A very intersesting survey about how people’s habits have changed while the Olympics are on. Are you changing your household routines to tune in? I’ll use any excuse not to do the laundry…too bad the Olympics are only on for two weeks, every two years. And men are admitting to tearing up!?
Updated Winter Olympic Results:
Based on the first 13 nights of the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games (through Wednesday, Feb. 24), NBC is estimating a total tune-in to-date of 177 million viewers on the networks of NBC Universal. Average viewership is 24.9 million — 20 percent above the 20.7 million for the comparable period in Turino in 2006.
According to NBC Sports:
-46 percent of Olympic viewers changed their typical routine to watch the Olympics.
-34 percent delayed doing laundry or other household chores — including paying bills — in order to watch the Olympics.
-59 percent said they didn’t watch some of their “regular shows” in order to watch the Olympics.
-35 percent of viewers cried or became teary-eyed while watching (25 percent among men).
-66 percent of viewers cheered aloud while watching the Olympics.
-63 percent stayed up longer than usual to watch, resulting in 42 percent being “more tired than normal.”
-42 percent of viewers said the Olympic sport they would most like to try is bobsled.
BTW…I’d love to try the Alpine Downhill Skiing. What Olympic sport would you like most to try?
