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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 07:12 PM
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6. Yep. When the flags starts waving too prominently, it's a quick flip to Comcast Ch. 99 for me.
They seem to handle patriotism a lot less annoyingly on the CBC.
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  -Olympics. Is it me or is NBC showing more sports. edhopper  Aug-14-08 07:02 PM   #0 
  - The personal stories were an effort to attract more female viewers  Dreamer Tatum   Aug-14-08 07:03 PM   #1 
  - Hmph, I watch AFTER track and field starts, too  Lydia Leftcoast   Aug-14-08 07:05 PM   #2 
     - I love weightlifting!It's my favorite event!  w8liftinglady   Aug-14-08 07:06 PM   #3 
     - YMMV n/t  Dreamer Tatum   Aug-14-08 07:10 PM   #5 
     - Haven't seen any of that except online  seemunkee   Aug-14-08 08:44 PM   #16 
  - Other than the jingoism, I'm liking the coverage.  TahitiNut   Aug-14-08 07:07 PM   #4 
  - Yep. When the flags starts waving too prominently, it's a quick flip to Comcast Ch. 99 for me.  marmar   Aug-14-08 07:12 PM   #6 
  - Absolutely! And I am actually, for the first time in a long time,  kestrel91316   Aug-14-08 07:15 PM   #7 
  - NBC is showing sports?  Canuckistanian   Aug-14-08 07:18 PM   #8 
  - It looks like it to me. I watch it at the gym and it's mostly sports.  AlinPA   Aug-14-08 07:19 PM   #9 
  - Yes, I am noticing a difference too.  GreenPartyVoter   Aug-14-08 07:23 PM   #10 
  - Yeah well I am just a tad pissed  Horse with no Name   Aug-14-08 07:26 PM   #11 
  - Universal HD is replaying last night's CNBC feed  CatholicEdHead   Aug-14-08 08:01 PM   #12 
  - It seems to me like they're showing more sports, too.  BerryBush   Aug-14-08 08:21 PM   #13 
  - but volleyball?????  spanone   Aug-14-08 08:22 PM   #14 
  - You hate volleyball  pokerfan   Aug-14-08 10:34 PM   #20 
  - I noticed that too..  sendero   Aug-14-08 08:38 PM   #15 
  - The Winter Olympics tend to be sappier  theboss   Aug-14-08 08:45 PM   #17 
  - ABC and the late Roone Arledge were guilty of most of those sob stories  Bluebear   Aug-14-08 08:46 PM   #18 
  - Granted, I haven't watched much...  Iggo   Aug-14-08 09:48 PM   #19 
 

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