Hot! Nbc Sports Apologizes For Missy Franklin Olympics Spoiler

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - NBC Sports provides admitted this screwed up by inadvertently exposing Missy Franklin 's gold-medal wining inside 100-meter backstroke prior to that competition actually aired about the actual network, and pledges so it will never happen again.

NBC sent a spoiler of which deserved unique medal with regard to most important blooper on Monday, as soon as the idea went a new promo to its "Today" display which showcased Franklin clutching her precious metal medal with the race and getting together with with your girlfriend mum and dad soon after the woman victory.

In situation tv audiences were slow to select up around the meaning on the ad, a new voiceover narration declared, "When you might be seventeen decades outdated and also win your earliest platinum medal, you will find no one you could rather reveal that along with . We're right now there any time Missy Franklin as well as your girlfriend mom and dad reunite. A 'Today' special - reside coming from London. Tomorrow."

Unfortunately pertaining to athletics fans, the particular species experienced nonetheless to help air around the circle - while it possessed happened prior from the day, NBC have tape-delayed it therefore it will operate in primetime.

In reaction to the particular audience dismay, your spokesperson to get NBC Sports Group says of which there are now safeguards constantly in place to stop a new repeat of the gaffe.

"Clearly that promo shouldn't have aired at of which time. We have a process into position this also will not likely come about again," the spokesperson said in a very statement. "We apologize that will visitors that were being enjoying and didn't find out the consequence of that race."

This seriously isn't before of which NBC possesses courted hot debate together with it has the tape-delay policy for your London games. The internet seemed to be abuzz together with displeased grumbling on Friday through the network's verdict to help tape-delay your cutting open formal procedure belonging to the Olympics.

Despite the particular gaffes, that Olympics have got been a ratings success with regard to NBC. So far, your London video games have outpaced that 2008 Beijing Olympics by means of eleven p'cent while in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic, as well as by way of 14 percent with entire viewers, averaging a strong 11.0 rating/32 reveal within the tryout in addition to 34.9 zillion full viewers.