well.. the issue with the TV programs is that often at the beginning of a show, while some of the less known skaters (I am talking about the LPs) are going, they will recap with the Shorts of the leaders/Canadians... so in theory, some of it is indeed live but not all. I found last year that I was watching the event 2-3 skaters behind as the competition thread was way ahead of the "live" broadcast... they finally caught up during the warm up of the next group. Still, it's pretty cool to watch on the big screen rather than the computer
Looks like they're covering the entirety of the event on TV live, not skipping over anyone. That's good. Wish they did that every week...