at 6am for work. I think this is all a bit short sighted, you have to build a customer base for sports as well, not just squeeze the existing base for all its worth. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/22 "2006-02-24T15:04:16Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > When I grew up, there always seemed to be sports available Saturday and Sunday afternoon, Wide World of Sports and all that. I sure as hell didn’t stay up until 11:30 as a 5 year old watching the Olympics in '76. Absofuckinglutely. Sports are not _for_ kids, but top level sports should be available _to_ them. Kids should have been watching the top skaters, and not staying up until midnight to do it. The agony of defeat! Yeah, things have changed. I also used to spend hours outside, rain or shine, playing unorganized sports with my friends. Nowadays it’s either _highly_ organized, or it’s Madden 2006. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/23 "2006-02-24T15:13:43Z")
GE is sucktastic on all their websites. Even their intranet is a fucking mess. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/24 "2006-02-24T15:26:11Z")
Here’s something you can really warm up to, **Waverly**. . . I’m watching the women’s curling gold medal game on CNBC yesterday. They break into CNBC for a little update of what the markets did, and then without warning the announcer says, “In a surprise upset, neither Slutskaya nor Cohen won the gold medal.” and then goes on to say “catch all the action on NBC starting at 8:00”. That was on CNBC. NBC’s partner. In their biggest event. Remarkable stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/25 "2006-02-24T15:52:40Z")
I see the event broadcast live here in Japan from 6am-7am. Zzzzz… ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/26 "2006-02-24T15:56:30Z")
> [@JpnDude](#): > > I see the event broadcast live here in Japan from 6am-7am. Zzzzz… So are people there going nuts? I bet Arakawa get’s one heck of a welcome home party. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/27 "2006-02-24T16:00:28Z")
I am curious as to whether **Waverly** actually lodged a complaint with NBC. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/28 "2006-02-24T17:17:44Z")
I watched the ladies figure skating free skate on CBC live. 🆒 I watched who won hours before NBC started to show any skaters. I don’t know what I’ll do if I ever move somewhere that doesn’t have CBC. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/29 "2006-02-24T17:27:00Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > … and then without warning the announcer says, “In a surprise upset, neither Slutskaya nor Cohen won the gold medal.” AAAAaaaaaaaagggghhhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/30 "2006-02-24T17:28:25Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > AAAAaaaaaaaagggghhhhhh! Exactly! (Don’t tell me you Tivo’ed it and were watching it tonight!) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/31 "2006-02-24T17:55:40Z")
Just kidding as I knew not to enter such a thread if I wanted it to remain a secret. As it happens, these competitions (Winter Olympics) are ones in which I actually like to know the outcome before watching because it makes me look harder at the actual performance instead of getting behind the emotion of the event, but as a general rule I’m 100% behind the OP. NBC news shows a pic of the medals and winner each night during both the local and the national broadcast but no audio is included and they in no uncertain terms warn you beforehand to look away if you don’t want to know. It a shame that same consideration hasn’t been extended to their website. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/32 "2006-02-24T18:34:06Z")
I was at a stupid fundraising meeting last night and we were talking about how it was the Grand Slam of t.v. We had Survivor, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol and the ladies free skate finals all on the same night. I told them that I was taping the Olympics and planned to watch it bright and early the next day so I wasn’t spoiled. And do you know what this bitch did? She said, “Well, I don’t want to ruin it for you, but I can tell you one thing. If you’re expecting Sasha Cohen to win, you’ll be disappointed. She fell twice.” I just sat there, stunned. Finally I said steely, “Well, thanks for not ruining it for me.” :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/33 "2006-02-24T19:01:11Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I’m watching the women’s curling gold medal game on CNBC yesterday. They break into CNBC for a little update of what the markets did, and then without warning the announcer says, “In a surprise upset, neither Slutskaya nor Cohen won the gold medal.” and then goes on to say “catch all the action on NBC starting at 8:00”. This is the same special brand of stupidity, but an even worse example than mine. Now you can’t even watch a telecast without them spoiloring for a sister channel. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/34 "2006-02-24T19:42:41Z")
> [@Waverly](#): > > I decided to watch some of the programs anyway. It didn’t start at 7pm. It didn’t start at 8pm. There were a couple skaters mixed in with other events between 8 and 10pm. I fell asleep sometime after 11pm having seen Sasha Cohen skate, but there were at least 4 of the top skaters who hadn’t been on yet. You lasted later than I did. I stayed up, watching country after country send skaters in. Then they said Sasha Cohen coming up next, in the next group. There’s 6 to a group and they get a skating warm-up period, 4 minutes of skating, 2 minute of results, 2 minutes of commercials…so I just said F-it and went to bed. I knew how it turned out anyway. **PunditLisa** , you should have clocked her one. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867/35 "2006-02-24T20:10:21Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > I am curious as to whether **Waverly** actually lodged a complaint with NBC. I’m pretty vocal when I feel there is some small chance that I’ll be heard. In this case, I think that chance is zero, and I have chosen not to waste my time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-nbc-fucking-olympic-spoilers/345867.md?page=1)