Category: TV Programs
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“The Apprentice – The Complete First Season”: What I Expect to Be Watching After the Olympics
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Monday, Universal Studios released The Apprentice – The Complete First Season. From the looks of the display at my local BJ’s Wholesale Club, the distributors expect this to be a very hot release. My wife and I got into watching The Apprentice after two or three episodes had aleady aired last…
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Why the Lack of Vuelta a Espana Coverage on OLN May Be Good for U.S. Cycling
Reading Time: 2 minutesVeloNews sat down with Gavin Harvey, President of the Outdoor Life Network to discuss the decision to eliminate live coverage of the Vuelta a Espana in 2004. As many of us guessed, it comes down to a lack of ratings. Harvey said: As I sit here thinking about getting on my bike…
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NBC Shows its Respect for Olympic Cycling By Using Liggett and Sherwin as Commentators
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKudos to NBC for employing Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin to anchor cycling coverage in the 2004 Summer Olympics. I laughed when I heard them come on the air, initially thinking to myself didn’t they have any broadcasters on their permanent staff who new anything about cycling? The more I thought…
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“Doping to Win” Discusses Recent Doping Cases and USADA
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning, I watched an interesting new documentary called Doping to Win on the Discovery Times Channel. The documentary debuted on August 10 and I recorded it on my TiVo. This was an interesting program, explaining who the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is and how they operate. It tells the story…
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“The Lance Chronicles” Finale: Good Summary, But Disappointing to Regular Viewers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI tuned into the two hour finale of The Lance Chronicles last night on the Outdoor Life Network and I have to admit that I was disappointed. This was a very good condensation of the entire series for people who had not followed it from the beginning, but a problematic way…
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Missing the French Language TV Graphics on the Tour de France
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the big differences between Outdoor Life Network’s coverage of the Tour de France this year and last is the complete absence of any on-screen graphics in the French language. The momentary appearence of graphics saying things like “Tete de Course”, “etape”, and “l’arrivee a 10km” didn’t take anything away…
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Three Distinct Flavors of Tour de France Coverage on OLN
Reading Time: 2 minutesI had a chance to sit down yesterday and watch all of the Outdoor Life Network’s coverage of the Tour de France. I found it somewhat different from the coverage they put forth last year. Here’s a summary: AOL for Broadband Pre-race Show: This program is anchored by Al Trautwig and Bob…
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Tour de France TV Coverage is Full of Technical Innovations
Reading Time: 2 minutesEven if you think that watching cycling on television is boring, I urge you to turn on the Outdoor Life Network sometime this month and watch some of the coverage of the Tour de France. The coverage of the race on the road is particularly interesting when you think about how it’s…
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The Lance Chronicles is Can’t Miss TV
Reading Time: 2 minutesI just watched the first episode of The Lance Chronicles on the Outdoor Life Network. This is a weekly 30-minute look into Lance Armstrong‘s preparation for the Tour de France. I was mesmorized by a long segment on Lance’s work in the Kirsten Wind Tunnel in Seattle where he tested an improved…