Willie Geist to Host Inaugural BEST OF THE U.S. AWARDS SHOW, 4/7
NBC's Willie Geist will serve as host for the United States Olympic Committee's inaugural Best of U.S. Awards Show supported by USG...
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NBC, NBCSN and Universal Sports will broadcast more than 30 hours of figure skating coverage this season, capped by the World Championships in Boston in March and April. The season kicks off in earnest with live Skate America coverage on NBC in Milwaukee in three weeks. It also includes live coverage of all four disciplines of the U.S. "Figure Skating" Championships in St. Paul, Minn., in January.
- Source TVMazeElvis Stojko Talks About His Broadway Debut as Billy Flynn in CHICAGO
Elvis Stojko is no stranger to performing in front of an audience, having gone to the Olympics representing Canada in figure skating. Now, Sotjko is trading in the skates for a pair of dancing shoes to star as the fast talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the Broadway Production of Chicago....
CBS Sports' Broadcaster Verne Lundquist to Receive Vin Scully Award
CBS Sports broadcaster Verne Lundquist will receive the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio (...
Davis and White Headline Cast of STARS ON ICE, Coming to Giant Center, 4/10
Meryl Davis and Charlie White returned from the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, with the United States' first ice dancing gold medal in history. Stars on Ice, featuring Davis and White along with their bronze medal winning teammates from the inaugural Olympic figure skating team event, will v...
ABC to Present Exclusive FIGURE SKATING Specials for 2014/15 Television Season
Fresh off the blades of the Winter Olympics, ABC has reached a multi-year agreement with Disson Skating, a leader in family entertainment programming, for the exclusive broadcast of Disson Skating's legendary entertainment specials for the 2014/2015 television season....
VIDEO: Jim Parsons Parodies Johnny Weir in SNL Cold Open
On last night's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Jim Parsons channeled Olympian and NBC figure skating analyst Johnny Weir in the show's cold open. Check out the skit, featuring Kate McKinnon as Ellen DeGeneres, below!...
Meryl Davis & Charlie White to Headline STARS ON ICE at Joe Louis Arena, 4/27
Meryl Davis and Charlie White returned from the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, with the United States' first ice dancing gold medal in history. Stars on Ice, featuring Davis and White along with their bronze medal winning teammates from the inaugural Olympic figure skating team event, will v...
Johnny Weir & Tara Lipinski Headed to ACCESS HOLLYWOOD for Oscar Sunday Red Carpet Coverage
Olympic Gold Medalist Tara Lipinski and three-time U.S. figure skating champion and Olympian Johnny Weir had just as much fun coordinating their outfits together as they did as ice skating commentators for NBC at the Winter Games in Sochi Russia. And now the pair is headed straight from Sochi to Ho...
NBC Wraps SOCHI OLYMPICS Coverage with #1 Primetime Show
NBC concluded its coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia with its two primetime telecasts – the Closing Ceremony and the special Nancy & Tonya documentary – ranking #1 and #2 on broadcast television in household rating...
USA-Canada Olympic Men's Hockey Semifinal is Highest Rated Hockey Game Ever on NBCSN
Canada's 1-0 victory over Team USA in Friday's Olympic men's hockey semifinal (Noon-2:30 p.m. ET/9 a.m-11:30 a.m. PT) posted a 2.7 household rating/8 share to rank as the highest-rated hockey game in NBCSN history, according to live plus same day fast national data released today by The Nielsen Comp...
NBC to Premiere NANCY & TONYA Documentary Tonight
NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tonight, Sunday, February 23 at 7/6c is highlighted by the special documentary Nancy & Tonya, in which Mary Carillo looks back at the events surrounding the ladies' figure skating competition at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, one of the most ...
NBC Olympics to Air Three Documentaries this Weekend
NBC Olympics will present three documentaries as a part of its coverage of the final weekend of XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia: Lokomotiv, which chronicles the tragedy surrounding the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club (airs tomorrow within NBC's afternoon Olympic coverage); Long Way Home...
World Slalom Champ Mikaela Shiffrin to Compete in Gold Medal Final Tomorrow
NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Friday, February 21 at 8/7c is highlighted by the women's slalom gold medal final in alpine skiing where 18-year-old phenom Mikaela Shiffrin, the reigning world and World Cup champion in slalom, takes to the Sochi course for her sig...
Nancy & Tonya Debuts 2/23 on NBC
Exactly 20 years to the day after the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, Mary Carillo looks back at the events leading up to, during and following the ladies' figure skating competition in the special one-hour Nancy & Tonya....
Figure Skating Champ Gracie Gold to Make Individual Program Debut on NBC Tomorrow
NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19 at 8/7c is highlighted by the short program in ladies' figure skating where reigning U.S. champion Gracie Gold makes her individual program debut after winning bronze in the team event. The program also featu...
American Skier Mikaela Shiffrin to Make Olympic Debut in Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final Tomorrow
NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18 at 8/7c is highlighted by the giant slalom gold medal final in women's alpine skiing, where 18-year-old American phenom Mikaela Shiffrin makes her Olympic debut, and the most decorated woman in U.S. Olympic alp...
151 Million Viewers Have Tuned into Sochi Olympics on NBC So Far
More than half of all American television viewers have watched the 2014 Sochi Winter Games on the networks of NBCUniversal, according to fast cume data provided by The Nielsen Company....
Olympic Skiers Bode Miller & Ted Ligety to Compete in Super Combined Final Tomorrow
NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Friday, February 14 at 8 p.m. ET features the men's super combined gold medal final featuring five-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller and reigning world champion Ted Ligety -- the previous two Olympic gold medalists in the event. Als...
NBC & NBCSN Score Big Gains Throughout Tuesday's Olympics Coverage
NBC and NBCSN posted sizable increases for Tuesday's Sochi Winter Olympics coverage which featured Shaun White in the snowboard halfpipe final, Erin Hamlin becoming the first American to medal in a luge singles event (bronze), the figure skating pairs' short program, the gold medal final in women's...
Four-Time Olympic Medalist Yevgeny Plushenko Competes Tomorrow on NBC
NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Thursday, February 13 at 8 p.m. ET features the men's short figure skating program, where Russian figure skating legend Yevgeny Plushenko will have immense support from the home crowd, as he skates for his fifth Olympic medal, howe...
Julia Mancuso & Shani Davis to Compete for Olympic Milestones Tomorrow
NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12 at 8 p.m. ET, features the most decorated woman in U.S. Olympic alpine history Julia Mancuso, who looks to tie the U.S. record for the most Olympic alpine skiing medals, currently held by Bode Miller, during t...
Shaun White Goes for Halfpipe Gold Medal 3-Peat on Tonight's OLYMPICS Coverage on NBC
In one of this year's most highly anticipated Olympic events, snowboarding legend, Shaun White, will attempt to become the first American man to win 3 consecutive gold medals in the same individual event during tonight's snowboard halfpipe final....
Over 100 Million Americans Have Tuned into Winter Olympics So Far
More than 100 million Americans have watched the Sochi Winter Games on the networks of NBCUniversal, according to fast cume data provided by The Nielsen Company....
25.1 Million Viewers Tune in for NBC's Primetime OLYMPICS Telecast
NBC's primetime Olympics telecast on Saturday (8-11:06 p.m. ET) averaged 25.1 million viewers and a 13.9 household rating/24 share – up 8% and 3% respectively from the opening Saturday of the last European Winter Olympics...
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