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How Many Will Watch the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics?

WHEN YOU HEAR "ENGLAND," what do you picture? If it's lush, rolling green hills and lots of sheep and cows, that's pretty much what you'll get in this year's Olympics Opening Ceremonies in London. Designed by English art director Danny Boyle (director of "Slumdog Millionaire," "Trainspotting," and "28 Days Later," among other films) and costing a cool $42M, the Opening Ceremonies will be called "Isles of Wonder" (from a speech in Shakespeare's The Tempest) and will reportedly represent all things British--including fake "clouds" that are set to supply real rain for an authentic experience, should it be unseasonably sunny on the summer evening. Queen Elizabeth, Daniel Craig (as James Bond), and Paul McCartney are all set to make appearances. In past years, U.S. Audiences were in the 20-30 million range for the Olympics Opening Ceremonies; Sydney in 2000 had 27.3M, Athens in 2004 had 25.4M, and Beijing in 2008 had 34.2M viewers. So how many Americans will have their eyes on London this July? We're betting it'll be a big number -- and the upper 30 million range isn't out of the question. Tally-ho!
canam
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canam: Posted June 22, 2012
Safe bet on this one because everyone will be tuning in just to see the English countryside and all the colors of the day the beautiful bodies, the royalty, the "show biz" people, the queen and all that glory. It's July and mainly we will be wishing we had those lush green hills and we know it will be sunny here in the states and we may be wishing for those fake clouds that supply the real rain while we watch all that Olympic gold.......
tigress
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tigress: Posted June 26, 2012
This is such American tradition. We all love to watch the Olympics with our children and have those talks about their dreams and goals. I know millions will be tuned in to watch our sons and daughters make their strives for the gold, to watch the beautiful English countryside, watch for Her Majesty, and just enjoy the historical traditional prideful feeling.