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Pre-Recorded Sporting Events Bug Me

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sathman01

After watching "American Ninja Warrior" last night reminded me why I hate prerecorded sporting events. As I was watching on my DVR, the commentators where acting like at least one guy would win the whole thing but if you pay attention to the recording you would notice the time was about up for the show as the last person came close to end of the 3rd of the 4th stage. It was obvious he would fall because the last stage is at least 2 minutes long.

This is just one example of time after time when an event is prerecorded and edited it is obvious the outcome in the last 5-10 minutes. Do the networks really think that we are that stupid? Do they really think they will want to continue watching the show?

On another note, American Ninja Warrior by NBC is just another show American TV screwed up. The commentators were totally unneeded except for explaining the event.
 
Imagine if "American Ninja Warrior" was like baseball and didn't operate with a clock.
They are ninjas! They would go at it forever!

Also, you just gave 250 sports radio hosts an idea for tomorrow's show: "American Ninja: Sport or Not?" :D
 
Well, so much for listening to the radio tomorrow. I guess I will just sit in the dark, curled up in a little ball and sleep.
 
Having a sports package on a dish, with lots of RSN's that rerun events, I have come to kind
of enjoy it. They allow me to time-shift my viewing of something I missed or watch a sporting
event at some odd hour.

The only thing that bugs me is when they run that score scrawl across the bottom of the
screen, and they include THE SCORE OF THE GAME I AM CURRENTLY WATCHING. Why do they
do that?
 
i have never seen the show so i have a question.

is american ninja warriors a sporting event or just another reality show?
 
You think "American Ninja Warrior" is bad on tape. How about the last Olympics coverage for the West Coast. "Live on Tape" from 3 hours ago played back to the Pacific Time Zone from the host city (Vancouver) which is also in the Pacific Time Zone. Brilliant strategy there NBC. Just brilliant.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
The only thing that bugs me is when they run that score scrawl across the bottom of the
screen, and they include THE SCORE OF THE GAME I AM CURRENTLY WATCHING. Why do they
do that?
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NFL Network is THE BIGGEST offender of this (Especially during preseason)

Cheers :D
 
flashback said:
i have never seen the show so i have a question.

is american ninja warriors a sporting event or just another reality show?
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It's a skills competition show on G4

Cheers :D
 
I remember the days of Roller Games/Roller Derby, always taped & 1 hour long. Once I saw that there was a good chance of overtime (tie score), with about 1-2 minutes before the show had to end. Needless to say, a skater ("jammer") came outta nowhere to pass the other team and win the game. :)

Same with pro wrestling. Unless it's pay-per-view (which I sure won't waste money on), look at the schedule & clock....you *know* something will happen before the show ends.

Now...calling these above "sports", well that is for another thread. ;)

cd
 
"Battle of the Network SuperStars" wasn't done in real time either.
I imagine that they were a lot like American Ninja Warriors, in that they are not striving for credibility in the pantheon of sport, but more to fill time relatively cheaply, and sell a few ads.
 
quadraphonic said:
"Battle of the Network SuperStars" wasn't done in real time either.
I imagine that they were a lot like American Ninja Warriors, in that they are not striving for credibility in the pantheon of sport, but more to fill time relatively cheaply, and sell a few ads.
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And to see Suzanne Sommers and Erin Grey and Marilu Henner and Charlene Tilton jiggle around in a wet bikini.
That was really BOTNS strongest draw.
 
cd637299 said:
I remember the days of Roller Games/Roller Derby, always taped & 1 hour long. Once I saw that there was a good chance of overtime (tie score), with about 1-2 minutes before the show had to end. Needless to say, a skater ("jammer") came outta nowhere to pass the other team and win the game. :)

Same with pro wrestling. Unless it's pay-per-view (which I sure won't waste money on), look at the schedule & clock....you *know* something will happen before the show ends.

Now...calling these above "sports", well that is for another thread. ;)

cd
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Raw goes over the extra 5 minutes USA gives them alot of time. Hell, when The Rock came back they went over about 20 minutes. PPVs always end on time.
 
KTU_Fan said:
cd637299 said:
I remember the days of Roller Games/Roller Derby, always taped & 1 hour long. Once I saw that there was a good chance of overtime (tie score), with about 1-2 minutes before the show had to end. Needless to say, a skater ("jammer") came outta nowhere to pass the other team and win the game. :)

Same with pro wrestling. Unless it's pay-per-view (which I sure won't waste money on), look at the schedule & clock....you *know* something will happen before the show ends.

Now...calling these above "sports", well that is for another thread. ;)

cd
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Raw goes over the extra 5 minutes USA gives them alot of time. Hell, when The Rock came back they went over about 20 minutes. PPVs always end on time.
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1) You forgot about "Roller Jam" on (what was) TNN.

2) Raw has ended at 11:05 ET/10:05 CT for almost a decade now.
 
Well that's news to me....but then again I don't have cable.

I suppose the extra time gives it a reality feel!

cd
 
This is a little bit off-topic, but here goes.
Back in the 70's when I was in the military, I worked at an AFRTS TV station in Germany. We'd get kinescoped sporting events about a week after they took place. I was in the control room one weekend afternoon while we were running a week-old baseball game, when the board-op turns to me and says: "Bet you 5 bucks the Yankees win." The game is a week old, everybody who knows anything about baseball knows how this game turned out. "Sure, I'll take that bet", says I. Easiest lunch money I ever made.
 
sathman01 said:
After watching "American Ninja Warrior" last night reminded me why I hate prerecorded sporting events. As I was watching on my DVR, the commentators where acting like at least one guy would win the whole thing but if you pay attention to the recording you would notice the time was about up for the show as the last person came close to end of the 3rd of the 4th stage. It was obvious he would fall because the last stage is at least 2 minutes long.

This is just one example of time after time when an event is prerecorded and edited it is obvious the outcome in the last 5-10 minutes. Do the networks really think that we are that stupid? Do they really think they will want to continue watching the show?

On another note, American Ninja Warrior by NBC is just another show American TV screwed up. The commentators were totally unneeded except for explaining the event.
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OK, your first mistake was to think of "American Ninja Warrior" as a sport of some kind. It's not. It is an entertainment program. Basically a game show. It is NOT a sporting event. Secondly, entertainment shows have a host of some sort. Lastly, being an entertainment show, it's EDITED for time and content. Of course.

This is nothing like watching a taped NFL game, which is what the title of this thread implies. No, I don't waste time watching a taped sports event (as shown on some sports channels at times). I do recall that NHK World would show NFL games in Japan - a single Sunday game on Monday night. It was taped and edited and lasted only 90 minutes. Those I watched!
 
"If you think 'American Ninja Warrior' is bad on tape, how about the last Olympics coverage for the West Coast?"

Yeah, and there wasn't a wildfeed to be found, either! (At least not that I could find with my dish/receiver, anyways. Probably all on C-band....)
 
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