Thursday 2 August 2012

Media-Mind: Why NBC Is Allowed to Ruin the Olympics

Viewers can yell and kick and scream about not being able to watch events live, and not showing games live certainly is an archaic idea in a society that lives on fast food, Twitter and high-speed Internet. Waiting is no longer part of the social vocabulary and NBC is telling everyone that they have to.

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Ryan Seacrest on Olympics: 'You can't please everyone'

Ryan Seacrest is part of the team (and that means tweeting getting down with the Fab Five), but he doesn't sound too worried about it.

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The Morning Fix: Bader jumps from ABC to NBC. Grading Seacrest.

Ryan Seacrest, shown with U.S. swimmer Lia Neel, isn't getting high marks from all the critics for his Olympic work.

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Ryan Seacrest scarce, excessive at Olympics

In prime time, Seacrest's role is even less clear. NBC's decision to use his pre-taped heart to heart with Michael Phelps and fam in place of Akram Khan's tribute to the 2005 London bombing victims during the opening ceremony probably didn't help - through no fault of his own, Seacrest became the first big target for critics and coverage-haters, an instant symbol of NBC's self-referential and often overly American-centric tone. Phelps went on to fall short in his first event, as did favored gymnast Jordyn Wieber soon after Seacrest interviewed her and teammate Gabby Douglas. A Seacrest curse? Not exactly. On Tuesday, Seacrest showed up in prime time, using a pre-taped interview with Phelps and his coach to introduce the men's 200 meter butterfly; Phelps took silver and tied for the world record number of Olympic medals (he would break the record later that day).

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Julianne Hough Dishes on Meeting Ryan Seacrest While Still Dating Chuck Wicks

As far as what drew Seacrest and Hough together, the ‘Is That So Wrong’ songstress says it was all about their similarities. ”We both like that perfection in ourselves, and we want to make our relationship like that,” she explains.

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NBC's 'Today' plays familiar Games

Ryan Seacrest joins Al Roker, Natalie Morales and Savannah Guthrie to report on the Olympics for NBC. / Dave Hogan, NBC

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