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are there any sports?? it's hard to tell in between all the commercials and sappy stories about the athelets....brutal

That's exactly why I'm looking forward to CTV taking over next Olympics. CBC's coverage is geared towards a non-existent audience.

I've been fairly impressed with the coverage so far. It has been somewhat sporadic; leaping from one sport to another. I haven't found the commercial breaks to be severely inopportune. The twelve hour time difference has definitely kept me up on a few nights. I don't generally subscribe to the majority of the event's taking place, but the Olympics are alluring enough that I'll sit down and watch men's gymnastics even when I may normally find such a display uncomfortable and useless.

I am personally not looking forward to CTV's coverage. CBC at the least has some formidable Olympic experience, and well developed sports broadcaster's working the scenes. Instead of a droopy eyed Ron MacLean providing a re-cap and a schedule, if I have to put up with a perky, cocky, and ridiculously unaware Ben Mulroney providing the same function, I can guarantee I'll only be tuning in for hockey in 2010. I'll take Mansbridge over Robertson any day, and I fear that the cast of E-Daily (CTV's only real National Entertainment programming) is going to run the show. If, however, Pierre McGuire and James Duthie unseemingly team up to provide play-by-play on the men's figure skating events, I'll tune in for pure comic relief.