Overall, the London Summer Olympics were awesome. Not because we dominated in the Medal category, but that there were some amazing performances by a lot of different athletes from all over the world. Some new stars were born (Team USA Women's Gymnastics, Missy Franklin) and some legends calling it a career (Michael Phelps, Misty May and Kerri Walsh). Just a very enjoyable 2 weeks for me, in spite of NBC dropping the ball in a lot of instances.

As for the Closing Ceremonies, it was pretty good. Not great. I never expect it to be great because in most cases, the one throwing the party usually throws everything in, including the kitchen sink. I will say that for me the highlite of the night was clearly Queen, more specifically, Freddie Mercury. I knew, as long as a year ago, that they would work in Freddie's 'sing-along' bit into the program and it was awesome as always. I give.....


Now bring on Rio!!!!

Aw crap, did this happen?


Surprised viewers also took the network to task for editing out parts of the ceremony, including performances by Muse and Ray Davies of the Kinks.

Some Olympics fans found yet another reason to be unhappy with NBC on Sunday night.

London 2012: NBC Criticized for Failing to Broadcast Events Live, Opting for Primetime Tape Delay


•London Olympics 2012
The network edited out parts of the closing ceremony, including performances by Muse's Matt Bellamy, Ray Davies of the Kinks and a second song by George Michael, and then at 11 p.m. abruptly cut away to show a preview of the new comedy Animal Practice.

Before the commercial break, announcer Bob Costas told viewers: "That concludes the closing ceremony. We'll be back to wrap things up after this."

After the break, he then revealed that the remainder of the closing ceremony -- which the network billed as a "closing party" -- would actually air an hour later, following a sneak preview of Animal Practice and local news.

"We'll be back from Olympic Stadium in about an hour for the London closing party, featuring The Who," he said.

"Stay tuned now for a full episode of Animal Practice, a new NBC comedy, presented commercial free."

The move surprised and frustrated some viewers, including Glee star Kevin McHale, who tweeted: "DEAR NBC. Interrupting the Olympic closing ceremony for an hr to air a show about a fictional animal dr. before it ends is a disgrace. Shame on you."

And the Robot Chicken account noted, "Doing a Twitter search for 'Animal Practice' right now is like tapping a keg of pure hate."

While some people on Twitter praised the show, many others weren't happy about NBC's scheduling decision.
Tweeted Ski Vegas, "#NBCFail #AnimalPractice is now the most hated show in America before the first episode. Amazing."

Added another named Lawrence Escamilla: "I may not be a The Who fan, but cutting them off to show terrible Animal Practice is just another thing to add to the #NBCfail list."
NBC has been criticized throughout the Games for its decision to show the events on tape delay, sparking the creation of the Twitter hashtag #NBCFail.

The Animal Practice preview also came about an hour after DirecTV went dark in Los Angeles for a half-hour during the closing ceremony, meaning some subscribers missed several of the show's performances.

First thing I thought of is this were true, some top exec had a pet project of making this Animal Hospital happen, no matter at what costs. All the flunkies underneath fearing for their lives to say anything sensible to this guy.

Better pull their heads out of said asses.

This is exactly the kind of thinking that brought the Big 3 in the automotive arena down. We know what the customer wants. We’ll dictate it to them.

That was a colossal dumb freakin decision.

Good for you... good advice.