Reply #19: They always do that.

[SeattleGirl]

They want to show it in prime time in each time zone; thus, the east coast sees it 3 hours before the west coast does.

And yes, it does make many of us on the west coast mad.

Like those on the east coast, we on the west coast do like to watch things without knowing beforehand how they end.

And for the Olympics, lots of west coasters go out of their way to avoid results news before the events are aired.