Rough start for NBC's hockey coverage, at least in the Philadelphia area
As if the indignity of watching the Kings raise their championship banner wasn't enough, a lack of communication had Flyers fans in a mild panic before Saturday's season opener.
Rough start for NBC's hockey coverage, at least in the Philadelphia area
Ed Barkowitz
As if the indignity of watching the Kings raise their championship banner wasn't enough, a lack of communication had Flyers fans in a mild panic before Saturday's season opener.
The network opened its hockey window Saturday afternoon by showing Kings fans going crazy, then some American Idol finalist sing the national anthem and the first few minutes of the Kings-Blackhawks game while Flyers fans wondered where was Lauren Hart.
It wasn't until 3:35 p.m. that NBC mentioned the network was switching to the Flyers-Penguins, which fans didn't know hadn't started yet. Calls to the station were met with busy signals. At 3:36, an alert appeared that "The Flyers Game is starting soon. Stay Tuned!"
A minute later, they finally went to the Wells Fargo Center and the puck dropped on the Flyers season at 3:39.
About 15 seconds in, an advertisement crawled across the screen for Flyers tickets. You knew they wouldn't forget that.
Who cares . This whole hockey season is a sham . When do pitchers and catchers report.— d1955h- Who cares . This whole hockey season is a sham . When do pitchers and catchers report.— d1955h
- Who cares. What about the Eagle's Defensive Coordinator? The whole hockey season is a joke until May...— BirdinParadise
- NBC is a bunch of liberal idiots— adipaolo
- Why don't you get a horse and live in the mountains someplace and don't bother anybody? You got a personality like a dead moth. — AreaMan
- Should've stayed with the Chicago game.— FlyersLosersFor38Years
- YOUR MOTHER SHOULD'VE SWALLOWED YOU. — evenmix
- NBC Comcast are tools.........— Earl J
- They also said Pitt beat us last year in playoffs— fman727
- Welcome back Bryz.— PHIILY YA DIG?
- To the guy who said NBC was a bunch of liberal idiots.....really? He knows for sure that they are liberal....I agree they are idiots for how they handled this afternoon. Also the Flyers for not putting it on their web site or announcing it on Philly.com. But liberals? The NHL is run by a bunch of liberals? I think the idiot term applies to more than NBC.— Bob K
- An ominous omen to start the season.— dogman5
- just one more reason that I hate those liberal toolbags at NBC— kenny.328.usa
- Bob you know nothing about politics so please keep your comments to yourself. NBC is notoriously the most liberal media outlet this country has ever seen.— kenny.328.usa
