Animal Practice - New show on NBC

[MarcB]

Tonight they showed the pilot of a new show on NBC called "Animal Practice". It aired 10:58-11:20PM Eastern. I don't even know how to describe it - that's how awful the show is. And after watching it I was like "I can't believe I just wasted 22 minutes watching this crap."

Even the eye candy of Joanna Garcia (from the sitcom Reba) isn't enough to make me watch this show again.

 

[azumanga]

Note to NBC -- leave 11PM to the stations. Not only would the viewers thank you for it later, the anchors will too.

 

[musichead1029]

It's difficult for me to find words that adequately describe how idiotic I found NBC's closing ceremony scheduling to be. The entire program was prerecorded as far as I can tell. The live ceremonies ended sometime after midnight U.K. time which is just after 7PM Eastern Time in the U.S. The Mensas at NBC couldn't have back-timed the delayed coverage to start early enough to leave room for the network newscast at 6:30, complete the entire program - including the closing performance by The Who - in time to preview whatever mediocre schlock programming they're hawking and hit the 11PM local break? I understand the delaying of other Olympic programming until prime hours, but the butchering of the closing just says that NBC/Comcast doesn't give a rat's ass about its viewers. I'll see The Who later today on DVR. I won't be watching Animal Insult or whatever tripe was run at 10:55 at all, because I tuned away, and the DVR zaps crap quite effectively. Let's hope most viewers flipped to competing local newscasts which ran as scheduled before turning in or tuned out altogether and that the new series starts out with little preview buzz as a result. That's the only way these dullards learn - by taking a financial hit.

Nice job, bottom feeders at NBC. As an occasional special-event-only TV viewer, NBC reinforces how very little I'm missing by ignoring TV 99% of the time, and demonstrates a contempt for the viewing audience that has to get up and work on Monday morning. I'll think of NBC as I sing along to Baba O'Riley:

They're all wasted!

 

[azumanga]

It's difficult for me to find words that adequately describe how idiotic I found NBC's closing ceremony scheduling to be. The entire program was prerecorded as far as I can tell. The live ceremonies ended sometime after midnight U.K. time which is just after 7PM Eastern Time in the U.S.

Of course, NBC did stream it live over the internet for cable and satellite subscribers. But then again, most folks ended up just watching the recorded version that was, as I mentioned before, "tailored for the American audience". Personally, their excuse as to why they're tape delaying most everything (and almost everything in the west coast) is lame at least.

The Mensas at NBC couldn't have back-timed the delayed coverage to start early enough to leave room for the network newscast at 6:30, complete the entire program - including the closing performance by The Who - in time to preview whatever mediocre schlock programming they're hawking and hit the 11PM local break?

I thought "Take That" closed the ceremony when the torch was put out?

Of course, I didn't watch most of the ceremony -- just bits and pieces -- mainly because of NBC's shenannigans. (That, and it was on against Ice Road Truckers.)

 

[DToTheJ]

Note to NBC -- leave 11PM to the stations. Not only would the viewers thank you for it later, the anchors will too.

Like, for example, this one:
http://larrybrownsports.com/youtubeage/jacksonville-anchor-dan-hicken-bob-costas-video/149251

 

[musichead1029]

Re: NBC Butchers Closing Ceremony Delayed Coverage

Of course, NBC did stream it live over the internet for cable and satellite subscribers.

Apparently a last-minute arrangement and a departure from the standard operating procedure for the rest of the two weeks of coverage. What percentage of the American audience do you suppose knew about the live stream in advance? Maybe 2%?

I thought "Take That" closed the ceremony when the torch was put out?

Check out 0:00 on this live blog timeline (wait for all of it to load; also love the commenter on NBC at 2:12AM 8/13 - scroll way down: "When NBC gets their hands on this Closing Ceremony they will have trouble making a 5 minute filler after editing..") At least they had Ryan Sleaze-quest to smooth it all over and dumb it down even further by saying nothing about everything.

Of course, I didn't watch most of the ceremony -- just bits and pieces -- mainly because of NBC's shenannigans.

Knowing what was coming up in advance did help as a viewing guide.

(That, and it was on against Ice Road Truckers.)

Right. Because it's rare to catch that show on the air. ;D Even an infrequent viewer like myself has seen all of them at least twice - purely by accident!

 

[azumanga]

Re: NBC Butchers Closing Ceremony Delayed Coverage

I thought "Take That" closed the ceremony when the torch was put out?

Check out 0:00 on this live blog timeline (wait for all of it to load; also love the commenter on NBC at 2:12AM 8/13 - scroll way down: "When NBC gets their hands on this Closing Ceremony they will have trouble making a 5 minute filler after editing..") At least they had Ryan Sleaze-quest to smooth it all over and dumb it down even further by saying nothing about everything.

