NBC’s Olympic Hosts; Confirmed and Speculated - Fang's Bites

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http://fangsbites.com/2012/04/nbcs-olympic-hosts-confirmed-and-speculated/

by Ken, under Al Michaels, Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, NBC Sports,
Olympics

In the next month or so, NBC will formally announce its coverage plans
and talent for the London Summer Olympics. We’ve heard drips and
drabs. Last year, Dan Patrick announced on his show that he will have
a host role on the Olympics along with Bob Costas and Al Michaels.

This week, we learned that Meredith Viera will return to the Today
Show for the two weeks in London to host the morning portion along
with Matt Lauer. And it was announced that Meredith and Matt will join
Bob Costas to host the Opening Ceremony at the new Olympic Stadium on
July 27.

In addition, we found out through Brian Stelter of the New York Times
that no-talent hack Ryan Seacrest will also be involved in a yet-to-be-
defined role, and I hope it’s not in primetime or late night.

So here is what we know thus far. I’ll put together a more detailed
speculative list of announcers and hosts when I have the time. And I
hope to have someone from NBC Sports on a future podcast to discuss
the network’s Olympic plans. I have to stress that this is not
official from NBC. What has been confirmed will be in bold and
italicized.

OPENING CEREMONY

Bob Costas, Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera

TODAY SHOW AT THE OLYMPICS

Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera, Ann Curry, Al Roker

AFTERNOON

Al Michaels (based on 2010 in Vancouver)

PRIMETIME

Bob Costas

LATE NIGHT

Mary Carillo (based on 2008 in Beijing)

WEEKEND

Dan Patrick

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

Dan Patrick

Liam McHugh

CLOSING CEREMONY

Bob Costas, Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera

I put Dan and Liam on NBC Sports Network based on a report earlier
this week in Multichannel News that NBCSN will air 300 hours of
coverage and they will need familiar hosts on the network. Dan who
hosted NFL Turning Point for Versus/NBCSN and NHL host McHugh will
give NBCSN viewers some familiarity.

Other potential hosts could include Lester Holt (served as MSNBC host
in Athens) and Fred Roggin (boxing host in 2008 and curling in 2010).

Hosts we won’t see return from previous Olympiads: Matt Vasgersian
(now with MLB Network/Fox) and Lindsay Czarniak (now on ESPN).

As mentioned previously, I’ll throw together a full list of whom I
think will host and call the events based on previous Olympics and see
how it compares to the official list when it’s released.

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Ryan Seacrest is part of the Olympic reporting crew. Just FYI.

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