Lol what were the ‘jokes’?
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Obviously covid and cost a factor in not being on site in Birmingham but I also think the fact there isn’t really an “Olympic Park” style central hub in the city, or an internationally recognise landmark or skyline, itself is probably a factor too. The BBC has a studio in the city centre but it doesn’t really get a view that suggests it’s worth it, though last nights bull has now appeared in the street behind it, although only seen in the wide shots.
Looking at the reverse situation 4 years ago and the BBC had their main studio in Salford in the UK, but did present the overnight coverage in the Gold Coast - but most of it was just done from a beach which felt pretty cheap.
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Turns out Alison Mitchell and Lisa Sthalekar are part of the world feed commentary team for women’s T20 cricket tournament at the Games, alongside former West Indies all-rounder Stacy Ann King and South African broadcaster Natalie Germanos.
(from Alison’s Twitter)
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Yep although Lisa might be part of 7’s broadcast too
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What time was Mel and Jason on?
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From 11:00pm AEST - just as Australia beat India in the first T20 cricket pool match.
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Bit like Brisbane.
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The green and gold graphics above (3rd and 4th last images) is what Sunrise should be using as their background rather than the really dark orange they had yesterday.
2.30am – 3.30am AEST Abbey Holmes and Ryan Daniels
Then 3.30am AEST Emma Freedman and Matt Shirvington
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Hopefully Birmingham officials (and Victoria in 2026 for that matter) will have learnt a lesson or two…
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Great to hear the commentary duo Catherine Cox and Sue Gaudion reunited
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Can’t help but think that viewers would rather have watched highlights of the Games at 10am this morning than a montage of this week’s The Morning Show episodes. Surely Seven could have sold enough sponsorship and advertising to make up for any lost revenue to make up for any loss from infomercials.
Same probably goes for Monday to Friday as well - seems like a lost opportunity to get some big morning numbers, unless they are planning to fill TMS with games highlights, but I don’t think that will be as attractive as a purely highlights show.
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Tonight
4.00pm | Para-Marathon: Madi de Rozario is chasing back-to-back titles in the women’s wheelchair (T54) event, having won Tokyo 2020 Paralympic gold and the New York Marathon. Fellow Aussie, Christie Dawes, will also compete for a place in a small field of four. Then, Jake Lappin will take on the men’s event.
7.30pm | Swimming Heats: Aussie trio Elijah Winnington, Zac Incerti and Mack Hortonin the 200m freestyle, before Brendon Smith takes on the men’s 400m individual medley. Comeback Queen, Shayna Jack will compete in the heats of the women’s 50m freestyle, alongside olden girl, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris. Then, the Aussies line up for the women’s and men’s 4x100m reestyle events – Australia’s most dominant event over the past 25 years.
9.00pm | Netball: The Aussie Diamonds continue their quest when they meet Scotland on the court.
11.00pm | Women’s Hockey: Our Gold Coast 2018 silver medallists, the Hockeyroos, take to the field to battle against Kenya in their debut appearance in the event.
Tomorrow
1.00am | Cycling (Track) Finals: Our very own Matthew Glaetzer and Matthew Richardson are set to lead the Australian challenge in what could be a gold medal moment. This is Australia’s most successful cycling event at the Commonwealth Games with 15 gold medals.
4.00am | Swimming Finals: Our talent-stacked group of Australian swimmers are back in the pool after an incredible Day One where they claimed five gold medals. Do not miss the women’s 50m freestyle final – will we see Emma McKeon, Shayna Jack or Meg Harris head home with a gold?
5.00am | Women’s Rugby 7s: Will Charlotte Caslick and Demi Hayes’ impressive side continue their hot winning streak into the semi-final?
Sunday night
7.30pm | Swimming heats: Headlined by Kyle Chalmers and our Aussie men’s 100m freestyle swimmers, we are set for another adrenaline-charged night in the pool.
8.00pm | Men’s Hockey: The ever-dominant Kookaburras run on to the field for the first time at Birmingham 2022 to take on Scotland.
8.00pm | Para-Triathlon: Our Aussie stars, Sam Harding, Jono Goerlach, Gerrard Gosens and Erica Burleigh will race alongside their guides at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in the Para-Triathlon.
11.30pm | Beach Volleyball: Our Tokyo 2020 women’s silver medallists Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar return to the global stage to begin their hunt for an Aussie gold medal.
11.30pm | Triathlon: Will Australia’s host of stars defend their mixed team relay gold medal?
*All times AEST
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Some MS members should be happy, Seven have updated their graphics package, after criticism here for Tokyo and Beijing as it resembled Gold Coast 2018 almost identically. Could be thanks to different producers/team?
Nick Barrow (veteran Seven Sport EP - did many Australian Opens) oversaw the former two.
While Birmingham is being overseen by a different EP, Kirsty Bradmore.
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On another note, 7mate kept going tonight (did so last night too) in Melbourne around 10:15pm (EPG schedule was 10:30pm) even though Hamish McLachlan and on-screen said to change channels to 7, so four channels were showing the same thing for about 20min. At the end of an ad break around 10:35, the playout centre Gelmi bumper came on and it went to Supercars highlights. This all seems rather unorganised, like programming, broadcast, AFL and Commonwealth Games units are all not communicating 100%.
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Their “mega wall” doesn’t seem very mega anymore.