Did you all like the "wide open" coverage July 4th weekend from TNT?

Question

I thought it was great and wish all the networks would do it. And yes, I did actually watch some of the commercials that ran down in the corner of the screen

Answer 1

I liked it, but it seemed so commercialized.  Let me explain.  First I love NASCAR, but keep in mind that there are 43 different bill-boards on the track.  Then you had a ad every 5 minutes or so, plus the ones in the corner.  They need to do like ESPN does for the Indycar races and during ad have the race in one small corner and the ads in the other.  If you havent watched one of the Indy races on ESPN, watch one and you will see what NASCAR fans have been missing.  The only reason I say that is because you seem to miss everything that happens during ad, whether it be wrecks, races off of pit road, black flags and disputes between drivers.  So when I miss all of that I kind of feel in the dark when the race comes back from commercicals.

Answer 2

I thought it was ok. I got a little annoyed when someone was crahsing and they were still showing a commercial in the corner. I wish they could have broken into that commercial and told us what was going on. The announcers leading up to the commercials with one liners also got a little redundant. But over all, it was good.

Answer 3

Well, it was much better than umpteen million commercials. How many times last night did they go to commercial only to come back under caution. I think three or four. If they had used the "wide open" coverage like the week before, we would have seen the cautions happen. Not all of them were for debris.

Answer 4

I liked it.

Answer 5

I enjoyed it alot better than last night watching Larry Mac pretend to cut someone in half while the race was being run & we couldn't see it here in tv land.

Of course I was at both races last weekend in Daytona so I didn't have to see the commercials anyway. But still last night's coverage was embarassing for TNT. And I for 1 was very unhappy with them.

Answer 6

yeah...i did

Answer 7

It Sucked.

Answer 8

Yeah.  I was hoping they would have done that with the race last night but they didn't

Answer 9

No cant Tivo threw the commerials