After the flames were put out, Bob Costas threw it to commercial, saying, "We'll be back to wrap things up right after this." Meaning that everything that happened after that point was invisible to American viewers, unless they were lucky enough to watch the live feed earlier.

This was one of many reasons why many of us have no respect towards NBC.

 

[crainbebo]

And that's why I did not watch even 5% of the Olympics on the NBC Universal channels. All I can describe: "horrible-taped-delayed-coverage-with-Ryan-Seacrest-and-Bob-Costas-blabbing-99.9%-of-the-time." Can't wait for 2014 so I can watch it on CBC [Comcast Ch. 99 in Seattle], with less taped delayed coverage, and less blabbing! Hope Comcast doesn't black it out!

-crainbebo

 

[recto101]

Its Dumb that NBC put a lame show at the end of the Olympics.

 

[trojanrabbit]

Its Dumb that NBC put a lame show at the end of the Olympics.

Nothing like a semi-captive audience.

Apart from what was on the TV in the break room at work, I might have watched events for 6 hours total.

When I figured out what NBC was doing (re - Animal Practice) I got up to reprogram the TiVo and accidentally caught a few minutes of that show. What was seen cannot be unseen....

 

[quadraphonic]

Animal Practice was as banal as the replays of the closing ceremonies and Bob Costas' sleep-inducing delivery, and the Time/Life Country Music Collection infomercial that followed them on our local station.
If I wasn't waiting in the ER with my wife from 9pm-4am (before she got treated and released at 6am), my life would have been richer for not having been exposed to either.

 

[Mark Giardina]

Let's hope that NBC does not telecast the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

To quote Clint Eastwood in the Movie "Heartbreak Ridge" this year's telecast on NBC was a "Cluster F**k"!. Especially the closing ceremonies.

As for Animal Practice; anyone want to bet that show lasts 7 episodes before it, like many other NBC shows, is cancelled?

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[Wright County Guy]

Note to NBC -- leave 11PM to the stations. Not only would the viewers thank you for it later, the anchors will too.

Like, for example, this one:
http://larrybrownsports.com/youtubeage/jacksonville-anchor-dan-hicken-bob-costas-video/149251

BRILLIANT!!

 

[Rollo-Smokes]

Let's hope that NBC does not telecast the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Well...sorry to disappoint you, but NBC has rights to air every Olympics until at least 2020.

But let's be real here (coming from someone who watched not a single minute of these recent games), would the complaints be any different if, say, ESPN had them? I don't think so.

 

[landtuna]

In other news.....I had a great Sunday evening. The TV was off and I went and watch my son and his team mates dismember one of their opponents in a hockey game.

The Olympics and NBC pale by comparison. Don't miss 'em a bit.

 

[azumanga]

Let's hope that NBC does not telecast the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Well...sorry to disappoint you, but NBC has rights to air every Olympics until at least 2020.

But let's be real here (coming from someone who watched not a single minute of these recent games), would the complaints be any different if, say, ESPN had them? I don't think so.

Except that ESPN knows how to do sports, and treat it like it was a sporting event. NBC has been treating it more like both a reality show and an advertising tool. If there is any way for the IOC to revoke NBC's rights and give it to someone else.

As for Animal Practice; anyone want to bet that show lasts 7 episodes before it, like many other NBC shows, is cancelled?

The way things are going, I'm hoping that it's given the same treatment as CBS did with "Co-Ed Fever" back in 1979 -- show it as a special preview, then cancel it before the series begins in earnest.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Maybe CBS can bring back Me And The Chimp. ;D

(But they'll need to find a new male lead--Don Hollinger's not with us anymore.)

 

[rgseark2009]

Let's hope that NBC does not telecast the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Well...sorry to disappoint you, but NBC has rights to air every Olympics until at least 2020.

But let's be real here (coming from someone who watched not a single minute of these recent games), would the complaints be any different if, say, ESPN had them? I don't think so.

ESPN could not be *any* worse. Of course ESPN has their own issues with ESPN3.com and walling off that to "friendly" ISPs....

 

[rgseark2009]

I turned off the TV in disgust Sunday night when NBC decided to insert that (what other viewers said was a gawdawful) sitcom (which I refuse to name) in the middle of the sliced, diced, and edited Closing Ceremony coverage *before* The Who's set. Also found out later the set with Muse was completely edited out of the US coverage. But by-God NBC had to have Ryan Seacrest give "contextual analysis" on the music.

The Hell with NBC and the NBC-Universal-Comcast apparatchiks on RI.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

CTV in Canada was much better. They aired the closing of the Olympics, then went to a sneak peek 30 minute intro of Anger Management.