Stadium Blacks Out Ribbon Boards To Fix Horrific TBS Glare

Massive viewer complaints about glare from the Final Four venue ribbon boards on TBS’s broadcast led to the lights being blacked out late in the first half of tonight’s Oklahoma-Villanova semifinal.

Here’s the moment they blacked out, during the last first-half media timeout:

Prior to the blackout, the ribbon board glare infuriated viewers:

Afterward, the glare was nonexistent—though the camera angle still sucked.

The angle being used on the TNT and TruTV feeds is still superior: