The visuals promise to be sensational, the time zone amenable and the atmosphere fully vibrant — as is usually the case with a European-based Olympics.

And a return to “normal” after two COVID-hampered Games is perhaps the most enticing backdrop to Paris 2024, both for CBC and a captive Canadian audience back at home.

For the most part, Canadian viewers will once again be able to feast on the vast menu offered at a Summer Games, but not without some lingering fallout from the COVID-muddled versions of Beijing 2022 and Tokyo 2021, two versions that may have forever altered the way the global sporting spectacle is broadcast.