The basic problem with NBC’s coverage is that they haven’t improved the fundamentals of the coverage in spite of massive changes in the way people take in content. The prime-time coverage is largely as it’s always been: a few events (including figure skating) are heavily showcased, a few other events (most skiing and speed skating fall into this category) are usually shown in an abbreviated format regular viewers instantly recognize as “USA-Plus” (meaning you see the Americans, plus a few other people who are relevant because they either do very well or wipe out spectacularly), and two events – hockey and curling – are shown as complete events, but they’re shoved off to cable.

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Linda Holms on why NBC’s Olympics coverage pisses off just about everyone.

Dick Ebersol shoulders a lot of the criticism for the coverage, unfairly or not, as the head of NBC Sports & Olympics, inspiring plenty of ire across the internet. You’ll remember Ebersol as the executive who called Conan an “astounding failure”.