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Mike Tirico hasn't done anything memorable as the new Olympics host, and NBC "must be thrilled"
"Why does Mike Tirico exist?" asks Willa Paskin.
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Posted Wednesday 2/14/18 at 2:16AM EST
NBC turned its Winter Olympics snowboarding coverage into the Shaun White show
The now three-time Winter Olympics gold medalist is "a scintillating performer, and a remarkably clutch one," says Josh Levin and...
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Posted Wednesday 2/14/18 at 2:16AM EST
Bob Costas says he's fine watching the Winter Olympics at home: "I’m interested, but I’m not obsessed"
"I’m seeing a good portion of it," Costas says of being home watching the Olympics for the first time in...
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Leslie Jones has become the "anti-announcer" of the Winter Olympics
The SNL star's tweets are being called the best thing about the Winter Olympics, and she has yet to even arrive in South Korea.
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Posted Tuesday 2/13/18 at 7:30PM EST
Why NBC shouldn't be worried about the Winter Olympics ratings
When counting the combined Winter Olympics viewership on NBC and other online and cable platforms, the ratings are pretty much...
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Posted Tuesday 2/13/18 at 7:30PM EST
Before winning the gold medal, Red Gerard overslept after binging on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The snowboarder tells Yahoo News that he fell asleep with his teammate while watching the Fox comedy on Netflix.
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Posted Tuesday 2/13/18 at 1:51PM EST
Why hasn't NBC mentioned the sexual harassment allegations against Shaun White?
The two-time Winter Olympics gold medalist snowboarder has had a "road to redemption" storyline" in Pyeongchang, but there has been...
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Posted Tuesday 2/13/18 at 1:51PM EST
Katie Couric apologizes for her Opening Ceremonies suggestion that the Dutch skate to work every day on frozen canals
Couric apologized via Twitter last night after the Dutch embassy threw her some shade over her suggestion that skating to...
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Posted Monday 2/12/18 at 8:22PM EST
NBC: We did not fire Opening Ceremony analyst who offended Koreans
Asia expert Joshua Cooper Ramo was only hired to analyze the Opening Ceremony, so his job with the PyeongChang Games...
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Posted Monday 2/12/18 at 8:22PM EST
Chicago TV station apologizes, blames "graphics mix-up" for referring to PyeongChang as "P.F. Chang"
WLS said the graphic referencing the Asian-themed casual dining restaurant chain was intended for a "satirical piece.
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Posted Monday 2/12/18 at 8:22PM EST
Winter Olympics gold medlalist Red Gerard to visit Jimmy Kimmel
The 17-year-old snowboarder, who became the first American to win gold in PyeongChang, will make his talk show debut on...
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Posted Monday 2/12/18 at 8:22PM EST
The Walking Dead's new promos mock the Winter Olympics
The new teasers take on skiing, curling and figure skating.
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NBC's Winter Olympics coverage has become the "Apology Olympics"
NBC dumped analyst Joshua Cooper Ramo after he offended South Koreans by saying during the Opening Ceremony, "every Korean will...
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Posted Thursday 2/08/18 at 6:30PM EST
Sterling K. Brown will narrate the opening film for NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage
The This Is Us star’s voice will introduce a seven-minute film, tiled Always Start with the Dreams, paying tribute to...
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Posted Thursday 2/08/18 at 1:41PM EST
NBC to air a five-minute version of The Tonight Show, The Fallon 5, during the Winter Olympics
The truncated version of The Tonight Show will air following the Olympics primetime programming on NBC from Feb.