Commentary on TNT and other WB brands

[Sandisfan]

I've hit on my absolute favourite commentary combo: Carlton Kirby paired with Robbie McEwan. Robbie has the cycling expertise and tactical know-how, and Carlton is great at the back ground chatter and I love how warmly he speaks about the riders. I know he gets names wrong sometimes but I don't really care. I'm quite keen on Rob Hatch and Sean Kelly too; I quite like all their idiosyncrasies. Adam Blythe is my least favourite, even though I can accept he knows his stuff.

My name in my head for Blythe is Blythering Idiot. LOL An adaptation of blithering Idiot.

 

[Wyndbrook]

My name in my head for Blythe is Blythering Idiot. LOL An adaptation of blithering Idiot.

Well Hash, you'e done something that most rarely if ever do, elicited a comment from Sandisfan.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Well Hash, you'e done something that most rarely if ever do, elicited a comment from Sandisfan.

I was reading that quickly and thought you were referring to Rob Hash.

 

[tao bleeding heart]

I've hit on my absolute favourite commentary combo: Carlton Kirby paired with Robbie McEwan. Robbie has the cycling expertise and tactical know-how, and Carlton is great at the back ground chatter and I love how warmly he speaks about the riders. I know he gets names wrong sometimes but I don't really care. I'm quite keen on Rob Hatch and Sean Kelly too; I quite like all their idiosyncrasies. Adam Blythe is my least favourite, even though I can accept he knows his stuff.

Hatch is mawkishness-on-steroids, constantly overegging the pudding. Though his voice timbre is pretty good... doesn't give me ear fatigue, unlike MartyMcD.
Blythe... well, what more can be said of his cool-kid affectations?
CK... nowadays, can be bearable or unbearable, depending on who I've just had to listen to in the previous race.

 

[wirral]

Can somebody tell Adam Blythe the technique for using a microphone to prevent a loud nasal exhalation / inhalation sound being present. There must be some media professionals from Discovery + reading this.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Hatch is mawkishness-on-steroids, constantly overegging the pudding. Though his voice timbre is pretty good... doesn't give me ear fatigue, unlike MartyMcD.
Blythe... well, what more can be said of his cool-kid affectations?
CK... nowadays, can be bearable or unbearable, depending on who I've just had to listen to in the previous race.

Hatch commentates like a Brazilian after his team has scored a goal at the World Cup final. Problem is he tries to convey that level of excitement after someone is chasing back from having a comfort break. He is a failed football commentator after all.

 

[tao bleeding heart]

Can somebody tell Adam Blythe the technique for using a microphone to prevent a loud nasal exhalation / inhalation sound being present. There must be some media professionals from Discovery + reading this.

The gaps in commentary at the Alps Tour deffo sounding like Darth Vader in the booth

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Dutch people and French has never been a good marriage and y'day was a nice example

"And here is a young French rider from DAT, Paul Sexi-ass"

 

[RedheadDane]

Dutch people and French has never been a good marriage and y'day was a nice example

"And here is a young French rider from DAT, Paul Sexi-ass"

And you're absolutely sure it wasn't a Freudian slip?




(Also, Adri Van der Poel and Corinne Poulidor seems like a pretty successful marriage. Definitely in terms of the combination of genes.)

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

And you're absolutely sure it wasn't a Freudian slip?




(Also, Adri Van der Poel and Corinne Poulidor seems like a pretty successful marriage. Definitely in terms of the combination of genes.)

Nah, it was for the entirety of stage 3

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

And you're absolutely sure it wasn't a Freudian slip?




(Also, Adri Van der Poel and Corinne Poulidor seems like a pretty successful marriage. Definitely in terms of the combination of genes.)

I need to apologize to the nation of the Netherlands. Apparently former Belgian commentator Mark Uyterhoeven called to notify them of the correct pronunciation after stage 2 and after he enunciated it the Dutch commentator repeated "Sexi-ass". Uytherhoeven found this so funny he didn't correct the Dutch Eurosport commentator. So the Dutch are only to blame for being gullible

 

[RedheadDane]

Worre (sounding completely serious): And he's being rumoured to Uno-X next year, Vingegaard.
Mielke: *Complete silence*
Worre: I'm joking.

 

[The fridge in the blue trees]

Kirby+Smith is pure torture. From Ciccone in the form of his life (he isn't, he's been ready for a Giro top 5 for years, but different issues prevented him from doing it, this year it's no guarantee either) from the surprise that Tiberi, who was 6th in both TTs last year, didn't collapse in the TT to Tarling who doesn't know how to show his happiness (he seemed pretty damn happy to me) Are those 2 guys going to be there the whole Giro???

