I was at the game, so this didn’t effect me. I hear that it also didn’t effect people in the Buffalo area, which would have caused an even bigger mess. But NBC does have a mess on their hands none-the-less.

Yesterday’s Sabres/Senators game started at 2 PM EDT on NBC. It was to be on until 5 and then NBC’s coverage of The Preakness was to be on from 5-7. But the game went into Overtime. So what did NBC do? Did they stick with the game for a little bit? After all, the race was not set to go off until 6:15 and 75 minutes would have given the viewers at least one period of OT - maybe two if there were no TV timeouts. Nope. Not NBC. They went to the pre-race show right at 5.

The game ended at 5:15 about 1/2 way thru the 1st OT period. Based on that, even if NBC decided to stick with the game for 1 OT, they would have been able to air their precious horsey race pre-show for 45 minutes. Hell, anyone that’s familiar with hockey would be able to tell you that they’d be able to air at least one OT period and have plenty of time to get to the race.

NBC Sports is pathetic, especially in their coverage of hockey:
- pre-game & post-game shows are online and not on TV
- they only air 9 regular season games each year
- they do not air playoff games when their’s golf on in the afternoon or if the games are in prime time
and now you can add to the list:
- they leave a game that’s going to overtime for the pre-show of a horse race.

THE PRE-SHOW! Not the actual race, but the PRE-SHOW!

I’ll be watching the Stanley Cup finals on CBC in HD via my over-the-air antenna, since it’s obvious that NBC doesn’t care if they show hockey or not.

sources:
palmbeachpost.com
si.com