Olympics US TV audience

[Chop HO]

Viewership down about 60% compared to 2018. What’s going on?

 

[Robinahood]

No interest. Maybe people really do care about all of the human rights violations.

 

[Crayfish57]

Haven't watched a minute so far

 

[Robinahood]

Me either. I just wish there was a good way to hit NBC and the rest of the sponsors like Coca Cola permanently in their wallets for all of their woke crap.

 

[IndySouthsider]

Boycott. Should never have been awarded to Beijing

 

[Boiler Buck]

Haven't watched a minute either. Apparently, there are millions like us that won't watch because its in China and the wokeness of sponsors. And thus the thing sponsors paid for is a flop. You know, that's just too bad. Lol.

 

[Indy_Rider]

I think this is the trend and has to do with more issues than China human rights. Winter Olympics has always been less of a draw, then you have the time zone difference, so you can't really watch anything live. Plus you now have a so many different streaming options of things to watch, you don't have the captive audience with nothing else to watch like you used to.

Even my parents are now doing the streaming TV with the free Pluto, Xumo and Roku services. So even they people who will not pay for TV have easy options and other things to watch.

 

[charlespig]

Viewership down about 60% compared to 2018. What’s going on?

Olympic fatigue? We just had a summer Olympics half a year ago. Plus, some of the American athletes (e.g. Eileen Gu) now compete for China, which makes it even less of an interest for Americans viewers. You'd have thought NBC would make Gu the face of the Olympics if she was representing USA.

Not to mention, with the extra week in NFL, it is now coinciding with the Super Bowl.

 

[Hausta01]

Olympic fatigue? We just had a summer Olympics half a year ago. Plus, some of the American athletes (e.g. Eileen Gu) now compete for China, which makes it even less of an interest for Americans viewers. You'd have thought NBC would make Gu the face of the Olympics if she was representing USA.

Not to mention, with the extra week in NFL, it is now coinciding with the Super Bowl.

The super bowl that hasn't happened yet is what people are watching instead of the Olympics?

 

[Chop HO]

I think this is the trend and has to do with more issues than China human rights. Winter Olympics has always been less of a draw, then you have the time zone difference, so you can't really watch anything live. Plus you now have a so many different streaming options of things to watch, you don't have the captive audience with nothing else to watch like you used to.

Even my parents are now doing the streaming TV with the free Pluto, Xumo and Roku services. So even they people who will not pay for TV have easy options and other things to watch.

All pretty good points except the TZ thing. I’d have to disagree because the 2018 Olympics was in Korea.

 

[YouSayPotato]

Viewership down about 60% compared to 2018. What’s going on?

I haven't watched any of it. We now have professionals instead of amatuers, drugged up athletes, trans athletes, goofy snow sports that were invented within the past few years and someone is always trying to protest something.

 

[BuilderBob6]

I've recorded quite a bit and watched. Love the head to head competitions like snowboard cross. Downhill, Slalom, and Super G are fantastic. I still get choked up watching these American athletes fulfill their lifelong dreams.

I'm sure the naysayers who also swore off the NFL after Kaepernick and the kneeling won't be watching the Super Bowl today.