This will be Costas’ 12th Olympics for NBC, as he served as NBC’s late night host at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The Rio assignment is Costas’ seventh as primetime host of a Summer Games – also the most in U.S. He has served as primetime host for every Olympics on NBC since 1992, including the 2012 London Games, which is the most-watched television event in U.S. television record 11th time when the world’s top athletes gather for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. BOB COSTAS: Costas serves as NBC’s primetime Olympic host for a U.S.TELEMUNDO and NBC UNIVERSO commentators will be announced in the coming weeks.įOLLOWING IS A RUNDOWN OF NBC OLYMPICS’ ON-AIR & DIGITAL TEAM: The 170 commentators will work coverage on NBCU platforms – NBC, NBCSN, Bravo, CNBC, Golf Channel, MSNBC, USA Network, the NBC Sports app, and – the most in-depth coverage in Summer Olympics history.Olympic ice dance silver medalist Tanith White. Olympic ice hockey medalist AJ Mleczko, and 2006 U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist Tara Lipinski, two-time U.S. Olympic short track speed skating medalist Apolo Ohno, 1998 U.S. Olympic synchronized swimming gold medalist Heather Olson, eight-time U.S. Olympic equestrian gold medalist Melanie Smith-Taylor, U.S. Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Dain Blanton, U.S. ![]() Olympic diving gold medalist Laura Wilkinson, U.S. Olympic basketball gold medalist Swin Cash, U.S. Olympic wrestling gold medalist John Smith, three-time U.S Olympic rowing medalist Mary Whipple, two-time U.S. Olympic volleyball gold medalists Paul Sunderland and Chris Marlowe, two-time U.S. Olympic women’s soccer silver medalist Danielle Slaton, U.S. Olympic women’s soccer gold medalists Kate Markgraf and Aly Wagner, U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist Rowdy Gaines, two-time U.S. Olympic gymnastics medalist Tim Daggett, three-time U.S. ![]() Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Nastia Liukin, two-time U.S. Among the Olympians on Team NBC: Four-time Trinidad and Tobago Olympic track and field medalist Ato Boldon, 2008 U.S.Hoda Kotb previously worked at multiple Olympics for NBC News including in Athens (2004), Torino (2006), Beijing (2008) and London (2012). Meredith Vieira works her third Opening Ceremony for NBC. Rio 2016 will be Matt Lauer’s 11th Olympics for TODAY, and his fifth in a role on the primetime Opening Ceremony broadcast.Ryan Seacrest will serve as host for NBC’s late night coverage. Liam McHugh and Carolyn Manno will handle NBCSN hosting duties. ![]() Dan Patrick and Rebecca Lowe will work across both NBC and NBCSN. Bob Costas, a 27-time Emmy Award winner, serves as NBC’s primetime host Al Michaels will serve as a host during NBC’s daytime coverage on weekdays and weekends.Team NBC would have finished fifth in the London medal count ahead of Germany and behind Team USA, China, Russia and Great Britain. The roster includes Olympians who have won a combined total of 59 Olympic medals (25 gold, 21 silver, and 13 bronze).The overall talent lineup features the return of many of the network’s signature Olympic hosts, play-by-play commentators and analysts with Olympic experience. NBC Sports Group presents expanded coverage of the Rio Games, including golf returning to the Olympics for the first time since 1904. More than 40 members of the team will be making their NBC Olympics debuts, led by Golf Channel’s David Feherty. Matt Lauer, co-anchor of TODAY, Meredith Vieira, special correspondent for TODAY, and Hoda Kotb, co-host of the fourth hour of TODAY, will host the Opening Ceremony. The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics is one month from today – Friday, August 5 on NBC. Bob Costas leads a record 170 NBC Olympics commentators (which includes those to be announced in the coming weeks) – the most ever for an Olympics – as NBCUniversal presents coverage of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil across NBC, NBCSN, Bravo, CNBC, Golf Channel, MSNBC, USA Network, TELEMUNDO, NBC UNIVERSO, the NBC Sports app, and.
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