NC just cut off the Olympics (women's 800 M finals!) with an ad!

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I have to vent!

[Control-Z]

1. What event was cut off? n/t

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3. swimming

[spanone]

2. they went back to it. it was eight minutes long, i guess teevee can't go that long w/o commercial

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4. afterwards

they cut it off abruptly in the middle of the race! They need to organize themselves better.

[pinboy3niner]

5. They've done worse...

Olympic Viewing: NBC's poorly timed commercial
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer – 1 hour ago


NBC says no offense was intended by a poorly timed promotional ad featuring a monkey on gymnastics rings that aired on the network directly following a commentary by Bob Costas on Gabby Douglas' gold medal inspiring other African-American girls to take up the sport.

The gymnastics-themed ad for the upcoming NBC comedy "Animal Practice" was specifically timed to run late Thursday night following the women's gold medal competition. NBC said it was scheduled to run before the network knew about Costas' commentary.

"Much of America has fallen in love with Gabby Douglas," Costas said. "Also safe to say that there are some young African-American girls out there who tonight are saying to themselves, 'Hey, I'd like to try that, too.'"

Then NBC switched to the commercial with the small, widely grinning monkey on the rings. Blacks in the past have been disparagingly referred to as monkeys to the point where it is considered a common slur.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hiqHvvG2suk3GAUfw_n6hVvZqXmg?docId=8a7e469295874647a7526e965a31e117

[Zax2me]

6. WTF?!

Talk about screwing up...thought OP was being a little nit picky.
Guess not.
Looks like a trend.

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7. That's dreadful!

shocking