[Dottore]

We are traveling in the land of the free and the home of the brave for a while, and have been trying to catch a bit of the winter games on TV from time to time.

It's really remarkable how bad the NBC coverage is. I have never seen Olympic coverage quite so bad before.

First the commercials! Crikey, there are more commercials than coverage. The mind numbing repetition of these endless commercials is truly appalling. Then the relentless focus on American athletes—no matter how bad—to the exclusion of everyone else. Geezus this is tiresome. We know more about every American snowboarders pets and favourite fast food than we know about who they're competing against. Bizarre.

And there are never any summaries or recaps or overviews. Only whatever swarmy little issue NBC has chosen to focus on that evening.

Ah, the Bizarro world of American television....