When following the Turin Olympics, I remember that one out of the four or five Yahoo! columnists talked mostly about how and why the evening's broadcast would be made in which order : Starting with the possible USA gold medalist in half pipe, then putting the figure skating at the very end to keep the women in front of the TV for the whole broadcast, etc...

I think the only sport that is improved by such strong editing is US football, which is way too slow to watch live. OTOH, a track-and-field evening, with the pole jumping lasting all night, etc... has a rhythm on its own, which is destroyed by such cutting.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères