Rio De Janeiro 2016 Olympic TV ratings.

[hwy19man]

It has been fantastic to watch these Olympics especially with it being in the Atlantic timezone which makes it easier to watch it live.

Here are this past weekend's ratings (and the first weekend of the Olympics) among the top 16 sport programs.

The Olympic ratings are a combined total of the CBC, TSN, and Sportsnet.

1. Friday Opening Ceremonies, Friday---3,365,000

2. Sunday Eastern Prime Time coverage----2,950,000

3. Sunday Daytime coverage----2,050,000

4. Saturday Eastern Prime Time coverage----1,830,000

5. Saturday Afternoon coverage----1,670,000

6. Sunday Pacific Prime Time----1,330,000

7. Sunday Morning coverage----1,280,000

9. Saturday Morning coverage----1,180,000

12. Saturday Pacific Prime Time----780,000

15. Hockey, World Junior Showcase, Canada vs. Sweden, Friday on TSN: 130,000

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--rio-olympics-looking-like-a-winner-for-cbc-202856821.html

[Resolute 14]

Only semi-related, but I can't believe how awful the announcing is in these Olympics. All of the announcers sound like they are watching on TV from Toronto, don't actually care, and never bothered to hire colour commentators. And everyone is using the Sportsnet philosophy if muting the crowd (such as it is) noise. I find myself struggling to watch many events because of it.

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Whoops, wrong thread.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Only semi-related, but I can't believe how awful the announcing is in these Olympics. All of the announcers sound like they are watching on TV from Toronto, don't actually care, and never bothered to hire colour commentators. And everyone is using the Sportsnet philosophy if muting the crowd (such as it is) noise. I find myself struggling to watch many events because of it.

They don't run the cameras and sound I thought?

The olympics provide a feed that everyone uses and they comment ?

[Resolute 14]

Yes, it is a master feed. But like everything else down there, it seems half-assed.

The commentating quality from the Canadian consortium is just awful though.

[drewtastic]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Only semi-related, but I can't believe how awful the announcing is in these Olympics. All of the announcers sound like they are watching on TV from Toronto, don't actually care, and never bothered to hire colour commentators. And everyone is using the Sportsnet philosophy if muting the crowd (such as it is) noise. I find myself struggling to watch many events because of it.

Agreed--watched Nigeria vs Spain mens basketball yesterday. The commentator (though, to be fair, was by himself) sounded like me, making random comments at the TV. It was comedically amateurish.

Also--can someone tell me what this "big mistake" was that Elliott Friedman made? People are consoling him all over Twitter but I don't know what the actual incident was. Thanks in advance!

[Since1984]

Originally Posted by drewtastic

Agreed--watched Nigeria vs Spain mens basketball yesterday. The commentator (though, to be fair, was by himself) sounded like me, making random comments at the TV. It was comedically amateurish.

Also--can someone tell me what this "big mistake" was that Elliott Friedman made? People are consoling him all over Twitter but I don't know what the actual incident was. Thanks in advance!

This is why everyone has brought Elliot in to the Limelight!

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...lps-with-rival

[GirlySports]

i'm glad Canadians are being shown in a good light again.

lots of comments like:
"wow, twitter has a heart" followed by "well, they're Canadian"

[hwy19man]

Here are some articles on the entire Friedman story of his errors. The Sports Illustrated writer is very good. The last link is from Friedman's twitter account.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/shoalts-sure-elliotte-friedman-goofed-but-he-also-showed-grace-under-fire/article31387478/

http://www.si.com/olympics/2016/08/12/elliotte-friedman-cbc-michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-rio-olympics

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/elliotte-friedman-s-olympian-gaffes-shouldn-t-tarnish-his-work-in-sports-broadcasting-215802910.html

https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2016/08/12/cbc-sportscaster-mixes-up-olympic-swimmers-michael-phelps-and-ryan-lochte.html

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/764228794190270464?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp %5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

i'm glad Canadians are being shown in a good light again.

lots of comments like:
"wow, twitter has a heart" followed by "well, they're Canadian"

The Toronto Star links have negative comments along with positive ones.

[Flamenspiel]

nvm.

[hwy19man]

Here are this past weekend's ratings (and the second weekend of the Olympics) among the top 18 sport programs.

The Olympic ratings are a combined total of the CBC, TSN, and Sportsnet.

1. Sunday Eastern Prime Time coverage----3,767,600

2. Saturday Eastern Prime Time coverage----3,044,300

3. Friday Eastern Prime Time coverage----2,719,600

4. Sunday Afternoon coverage----2,209,800

5. Saturday Afternoon coverage----2,146,600

6. Friday Pacific Prime Time----1,592,300

7. Friday Afternoon coverage----1,546,400

8. Saturday Morning coverage----1,391,900

9. Sunday Pacific Prime Time----1,226,700

10. Sunday Morning coverage----1,222,600

12. Saturday Pacific Prime Time----1,169,300

14. Friday Morning coverage----861,500

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh...130432498.html