Oh I hit the MSN page and know, you know. Last night the half-pipe winner was all over Facebook. So. But yeah, when I know who wins, who loses, who surprises, and who wipes out dramatically, I can get through 4 hours of coverage in under 90 minutes. Like, "fast forward through this girl because she gets 4th in downhill. Oh, this one will wipe out right at the end, let's watch her." Etc.

I suppose they do it the way they do is so the 35% or so of Californians who are actually employed can watch the Olympics after work. The rest of us get to settle for soap operas and Glenn Beck.
It doesn't make sense though, because NFL/MLB/NBA/NASCAR/etc games are live here, and I don't get why the Olympics are so special as to be yesterday's news by the time they air.