[Tiktaalik]

Are they terrible?

I was tuned into mens figure skating last night in time to see an incredible flawless performance from a young 19 year old man from Japan.

Some time later they were doing snowboarding slope style which was really fun to watch.

There might be less energy with less people in the crowd due to the pandemic, but the performances from the athletes are nonetheless fantastic.

Maybe I'm having a different experience as I'm in Canada and its broadcast differently. The CBC is essentially playing all olympics all the time, of course at various prime times compiling the gold medal finals (especially if a Canadian is in any sorts of contention).

CBC's streaming service Gem will be streaming everything, so with that in mind, if you're a fan of something niche (ie. in a canadian context: not-hockey, not-curling) you have more ability than ever before to watch an entire event.

[jmclnx]

> Maybe I'm having a different experience as I'm in Canada and its broadcast differently.

Yes, far different. Where I use to live, I use to be able to get one of the Montreal Stations. Even though I could not speak French, their coverage was far above what the US would offer. So when I could, I would watch that station. I moved away from there are years ago, and the US coverage is so bad I no longer care about the Olympics.