Editorial

TV Ratings For The Olympics In China Crash And Burn, Decline By Nearly 50% From 2018

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: Team China celebrate their win during the Women's Preliminary Round Group B match against Team Denmark at Wukesong Sports Centre on February 04, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

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David Hookstead Sports And Entertainment Editor
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The TV ratings for the Olympics in China are in the trash.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first four days of competition and last Thursday night’s broadcast are down nearly 50% on NBC when compared to 2018. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)

The primetime NBC telecasts for the winter games in China have averaged only 12.03 million viewers. In 2018, the broadcasts for the same time period averaged 23.92 million viewers.

Well, I guess people just don’t care about watching the Olympics in China, and I’m not surprised at all. The fact the games are even being held in the communist dictatorship is pathetic.

I know multiple people who are refusing to watch in protest of the CCP, and Dirty Water in Washington D.C. is boycotting showing the games in China.

People have had enough of people bowing down to the Chinese government and pretending like there aren’t massive crimes against humanity being carried out.

People don’t want to turn on the TV and watch propaganda. We just don’t want to do it, and that’s more or less the situation unfolding in China.

Instead of using this as an opportunity to pull back the curtain on the CCP, a lot of people seem to think it’s a great opportunity to fawn over the dictatorship.

It’s pathetic.

Let us know in the comments how much of the Olympics you’ve watched!