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I LOVE the Olympics! There is often high drama and then there are impossible sporting achievements and of course there's cheering on Team USA!
But I haven't watched a single minute. It was on in the background for some of the opening ceremony as my wife watched some of it, but that's it. Literally!
And I'm not alone. “Friday’s audience reflects a steep drop, despite difficult comparisons with previous opening ceremonies when viewers had fewer streaming options,” Reuters reported. “The Tokyo opener TV audience declined 37% from 2016, when 26.5 million people watched the Rio de Janeiro Games opener, and 59% from 2012, when 40.7 million people watched the London ceremony.”
And that's not all! Reuters went on: “It was the lowest audience for the opening ceremony since the 1988 Seoul Games, which attracted 22.7 million TV viewers. It was also lower than the 1992 Barcelona Games, when 21.6 million people tuned in, according to Nielsen data.”
I have not seen a medal ceremony, a splash of water from the pool or US gymnasts kicking butt. I am aware that France beat Team USA in basketball, but I didn't watch it.
Are you? Is this a "normal" olympic year in your house? Are you watching?
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