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Re: ABC’s World Cup TV Coverage Nominated for an Emmy

EMMY — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:53:42 -0000

SKY-HIGH RATINGS, FIRST RATE BROADCASTS, TREMENDOUS INTEREST IN THE USA ... YEAH, YOU IDIOTS ARE RIGHT, I SUPPOSE: THE EMMY NOMINATION WAS AN INDICTMENT -- BUT OF YOU EX-PAT SOCCER JERKS, NOT ABC OR DAVE O'BRIEN. YOU ARE DAMNED RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING -- THAT NOD TO EXCELLENCE WAS INDEED A VAILIDATION.

Re: ABC’s World Cup TV Coverage Nominated for an Emmy

Llewellyn — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:02:00 -0000

What an utter joke!
The only thing ABC/ESPN did right was actually showing the games.

Commentary and analysis is just shocking!

Then again... who are they up against as far as coverage for the world cup? absolutely no one! Put them up against other international networks that covered the world cup.

Re: ABC’s World Cup TV Coverage Nominated for an Emmy

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:38:00 -0000

Pathetic. We really don't understand good, quality football commentary. The lunatics are running the asylum.

Elisa

Re: ABC’s World Cup TV Coverage Nominated for an Emmy

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:25:00 -0000

Somebody please put O' Brian out of his misery. The guy is a mistake of nature. He shouldn't be allowed near a football stadium ever again.
Seamus Malin and Derek Rae are different class from the above-mentioned amateur.

Re: ABC’s World Cup TV Coverage Nominated for an Emmy

BillEShears — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:19:00 -0000

They weren't the worst group nominated. They were better than Fox's postseason baseball coverage. That's not saying that much though...

Re: ABC’s World Cup TV Coverage Nominated for an Emmy

Eplnfl — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:13:00 -0000

I think everyone is missing the point here. Was the ABC/ESPN coverage one of the first in the US to have a male/female team working the commentary together. Ok, enough said, therefore the nomination. Ground breaking in the point of view of those giving out the awards.

Re: ABC’s World Cup TV Coverage Nominated for an Emmy

Kartik — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:11:00 -0000

You must be joking.

What's worse is that the World Cup was one of the final events for the venerable ABC Sports as the division was folded into ESPN in August.

What a complete joke. If they had real football experts like Seamus Malin and Derek Rae on their broadcasts (both of whom work for ESPN anyhow) it would be worthy of an emmy. But with a group of US Soccer company men like Balboa, Harkes and Lalas the coverage was an outright joke.