I agree with you,.. believe it or not,
I thought the commercials were way too many
and a distraction
and aired when they shouldn't have, they could have least
aired the opening which was 40 minutes tops with no commercials on, I know Olympics tend to get long but wish they would air everything in it's entire,
but despite that i still loved the opening ceremonies, it was amazing i loved the drum pounding the flamed rings in the water the little boy in the paper boat boy EROS and how they connected ancient history with modern.. really beautiful, the creator who visioned that did a wonderful job and contrary to early reports how the U.S team was going to be received they were welcomed to a very cheery warm generous crowd and applause,also Gianna's speech was excellent, it's too bad for Kenteris but i loved watching Mellasinidis and gold medal windsurfer Nikos Kaklamanakis
lit the torch it was beautiful.

The Olympics most definitely will be released on DVD ,
CNBC repeated the opening ceremonies early 2:00 am last evening,
maybe they aired it commercial free there?