I'm checking out a NBC SN stream to see Tara and Johnny's coverage, and it seems like it's getting bumped for NASCAR... interestingly enough the tv listings don't even have a NASCAR race listed so I wonder what happened there.
http://nowwatchtvlive.co/watch-nbc-sport-networks-live-online -nbc-sport-networks-usa/
I will be :curse::gaah: if it turns out that Rostelecom was aired during the NASCAR rain delay. They wouldn't do that to us, would they?
This could work out well for me. I work about another 1hr and 20 mins. How many laps are left?
I will be :curse::gaah: if it turns out that Rostelecom was aired during the NASCAR rain delay. They wouldn't do that to us, would they?
NBCSN just tweeted a promo for non-skating programming coming up after NASCAR tonight.
Johnny Weir's tweet from approx. 30 min. ago:
Guys I am so sorry you're missing the skating due to car driving. I will get to the bottom of it, but the event will be aired in a few weeks
https://twitter.com/JohnnyGWeir/status/795478091623710720
It doesn't surprise me that they're skipping straight back to regular scheduled after the race finishes. They've already likely destroyed their schedule with the rain delay, trying to make up programming would just kill them further.
Yes, god forbid anyone misses Sports Jeopardy at midnight on a Monday morning.
Johnny Weir's tweet from approx. 30 min. ago:
Guys I am so sorry you're missing the skating due to car driving. I will get to the bottom of it, but the event will be aired in a few weeks
https://twitter.com/JohnnyGWeir/status/795478091623710720
NBC (not NBCSN) already was scheduled to have an hour of Rostelecom coverage on Nov 26 (yes, Nov 26).
Not clear whether that is why Weir refers to "in a few weeks" -- or whether he is talking about getting NBCSN to reschedule its ninety minutes of coverage.
Anyway, my respect to Johnny for acknowledging the glitch re skating.
NBCSN and USFS have not acknowledged it, AFAIK.
If the delay was time-certain - a scheduled break in the race - they would probably air a program like Rostelecom.
But when the delay is time-uncertain - such as rain delays in NASCAR - they will resort to showing old races or such. The reason is simply because they do not know when the race will start again. It may well be that this delay is a passing rain band that is gone in fifteen minutes, and the Air Titans do a good job of drying the track, and so they're off again. In which case, if they'd gone to Rostelecom, they'd either have to cut Rostelecom short or miss some of the racing. A lose-lose situation which no broadcaster wants.
And trust me, the drivers a thousand times more frustrated by the rain delays than we are.
Of course Weir would say something as nonsensically stupid as this. "car driving", indeed. You'll "get to the bottom of it"? What, are you going to go scold the weather gods for unloading the rain over the speedway?
It doesn't surprise me that they're skipping straight back to regular scheduled after the race finishes. They've already likely destroyed their schedule with the rain delay, trying to make up programming would just kill them further.
What bugs me is that NBCSN can't even be bothered to say a word to its skating audience. That is what I hope Weir will get to the bottom of.