Elvis Stojko Talks About His Broadway Debut as Billy Flynn in CHICAGO
by Alan Henry - March 18, 2014 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....
NBC & Twitter Partner for 2014 Sochi Olympics
by Tyler Peterson - February 05, 2014 NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, and Twitter will collaborate on NBC's broadcast of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia, to magnify the Olympic conversation on Twitter and encourage tune-in to NBCUniversal's multi-platform coverage of the Games, the two companies announ...
ABC to Air DISSON SKATING's Colgate Skating Series This November
by Casey Judge - October 27, 2014 Disson Skating returns to the ice for its 25th year with the upcoming Colgate Skating Series airing exclusively on ABC. Each two-hour special in this milestone year will feature world-renowned Olympic figure skating champions and musicians, with select shows featuring the skaters' families, Olympic ...
Elvis Stojko Talks About His Broadway Debut as Billy Flynn in CHICAGO
by Alan Henry - March 18, 2014 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....
ABC to Present Exclusive FIGURE SKATING Specials for 2014/15 Television Season
by Caryn Robbins - March 05, 2014 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....
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Wild and Swinging Holiday Party to Play Orleans Showroom, 12/29-30
by Tyler Peterson - November 19, 2014 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will bring their trademark big band sound to The Orleans Showroom on December 29 and 30 for “Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Wild and Swinging Holiday Party.”...
NBC & NBCSN Score Big Gains Throughout Tuesday's Olympics Coverage
by Tyler Peterson - February 12, 2014 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...
NBC Wraps SOCHI OLYMPICS Coverage with #1 Primetime Show
by Caryn Robbins - February 24, 2014 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...
N'kenge to Perform at Sing & Skate Against Breast Cancer Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - January 17, 2014 With the 2014 Winter Olympics only weeks away, a cast of former Olympians is teaming up with Broadway Star N'kenge from the musical ' Motown' for the annual Sing & Skate Against Breat Cancer at Bank of America Winter Village on January 18 to benefit the Jacobi Medical Center Auxiliary. Last year the...
Twyla Tharp Will Hit the Road with New Works in 2015; Tour Will Visit Lincoln Center & More!
by Nicole Rosky - February 09, 2015 According to the New York Times, dance legend Twyla Tharp, whose choreography has been seen on Broadway in such shows as Movin' Out and Come Fly Away, is going on the road. The choreographer will celebrate her 50th year in the business with a national tour that will eventually make its way to Lincol...
Tara Lipinski & Terry Gannon Host 2014 ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING SERIES, Continuing Today on NBC
by TV News Desk - November 30, 2014 NBC continues its coverage of the 2014 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series with Grand Prix Japan, the final event before the 2014 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final....
Olympic Skiers Bode Miller & Ted Ligety to Compete in Super Combined Final Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - February 13, 2014 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...
U.S.'s Meryl Davis & Charlie White Highlight NBC's Olympics Coverage Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - February 07, 2014 NBC's primetime coverage tomorrow, Saturday, February 8, features the ladies' and ice dance teams short programs on the second day of the inaugural team figure skating competition. 2010 Olympic silver medalists and reigning World ice dance champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White anchor a strong Amer...
U.S. Medalist Julia Mancuso Goes for Gold on NBC's Olympics Coverage Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - February 09, 2014 NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games continues tomorrow, Monday, February 10 at 8 p.m. ET with decorated Olympian Julia Mancuso in the gold medal final of the super combined, which consists of one downhill run and one slalom run. Mancuso, whose three Olympic medals are the most ...
World Slalom Champ Mikaela Shiffrin to Compete in Gold Medal Final Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - February 20, 2014 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...
CBS Sports' Broadcaster Verne Lundquist to Receive Vin Scully Award
by Caryn Robbins - March 06, 2014 CBS Sports broadcaster Verne Lundquist will receive the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio (...
Willie Geist Hosts Inaugural BEST OF THE U.S. AWARDS SHOW Tonight
by TV News Desk - April 07, 2014 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, which will honor outstanding U.S. performances from the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and air tonight, April 7 on NBCSN from 7-8 p.m. ET. In addition,...
NBC to Premiere NANCY & TONYA Documentary Tonight
by Tyler Peterson - February 23, 2014 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 ...
Nancy & Tonya Debuts 2/23 on NBC
by Caryn Robbins - February 19, 2014 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....
Johnny Weir & Tara Lipinski Headed to ACCESS HOLLYWOOD for Oscar Sunday Red Carpet Coverage
by Tyler Peterson - February 25, 2014 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...
Davis and White Headline Cast of STARS ON ICE, Coming to Giant Center, 4/10
by Tyler Peterson - March 06, 2014 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...
VIDEO: Jim Parsons Parodies Johnny Weir in SNL Cold Open
by Tyler Peterson - March 02, 2014 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!...
Four-Time Olympic Medalist Yevgeny Plushenko Competes Tomorrow on NBC
by Tyler Peterson - February 12, 2014 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...
NBC Announces Digital Coverage of 2014 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
by Caryn Robbins - February 07, 2014 NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, is offering U.S. Olympic fans unprecedented digital and social media coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia...
NBC Sports Kicks Off Coverage of 2015 PRUDENTIAL U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
by TV News Desk - January 24, 2015 NBC presents live coverage of the 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships, beginning with the pairs' free skate and free dance competitions today, Jan. 24, at 3 p.m. ET... |
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