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The commercial was for NBC's upcoming sitcom Animal Kingdom.
After Gabby Douglas won the gold and Bob Costas spoke about how amazing this was for the first African-American to win the women's all-around gymnastics title, NBC aired a commercial of a Monkey doing gymnastics which has caused quite a stir. Racist, or just bad timing? Tons of people on Twitter seemed to think it was more on the racist side.
The commercial was for NBC's upcoming sitcom Animal Kingdom.