But by the time the event finally begins, viewers and even participants seem a little jaded and tired.
In all the confusion, contradiction and multisource coverage in the 11 days since the Cairo uprising began, viewers of American television have been best served by CNN.
When the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics begins, viewers will be presented with a minutely choreographed spectacle swathed in nationalist kitsch.
I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it..".
You would think that with all this coverage, by the time the show begins, viewers would know just about everything there is to know about the films, and the individuals who play in them, however this is far from the case.
Nielsen announced that its TV ratings would begin including viewers who watch shows on Internet-connected TVs, and pledged to include those who use iPads or other mobile devices in the future, Brian Stelter writes.
For this very reason, painters have often resisted painting or photographing themselves, and from the beginning, viewers, too, have often reacted violently to these images - sometimes almost literally falling in love with them, sometimes positively loathing them.
Network news long ago began losing viewers and prestige.
The system of choosing contestants begins with viewers calling an 800 number and answering three general-knowledge questions.
Then television reporters began showing viewers how the game allows players to fly a virtual airliner into a virtual World Trade Center.
