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Why are the Olympics NOT LIVE on the West?

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NBC starts the telecast 3 hours late for us on the west coast. They play it live on the east, but not over here. Why doesn't NBC just start the telecast 3 hours earlier, so we can be sync'd with the rest of the world? instead.. we hear results hours before we even get to see them.

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  1. NBC schedules their broadcasts so that the most popular events will be shown during prime time (7:00-11:00 pm).  That's when most people are home and able to watch TV... and advertisers are willing to pay more for commercials when there's a larger viewing audience.


  2. i know!

    i don't get it.

    they should let US see it live sometimes!

    it's also very confusing to figure out when our time is.

    yeah it also sucks cuz EVERYONE eles knows the results and we don't. if you go on the internet things are all over the place on how this person won! or this team lost! it ruins it!


  3. i havent researched into this but i would think its because it would ruin all the scheduled tv shows and programs that would run at the current time in the west... not sure but thats my guess  

  4. They are but then I live in West Australia

  5. hey you've got it better than us aussies

    it's supposed to be live for us if the finals were swum at night like they're supposed to be (we're only 3 hrs ahead)

    ...but no, NBC made china swim them during the day so the americans could watch phelps live

    i have to watch it at school during lunch and recess lol

  6. yeah, that's not fair, i live on the east coast and i though since we watch it here live between 10 and 11 that you guys would be watching it 3 hours earlier, that doesn't make any sence really. i mean that would be the perfect time for you guy to be watching it.

  7. I know! I live in LA and it really pisses me off...I hate going to check my mail on Yahoo and finding out the results before I actually get to watch the games! I agree with you about NBC s******g this Olympics up for the West..they really should start the telecast 3 hours earlier. Maybe they'll learn for the London 2012 Olympics....

  8. I watch it live every day. CBC which cover other countries not just the states.

  9. watch this for more on what you're tlking about

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGVVK2R5f...


  10. On the Canadian Channel they are live on the West Coast.

  11. because of the time difference, since the west is 3 hours behind the eastern time zone

  12. Sucks to be an American, I guess.

    CBC broadcasts theirs live.  It's pretty late - which is unfortunate.  But it's live.

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