TV Junkie: Winter Olympics Great Despite...
Michael Morse of the USA during his moguls qualifications run at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
- WTF NBC? It's an epic fail to tape-delay footage even for viewers who are in the same time zone as Vancouver. Also, why is Canada's CTV able to provide almost 2,400 hours of footage with 14 live streams to your 835 hours? Wow, great healthcare and 3x the event coverage, we hear the maple leaf calling us.
- After a bit of research, we've figured out that at least 30 of NBC's 53 commentators are over 50 years old and of the remainder, only a handful are less than 40 years old. We're not suggesting that the commentators need a bunch of facial piercings and tats to gain traction with younger viewers but it certainly isn't necessary to have been at the 1960 Winter Games to intelligently refer to events that transpired there.
- One thing NBC could do would be to get rid of the dead-weight embodied by the obnoxious, horse-toothed Mary Carillo and the bumbling Al Trautwig - both of these individuals leave the viewer less-informed and less-inspired after their broadcasts.
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Tonight: A couple weeks ago we spoke with a producer at CBS who said that the network would engage in some tactical counter-programming but we see zero evidence of that this week. Instead we have Fox continuing fearlessly with "24", TNT's "Men of a Certain Age" (great episode tonight), FX's "Damages", and Showtime's trio of comedies.
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Last week we wrote about the "Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!" fan page on Facebook and on Saturday afternoon they officially exceeded the number of fans the actual "SNL" fan page has. How long can NBC ignore it?
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The TV Junkie Plan: Olympics (1st hour, then the late night show), "24", "Men of a Certain Age", "Chelsea Lately" (Dan Levy is on the panel!), Letterman (Tracy Morgan), Olympics late night
8:00pm Olympic Winter Games 2010 NBC - Special Presentation. Figure skating: pairs Gold Medal final; speed skating: men's 500m Gold Medal final; snowboarding: men's snowboard cross Gold Medal final
8:00pm The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love ABC - The final three bachelorettes join Jake on the island of St. Lucia; each woman must decide if she wants to join Jake in the fantasy suite after a romantic date; Jake sends one bachelorette home.
8:00pm 134th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show: Opening Night USA - Special Presentation
9:00pm 24 FOX - Day 8: 11:00PM - 12:00AM President Taylor pressures CTU for progress; Bauer's perilous plan panics operatives
9:00pm Facing Ali Spike TV - Special Presentation
10:00pm Men of a Certain Age TNT - Joe looks for a house after his son's anxiety issues worsen; Terry meets up with an acting buddy from his past
10:00pm Damages FX - Patty grills Louis Tobin about his fraud; Joe Tobin is faced with a decision that will determine his family's fate forever.
10:00pm Secret Diary of a Call Girl Showtime - Tension between Belle and Duncan increases; Jackie wants her sister to accept her relationship; Bambi ignores Belle's warnings.
10:00pm Ultimate Cake Off TLC - Cake artists compete to build creations for the Long Beach Ballet's annual performance of "The Nutcracker" and win $10,000.
10:00pm Kell on Earth Bravo - As fashion week comes to a close, the staff has an event for Nicolas Petrou; Kelly must make a difficult decision.
10:30pm Tracey Ullman's State of the Union Showtime - Gun merchant attends a show; job interview; antiques appraiser; neo-hippie.
11:00pm Chelsea Lately E! - Actress Kate Flannery; round-table participants include Loni Love, Dan Levy and Sarah Colonna.
11:00pm La La Land Showtime - LA gets skewered again, and accurately too
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actor Tracy Morgan; the winner of the Daytona 500; Fanfarlo performs.
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - Actor Colin Firth; actress Amanda Righetti.