Okay - I can see both sides. I'm not naive about the Olympics being big business. But I wonder whether this will be the case in 2012?
We're simply not in the right time zone surely?

I'll be mad as hell if they schedule events during the night for financial reasons. I don't care whether it's pandering to the dollar, the yen or the bhat - if I can't watch the Olympics at a reasonable time in my own city then I don't see why my taxes should pay to hold it in the first place.

It doesn't bother me overly if Madonna or Kylie lip synch to their earlier performances (although it does indicate a lack of talent or confidence). But a performer who lip synchs to another person's performance is taking credit for the work and talent of someone else. That's why Milli Vanilli sank and what I find sad and wrong about the Beijing story.

SG, by 2012 I think you'll find that even fewer hours of the olympics will be televised than now. I remember as a kid the olympics were on nearly around the clock, but that was back before the interwebz took over.

I think major events will be moved to be a later start in london, say 9-10PM so that they'll be televised in late afternoon to early evening in the US. Truthfully, even this year you can keep up to date while at work and I think that web access will only grow.

They are on all night long, here. :zzz:

Yeah, the men's gymnastic all-around didn't end until 2am here.

Yes, I suppose that would work - we're already an hour ahead of mainland Europe, so it would fit in with their schedules too. I'd still expect that to be limited to the indoor events though. As a kid I always remember track & field taking place in the sunlight - it would feel very wrong to me if the big athletics events were held under spotlights. Might as well only consider countries in the US time zone if it's that important.

(for clarity this is not an anti-American issue - I know when you held the World Cup the times were calculated to appeal to the largest amount of fans)

How unfair. I'd like them to be on during my dinner hour.;)

Exactly my point!

The olympics are televised pretty much around the clock here. It's very popular and everyone seem to be keeping up with what's going on. Australia is a nation of sports lovers though, and we excel in most sports we represent, so that's probably a big part of it. We're all very impressed with our olympians. They are doing our small nation very proud.

Man, I was enjoying the live event streams on the NBC website last night, but I can't get the streams to work tonight. Recorded stuff plays fine, but no live streams will load.

Fascinating article on how they follow the divers with the camera.
Hint... they drop the damn thing. ;)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121856740339434067.html

16 years old Minimum MY DYEN ASS !!!!
The 2 on the left OK ,
Maybe the third from the left ok ,
but the three form the right , NO F**Kn WAY !!!!!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/...52e43e12_b.jpg
Try and tell a cop Well shes 16 !!!!

oh and by the way ,
HELL F**KN YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!
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The American girls went gold and silver in the individual all around.

MICHAEL PHELPS MIRACLE 1/100 OF A SECOND
USAIN BOLT JOGGIN THE LAST 50 METERS

i love the olympics so much :)

Unbelievable finish!