For NBC, the Olympic figure skating final is the big show, almost as big as the Super Bowl. For the German TV network ZDF it’s no show at all. Olympic programming this evening has been pre-empted for live coverage of Karneval in Cologne. Figure skating fans here have to wait for the late night wrapup… or switch to Eurosport, where the Olympic coverage is better anyway.
Clowns instead of Figure Skating
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Yeah, what was the IOC thinking when they scheduled the Olympics for this time of the year?
It also occurred to me that the Germans aren’t competitive in skating this go round. I guess they decided to focus on the women with guns. So the clowns would probably have gotten higher ratings, anyway.