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Spoiler alert: Simone Biles won the bronze medal in balance beam at the Tokyo Olympics.
If you hoped to avoid that information heading into NBC’s prime-time coverage Tuesday and save yourself the early wake-up call to catch it live you either failed, or spent the day hiking a distant mountain pass without cell or internet service. (Jealous!) Which left the network with a now-familiar predicament: How do you transform old news into compelling television?
The final event of the Games’ biggest star, and the denouement of the story that’s dominated the headlines coming out of Tokyo for more than a week, seemed like an ideal candidate for a closer look. So Times TV editor Matt Brennan, senior writer Greg Braxton and staff writer Tracy Brown, who’ve previously discussed the challenges facing this year’s Olympic telecast and the controversies that have clouded this year’s Games, came together to analyze Tuesday night’s broadcast in real time. Here’s their conver
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