... the self-control to stay off social media, NBC feels the pressure to show everything live, even if live is at 3:00 am with no one watching.
Then, instead of showing the best events during the primetime show every night at 6:00 pm, they just show 4 hours of live, boring coverage.
12 years ago, 8 years ago, and even 4 years ago from what I remember they packed that primetime show with the very best events, even if they were tape delayed.
NBC can't do that anymore, so we're left with pretty a pretty boring Olympics, unfortunately. I blame our lack of ability to stay off Twitter.