It all seems confusing?
Shouldn't all the limited run, two week, nightly and daily, 200 hour plus network broadcasts of the Olympics be classified as mini-series, like the rest of network Olympic broadcasts? These titles are classified otherwise.
Mini-Series misclassified
Lillehammer 1994: XVII Olympic Winter Games 1994 | TV Series
Albertville 1992: XVI Olympic Winter Games 1992 | TV Series
Lake Placid 1980: XIII Olympic Winter Games 1980 | TV Movie
Innsbruck 1976: XII Olympic Winter Games 1976 | TV Series
Los Angeles 1984: Games of the XXIII Olympiad 1984 | TV Series
XII Olympic Games at Innsbruck" (1976) 1976 | TV Series
Duplicates
1994 Olympic Winter Games (1994) (TV Series) seems to be a
duplicate of Lillehammer 1994: XVII Olympic Winter Games (1994) (TV Mini-Series)
The 18th Olympic Winter Games (1998) (TV Series) seems to be a
duplicate of Nagano 1998: XVIII Olympic Winter Games (1998) (TV Mini-Series)
XV Winter Olympic Games (1988) (TV Movie) seems to be a
duplicate of Calgary 1988: XV Olympic Winter Games (1988) (TV Mini-Series)
Rio 2016: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (I) (2016) (TV Mini-Series) seems to be a
duplicate of Rio 2016: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (II) (2016) (TV Mini-Series)
Similar IOC Titles
Does each country's broadcaster get its own version of the title for their show or is there one consolidated title for all the countries broadcasts? There are over a hundred different partner broadcasters licensed by the IOC. (ie Sky Italia (presents) Vancouver Winter Olympic Games (2010) (TV Series) and NBC (presents)
Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games)
Also, the official the IOC documentaries for each Olympics seem to be similarly titled with adds another layer of confusion? (ie. IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964 (1964)).
Missing IOC Broadcast Titles
Sarajevo 1984: XIV Olympic Winter Games (1984) (TV Mini-Series)
Innsbruck 1964: IX Olympic Winter Games (1964) (TV Mini-Series) (documentary only listed)
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956: VII Olympic Winter Games (1956) (TV Mini-Series)
Shouldn't all the limited run, two week, nightly and daily, 200 hour plus network broadcasts of the Olympics be classified as mini-series, like the rest of network Olympic broadcasts? These titles are classified otherwise.
Mini-Series misclassified
Lillehammer 1994: XVII Olympic Winter Games 1994 | TV Series
Albertville 1992: XVI Olympic Winter Games 1992 | TV Series
Lake Placid 1980: XIII Olympic Winter Games 1980 | TV Movie
Innsbruck 1976: XII Olympic Winter Games 1976 | TV Series
Los Angeles 1984: Games of the XXIII Olympiad 1984 | TV Series
XII Olympic Games at Innsbruck" (1976) 1976 | TV Series
Duplicates
1994 Olympic Winter Games (1994) (TV Series) seems to be a
duplicate of Lillehammer 1994: XVII Olympic Winter Games (1994) (TV Mini-Series)
The 18th Olympic Winter Games (1998) (TV Series) seems to be a
duplicate of Nagano 1998: XVIII Olympic Winter Games (1998) (TV Mini-Series)
XV Winter Olympic Games (1988) (TV Movie) seems to be a
duplicate of Calgary 1988: XV Olympic Winter Games (1988) (TV Mini-Series)
Rio 2016: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (I) (2016) (TV Mini-Series) seems to be a
duplicate of Rio 2016: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (II) (2016) (TV Mini-Series)
Similar IOC Titles
Does each country's broadcaster get its own version of the title for their show or is there one consolidated title for all the countries broadcasts? There are over a hundred different partner broadcasters licensed by the IOC. (ie Sky Italia (presents) Vancouver Winter Olympic Games (2010) (TV Series) and NBC (presents)
Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games)
Also, the official the IOC documentaries for each Olympics seem to be similarly titled with adds another layer of confusion? (ie. IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964 (1964)).
