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I'm furious. NBC always does the worst horse coverage, but they insist on buying the rights to show them all. Finally letting them have it. Just emailed this to nbcsportshelp@nbcuni.com. If you're also insulted that they think we would actually watch this drivel, please let them know.
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To whom it may concern:
First, Nbc.com is nearly unusuable when it comes to trying to find out how to leave comments regarding shows. This leads to the inevitable conclusion that NBC does not care about what viewers actually think and watch.
On the off chance that this is not true, I would like to inform you that your coverage of the 2009 Derby is appalling. I am outraged that anyone at NBC would consider this something that is even watchable.
For some perspective, I am a 29 year old female. I have been watching the Derby coverage live and religiously for over 20 years, save the one year my sister inconsiderately held her wedding during it (I made it home in time to watch the race live, then sat down to watch the recording of the remainder of the coverage). I have recorded every year since kindergarten. In all those 20 years, I have never switched channels, left the room, or even taken phone calls. Friends and family know that they are welcome to watch with me, but strictly no talking, please.
Until now.
After NBC began coverage, coverage began a dramatic decline. It is quite the talk around the barn. Only yesterday, a group of us were complaining that, whereas ABC's coverage concerned bios of horses, riders, and trainers, and basically everything else that a horse racing fan would care about, NBC seems to think we actually care about owners and (for some inexplicable reason) "celebrities".
But still, I have always watched. After all, I have never missed in 20 years.
This year, I have just suffered through some ditsy celebrity show host explain how she picks horses based on their rumps, watched Paris Hilton agonize over her hat choice, and Al Rocker make a fool of himself (as usual). By the time you began a "cooking section", I changed channels for the first time in over 20 years. When I went back, you were on to some "red carpet coverage". I cleaned up the sewing room, then got my laptop to write this email. As I type, Jay Leno is now trying to teach children how he picks his race horse. It is too insulting and painful to even watch--I just switched to a PBS cooking show, my blood boiling.
DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT ANYONE IS EVEN SLIGHTLY ENTERTAINED BY THIS DRIVEL? DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT YOUR KEY AUDIENCE, THOSE FANS OF HORSE RACING, ACTUALLY CARE IN THE SLIGHTEST HOW AN ACTOR PICKS THEIR HORSE? ARE YOU INTENTIONALLY ALIENATING YOUR KEY DEMOGRAPHIC? IS YOUR COVERAGE EVEN WORKING OR ARE YOUR RATINGS PLUMMETING AS WE VIEWERS RECOGNIZE YOUR COVERAGE AS SOME CONFUSED, SLAPPED-TOGETHER NONSENSE TO FILL SPACE?
I will not tolerate this disgusting poor level of coverage next year. Next year, I will just watch the race on YouTube and leave you and your sponsors in the dust.
Most Sincerely,
Amy Boyle
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To whom it may concern:
First, Nbc.com is nearly unusuable when it comes to trying to find out how to leave comments regarding shows. This leads to the inevitable conclusion that NBC does not care about what viewers actually think and watch.
On the off chance that this is not true, I would like to inform you that your coverage of the 2009 Derby is appalling. I am outraged that anyone at NBC would consider this something that is even watchable.
For some perspective, I am a 29 year old female. I have been watching the Derby coverage live and religiously for over 20 years, save the one year my sister inconsiderately held her wedding during it (I made it home in time to watch the race live, then sat down to watch the recording of the remainder of the coverage). I have recorded every year since kindergarten. In all those 20 years, I have never switched channels, left the room, or even taken phone calls. Friends and family know that they are welcome to watch with me, but strictly no talking, please.
Until now.
After NBC began coverage, coverage began a dramatic decline. It is quite the talk around the barn. Only yesterday, a group of us were complaining that, whereas ABC's coverage concerned bios of horses, riders, and trainers, and basically everything else that a horse racing fan would care about, NBC seems to think we actually care about owners and (for some inexplicable reason) "celebrities".
But still, I have always watched. After all, I have never missed in 20 years.
This year, I have just suffered through some ditsy celebrity show host explain how she picks horses based on their rumps, watched Paris Hilton agonize over her hat choice, and Al Rocker make a fool of himself (as usual). By the time you began a "cooking section", I changed channels for the first time in over 20 years. When I went back, you were on to some "red carpet coverage". I cleaned up the sewing room, then got my laptop to write this email. As I type, Jay Leno is now trying to teach children how he picks his race horse. It is too insulting and painful to even watch--I just switched to a PBS cooking show, my blood boiling.
DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT ANYONE IS EVEN SLIGHTLY ENTERTAINED BY THIS DRIVEL? DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT YOUR KEY AUDIENCE, THOSE FANS OF HORSE RACING, ACTUALLY CARE IN THE SLIGHTEST HOW AN ACTOR PICKS THEIR HORSE? ARE YOU INTENTIONALLY ALIENATING YOUR KEY DEMOGRAPHIC? IS YOUR COVERAGE EVEN WORKING OR ARE YOUR RATINGS PLUMMETING AS WE VIEWERS RECOGNIZE YOUR COVERAGE AS SOME CONFUSED, SLAPPED-TOGETHER NONSENSE TO FILL SPACE?
I will not tolerate this disgusting poor level of coverage next year. Next year, I will just watch the race on YouTube and leave you and your sponsors in the dust.
Most Sincerely,
Amy Boyle
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