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2021-08-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Wokester wake-up call: NBC Olympics ratings plunge 49%

[American Thinker] Well, the Olympics television viewership ratings are in for NBC and, boy, are they ugly:

NBC’s primetime coverage of the Tokyo Olympics on July 26 averaged 14.7 million viewers -- for a 49% drop compared to the equivalent night from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and 53% less than the 2012 London Olympics. The opening ceremonies saw their lowest viewership since 1988.

Fox News reports that the network is actually giving advertisers extra ad time just to make up for all the lost revenue.

And sure, there are a few reasons -- Simone Biles's exit, and subsequent Oprahfied melodrama about her mental health certainly sucked a lot of air out of the room. The capacity to watch the shows one likes on YouTube any time one likes is another. A third one is the International Olympic Committee getting rid of "guy" sports like wrestling in favor of circus-dancing contests (complete with sparkly lion-tamer costumes) such as rhythmic gymnastics. The big one, though, is the one the advertisers don't talk about: Wokester politics invading sports, which repels the public.

We saw that earlier, with professional basketball following professional football off the ratings cliff. Now the Olympics, and in particular, U.S. Olympics, has followed that sorry herd.

Some instances were out there, like turds in the Olympic punch bowl.

One, that character who crossed her arms on the Olympic podium to protest the U.S. after winning Olympic silver. Who the heck was she and what can we do to ensure we never hear from her again?

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-09 03:40|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 I blame Scarlet Nexus and Knockout City.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-09 03:53|| 2021-08-09 03:53|| Front Page Top

#2

Still have not watch any of the Tokyo Olympic.

Have only seen occasional media/blog photos.

The most memorable photo so far.
The Odd colored hair, ?Female? Anti-USA, Pro Woke, BLM and etc. claimed soccer team, losing while playing politics for personal fame.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-09 06:24|| 2021-08-09 06:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sure the lesson they will draw is that they weren't woke enough.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-09 07:41|| 2021-08-09 07:41|| Front Page Top

#4 NN21, I accidentally watched 10 seconds or so while flipping through cable channels with my remote. My bad!

Posted by magpie 2021-08-09 09:22|| 2021-08-09 09:22|| Front Page Top

#5 What's the old saying - one bad apple spoils the barrel.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-09 11:23|| 2021-08-09 11:23|| Front Page Top

#6 We are not hearing the all-important age group breakdown for the viewership, so you know it's bad. Going to bet the sort of white kids I saw at the beach today listening to hip-hop did not watch the Olympics at all. Yes, I was at the beach today. My 62nd b'day, I took the day off. Bourbon, porterhouse and a bit later cigar and double fudge chocolate cake. Happy birthday to me...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-09 17:30|| 2021-08-09 17:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Happy birthday, dear M! May the pleasures of this day foreshadow an amazing year to come!

Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-09 22:09|| 2021-08-09 22:09|| Front Page Top

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