Missing IOC Broadcast Titles
Sarajevo 1984: XIV Olympic Winter Games (1984) (TV Mini-Series)
Innsbruck 1964: IX Olympic Winter Games (1964) (TV Mini-Series) (documentary only listed)
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956: VII Olympic Winter Games (1956) (TV Mini-Series)
Posted 2 years ago
Michelle, Official Rep
Joel, Official Rep
Hey urbanemovies,
Thanks for your post and helping keep IMDb uptodate and accurate.
Our system isn't deisnged particularily well to list events such as the Olympic coverage, ideally these should be listed as a TV Series with each day reflected as a separate episode.
For example:
BBC: XVI Olympic Winter Games (TV Series)
1994 Olympic Winter Games (TV Series)
A good example how these should be displayed can be seen on the BBC's coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
This is a TV Series with each episode relating to a particular game and the production company has been added as the BBC to differentiate this from other distributors.
Similarly, you can see the 2014 FIFA World Cup page works in the same way - although the production company here is HBS instead of BBC.
Due to the differences in sporting types, I recommend for the Olympics each episode relate to a day as opposed to an individual sport.
I'll shortly be updating our guides to reflect this. If you know any further information relating to the existing titles, we'd really appreciate if you were able to submit these updates for an editor to review.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Joel
Thanks for your post and helping keep IMDb uptodate and accurate.
Our system isn't deisnged particularily well to list events such as the Olympic coverage, ideally these should be listed as a TV Series with each day reflected as a separate episode.
For example:
BBC: XVI Olympic Winter Games (TV Series)
- Day 1 (Ep 1)
- Day 2 (Ep 2)
- Day 3 (Ep 3)
- Day 1 (Ep 1)
- Day 2 (Ep 2)
- Day 3 (Ep 3)
- Day 1 (Ep 1)
- Day 2 (Ep 2)
- Day 3 (Ep 3)
1994 Olympic Winter Games (TV Series)
- Day 1 (Ep 1)
- Day 2 (Ep 2)
- Day 3 (Ep 3)
- Day 1 (Ep 1)
- Day 2 (Ep 2)
- Day 3 (Ep 3)
A good example how these should be displayed can be seen on the BBC's coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
This is a TV Series with each episode relating to a particular game and the production company has been added as the BBC to differentiate this from other distributors.
Similarly, you can see the 2014 FIFA World Cup page works in the same way - although the production company here is HBS instead of BBC.
Due to the differences in sporting types, I recommend for the Olympics each episode relate to a day as opposed to an individual sport.
I'll shortly be updating our guides to reflect this. If you know any further information relating to the existing titles, we'd really appreciate if you were able to submit these updates for an editor to review.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Joel
I would think mini-series would be more appropriate due to the limited run nature of each event. Regardless, it should be consistent for all the Olympic events not erratic. Thanks, for the update, as you point out the guides aren't particularly clear.
(Edited)
Joel, Official Rep
Hey,
Thanks for the response.
My mistake, I meant to include they should be added as mini-series (either at the point of submission or by the keyword addition), this will be included in the guide updates when they go live.
Joel
Thanks for the response.
My mistake, I meant to include they should be added as mini-series (either at the point of submission or by the keyword addition), this will be included in the guide updates when they go live.
Joel
urbanemovies
The games were known as 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games. But, the most commonly used variation specifies the location and year with Olympic edition subtitled, Grenoble 1968: X Olympic Winter Games
correction
Rio 2016: XXXI Olympic Summer Games (2016) (TV Mini-Series) seems to be a
duplicate of Rio 2016: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (II) (2016) (TV Mini-Series)
PS note: If you go to Plot Keywords and 1) delete "tv-series" and 2) add "tv-mini-series", the classification should change.