Not bad journalism. In fact, I wouldn't call it journalism at all. NBC's Olympic coverage is storytelling and it was good storytelling.

They can only prepare so much ahead of time. He's never finished higher than 10th. They didn't have anything ready to go.

I was hoping to see more on the silver medalist as well, but NBC clearly wasn't expecting him to podium and had nothing prepared.

Not athletes from last night, but Pikus-Place stole a place in my heart with her Milf good looks and enchanting smile.

They did those interviews for the video package before his race. Bode knew what type of questions were going to asked. He might not have expected quite as much emotion as he revealed, but he knew the moment NBC was looking for.

I think you misread the moment a little. Bode didn't look uncomfortable, he looked emotional. He ended up being overwhelmed by that emotion in a way that took him and the reporter (who was not a stranger by the way) by surprise. And those tears were not merely tears of grief. They were the tears of a man who just…

We watched a man be overcome with emotion during his moment of triumph. How is that not good television? If it happened on scripted television we'd all be praising how powerful it was. And to clarify: this was not a shameful or embarrassing moment for Bode Miller. Why does this offend you?

I think Knibbs read of sexual tension between the American ice dancing team was off. The coverage while contrasting the American and Canadian teams mentioned that the American's were athletes focused on technical skating while the Canadians would give more emotional (and sexually charged) performances. I thought the…

"There should be no rules for how a person chooses to create artistry on the ice"

Look, I've been a Sochi apologist for the most part, but it is imperative that we do not let Putin off the hook EVER. He should be embarrassed that the town he spent 50 billion dollars turning into a tourist mecca still can't provide clean tap water to its tourists. That's pretty strong evidence that Putin's Russia is…

Loved the skeleton coverage. I'm happy to see an event play out over 2 days on the primetime coverage and Pikus-Place is a completely charming rooting interest.

They went off the air with the American woman who won slopestyle gold's medal ceremony, but that's the only one I remember. Not that I'm complaining. They're kind of a drag on the broadcast.

If you have a cable subscription you can stream every event live online.

No, arguments here or from anyone with who appreciates pure awesomeness. Go Mexico?

No major complaints on last night's coverage, so in the spirit of this writeup I'll make same observations about the aesthetics of the Olympics.

Spot on. It's the youth of the sport that is the difference. You can see with the younger riders, the teenagers, it's a little different. They grew up with the Olympics in their minds.

I wouldn't sweat it. I would put more stock in the fact Fox gave it the super bowl slot. There's a lot of money to be made with this show's afterlife on Netflix and other platforms. Networks don't want to be in the business of canceling shows with strong online followings going forward. In a VOD world, quality is…

People are watching it and Fox is fully supportive of it. Why do you think this show isn't destined for greatness? The evidence points to it having a lengthy successful run.

I like when events get some room to breath. It helps to build the drama, but I get your point. I assume NBC's sponsors would have a revolt if figure skating got bumped, but I also assume whoever put together that Amelia Earhart ski jumping commercial is pretty pissed at NBC now too.

NBC's addiction to figure skating is to blame here. That's the event that should of got cut. I think its pretty piss poor programing to cut a first-time event. But it also would have been bad programing to not feature that American girl's unlikely moment of triumph to a broad audience. In many ways that luge segment…