Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Review: Naomi Osaka & Tonga Man’s Return Couldn’t Elevate Downbeat Affair Of NBC’s Live Morning Broadcast

Yet, to NBC’s undoubted further frustration, there is no Serena Williams and no Sha’Carri Richardson in Tokyo to help draw in those Stateside viewers that will cushion the inevitable ratings fall and the bitter pill for advertisers coming over the next few weeks.

Intended to house tens of thousands, the centrally located National Stadium Friday had barely 10,000 viewers under its oval open roof. A brief firework display opened the show, before cutting to a lone athlete on a treadmill with more Olympians appearing on the vast Stadium field under a sparkling light display. Moving to a red light bathed “connecting the dots” segment, the mournful approach appeared to embrace less is more after a year that in many ways demanded nothing less.

Perhaps Tirico was hampered by the trip wire of navigating an increasingly clunky script and finding the right tone in an introspective presentation that easily could have been part of famed dance troupe La La Human Steps choreography back in the 1980s. The aesthetic would be absurdly revived right near the end when fuzzy clothed performers cavorted as living pictograms.

DeadlineDominic ...and almost nobody watched

Goodness, it was fine for the times we’re in. Yes, it was subdued but no spectators played a part in that. If they had gone all out you’d be complaining they are mocking COVID. 🙄

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