Comments on: NBC’s Coverage of 2008 French Open Men’s Semifinal Was Awful

By: French Open 2011 › PhilHuang.com

French Open 2011 › PhilHuang.com — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:03:07 +0000

[...] be on your TV, but it’s better than nothing. And certainly much better than in years past (2008 / 2009). Post a [...]

By: Paul Neale

Paul Neale — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:19:45 +0000

Hey it’s 2011 and nothing has changed the story remains the same!

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:59:18 +0000

If you think they tennis coverage sucks watch their coverage of the Olympics. I wish I were in Albania instead of the USA. I might be able to see something except all those talking heads saying nothing and maybe competitors from countries other than China and the USA and more than two sports. I’m so mad I could kick that Costas guy butt, Really really hard.

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WHY IS ESPN2 SHOWING DOUBLES » PhilHuang.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:53:21 +0000

[...] my post about NBC’s awful coverage of the French Open semi’s. They are absolutely horrible. I hope they don’t pump their broadcast full of commercials but [...]

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:51:21 +0000

This hits the nail right on the head. I got up at 7 o’clock for nothing. Once I’m up, there’s no way I’m getting back to sleep, so I had to wait around for 3 hours to watch a match that was already over! Not only that, but they showed ads not only after odd games (when the players change ends-that is when it is appropriate to show commercials) but after even ones as well. The players would get ready to serve and BAM! A commercial.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I think Ted Robinson and John McEnroe are phenomenal commentators, but the rest of NBC’s coverage is TERRIBLE. Not just in tennis, but other sports as well. Notre Dame football blows, the NHL on NBC needs improvements (maybe they should try not showing the Detroit Dead Wings EVERY GOD DAMN WEEKEND), even Sunday Night Football has gone downhill (minus Keith Olbermann-he’s great) due to the lack of variation in their teams (once again, we have the Dallas Cowboys!). I dare not even mention the Olympics.

Truth is, NBC needs to just give up on tennis. The coverage is horrible, the time allotment is too short, and they’re doing it for the wrong reason (to make tons of money off of ads).

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:21:58 +0000

Philip:
You are right on. NBC sucks not only in the French Open coverage, but they will suck even bigger when it comes to the Olympics. The whole thing will be gymnastics and other stupid crap no one other than women want to watch. As for the French, people who are tennis fans should somehow unite to pressure NBC to give up the rights to covering the tournament. If a network is going to make money off of it like they do, they should be held to a certain standard of coverage. The fact that the Federer match was not aired at all pisses me off beyond belief. Then the tennis channel didn’t have it due to NBC having the rights. NBC, you suck, and the Jay Leno issue proves along with everything else you do that you suck, suck, suck…..