 

[Divergence]

Kirby+Smith is pure torture. From Ciccone in the form of his life (he isn't, he's been ready for a Giro top 5 for years, but different issues prevented him from doing it, this year it's no guarantee either) from the surprise that Tiberi, who was 6th in both TTs last year, didn't collapse in the TT to Tarling who doesn't know how to show his happiness (he seemed pretty damn happy to me) Are those 2 guys going to be there the whole Giro???

It is pretty awful. Where is Sean Kelly? I switched to the German commentary after 2-3 min.
What I find inexplicable is how Smith is still a commentator. He has less than zero knowledge about cycling (even though he raced and was a director at a team which got relegated), he never gets things right. He is never entertaining (something that Kirby sometimes is), and his dull voice is just agony.
Give me McEwan, Kelly and Lloyd for the whole stage and it should be a treat.

 

[HashRouge]

Kirby+Smith is pure torture. From Ciccone in the form of his life (he isn't, he's been ready for a Giro top 5 for years, but different issues prevented him from doing it, this year it's no guarantee either) from the surprise that Tiberi, who was 6th in both TTs last year, didn't collapse in the TT to Tarling who doesn't know how to show his happiness (he seemed pretty damn happy to me) Are those 2 guys going to be there the whole Giro???

Wait, where were you watching? I was watching on TNT in the UK and we had a rotating combination of Matt Stephens, Adam Blythe, Sean Kelly, Robbie McEwan and Rob Hatch. I have to say I like Carlton - I know a lot of people don't but he's good at the sort of chat you need to fill a five hour sprint stage, and he works particularly well in combination with someone who really knows their stuff (Carlton with Robbie McEwan is my absolute favourite commentary combo).

 

[Swiss Tony]

Wait, where were you watching? I was watching on TNT in the UK and we had a rotating combination of Matt Stephens, Adam Blythe, Sean Kelly, Robbie McEwan and Rob Hatch. I have to say I like Carlton - I know a lot of people don't but he's good at the sort of chat you need to fill a five hour sprint stage, and he works particularly well in combination with someone who really knows their stuff (Carlton with Robbie McEwan is my absolute favourite commentary combo).

Nowt stranger than folk… my god, the further Kirby is away from the microphone the better my viewing experience will be…he’s the most clueless conman masquerading has a knowledgeable cycling commentator there’s ever been!

 

[Savant12]

Carlton can make the time pass like no other and Brian Smith has his own dry humor that works in contract to Kirby's out-there comments. It could be much worse..

 

[The fridge in the blue trees]

Wait, where were you watching? I was watching on TNT in the UK and we had a rotating combination of Matt Stephens, Adam Blythe, Sean Kelly, Robbie McEwan and Rob Hatch. I have to say I like Carlton - I know a lot of people don't but he's good at the sort of chat you need to fill a five hour sprint stage, and he works particularly well in combination with someone who really knows their stuff (Carlton with Robbie McEwan is my absolute favourite commentary combo).

https://media.wbdsports.com/post/grand-tour-season-gets-into-gear-with-warner-bros-discovery-to-p

Pan European commentary it seems...

 

[HashRouge]

https://media.wbdsports.com/post/grand-tour-season-gets-into-gear-with-warner-bros-discovery-to-p

Pan European commentary it seems...

It's interesting that they have a different commentary team for the English feed outside of the UK. Seems a bit pointless!

 

[awavey]

It's interesting that they have a different commentary team for the English feed outside of the UK. Seems a bit pointless!

maybe not, if WBD feel the TNT crew are their "premium subscription" service, there maybe pan European countries who want the pictures still with some English comms, but dont want to pay for the premium service.

 

[Potomac]

Have they just spent 10 minutes talking about Josh Tarling immediately after stage four today

WTF?

 

[zlev11]

cut directly to the studio discussion before showing any replays or standings, absolutely garbage coverage

 

[ashhutch1997]

cut directly to the studio discussion before showing any replays or standings, absolutely garbage coverage

I know, didn't give me enough chance to quickly turn it off!

 

[the delgados]

Nowt stranger than folk… my god, the further Kirby is away from the microphone the better my viewing experience will be…he’s the most clueless conman masquerading has a knowledgeable cycling commentator there’s ever been!

You might be on to something here. Maybe give CK's employers a shout and let them know what others -- including his legion of fans -- can't see. You might singlehandedly save the cycling broadcasting industry from future masquerading and all-round cluelessness.
Before writing to CK's boss, you might want to run your reasons why CK sucks by a friendly audience. Surely you don't want to say silly things and have your plea fall on deaf ears at HQ.
You want CK gone and you've gotta get it right! So let's work together here.
Question 1: What makes my man CK the "most clueless conman masquerading as a knowledgeable cycling commentator"?
Unless he's saying Greg LeMond just took the stage win, occasionally mis-identifying a rider doesn't count. Everyone does it.

 

[zlev11]

cut directly to the studio discussion before showing any replays or standings, absolutely garbage coverage

are they reading my posts? we got replays and standings today!!!