Read on for their discussion of the difficulties facing the Olympics and its American broadcasters — and a few of the silver linings that have emerged so far. Combine that with the news coming out of Tokyo about the stumbles of star athletes and it becomes doubly frustrating. You would have had to stay in a closet all day if you didn’t want to know the outcome before turning on your TV tonight. And I still have moments of playing mental gymnastics when I think about the bigger Olympics picture. But it’s hard not to think that the Tokyo Games are shaping up to be NBC’s worst nightmare: evidence that one of TV’s most lucrative events won’t transition smoothly into the medium’s streaming age.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 27, 2021 22:41 UTC