How were you watching USA if you don't have cable? If you are watching on Peacock you just needed to back out of the USA feed and go into the Primetime NBC feed. I fell asleep before Chen skated last night, I want Bobsleigh now.No cable, we don't get NBC
ETA: I am techno-stupid but figured out how to stream NBC via Sling in time to watch the last 6 skaters. YAY, NATHAN!! Congratulations on your gold!!
Could just be the scheduling. US might have better chances in later events.
See, there was no need to be impatient. At the end of Thursday (Bejing time), the US has 10 medals, including 4 gold. Canada has 12, but only one gold. Both countries are back on track.
Granted, the slow start for the US likely caused TV viewers to tune out and find other things to do. I wouldn’t be surprised if ratings were dismal.
I always in past watched the Olympics and loved it. I haven’t watched one newscast or one event. Viewership is down for obvious reasons.Yeah, but some overly optimistic writers were predicted 35+ medals for the US. It's not going to happen at this pace. 25 seems a more reasonable goal. I know the 2018 medal total was a major disappointment.
The US speed skating teams, both long and short track, pretty much fell apart after 2010. In the later 90s and thru 2010 the US would usually achieve about 10 to 12 medals in those events. Now it's 2 or 3.
I think I read that the ratings for this Opening Ceremony were the lowest in history.
Depends on where you're streaming from. I'm watching all of it through the Peacock service, I guarantee they have data on how many people are watching Peacock at any given time. I would expect all of the legitimate services to offer similar data. The ones that are hard if not impossible to measure are those shady services that are on the edge of legality and people watching actual over the air content.There's no real way to know how many are actually watching the games. I have watched almost everything I've seen through streaming and rarely turn on a single TV channel. Streaming and online is hard if not impossible to measure.
@tvguy might be able to answer this.There's no real way to know how many are actually watching the games. I have watched almost everything I've seen through streaming and rarely turn on a single TV channel. Streaming and online is hard if not impossible to measure.
My husband and I were talking about the fact that the US does not do as well with medals in the Winter Olympics. Our conclusion is that many of these sports are not as well funded or as well known. It is not as if kids are competing in high school in luge or skeleton. Yes kids play hockey, ski, and skate but again those are very expensive sports not just not available to all kids. I love the olympics and I have watched much of the coverage by recording it on youtubeTV.
My oldest child who is highly competitive. He played 4 sports in high school and then walked onto the crew team in college (never rowed a day in his life) seems to think that if he could have 4 years to prepare he could compete in cross country skiing. I think he has lost his mind since he hates the cold but if he could quit work and train who knows - he has a different level of determination. To be an elite athlete you just have to have a different mindset and be well funded.
I wonder what the most dangerous sport is....luge, skeleton or bobsled.
I also wonder if it is, partly, due to the difference in the make up of countries participating. I've not actually analysed, but it seems to be more lower income countries at the summer games than winter ones (there are more lower income countries the global south than global north). No idea if it might mean anything but, it might.
Overhyped Alpine skier Mikaela Shriffrin flames out spectacularly. Again.
There's no real way to know how many are actually watching the games. I have watched almost everything I've seen through streaming and rarely turn on a single TV channel. Streaming and online is hard if not impossible to measure.