Georgie56 3661 Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 Only three months out, but might as well start this thread now. Here's CBC's talent roster. And they're doing studio coverage from Toronto instead of Tokyo.
Roadrunner 220 Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 NBC's Mike Tirico will anchor from an outside studio that will highlight the city's Rainbow Bridge. It's a first for an NBC Olympics primetime production to be outdoors. Today will also be airing from the same studio.
LoadStar 366 Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 I'm actually a little surprised that anyone will be doing anything from Japan. I figured with the pandemic and the restriction on foreign spectators that everyone would be remote, and leaning on OBS for the actual coverage of events. About the only benefit to having a local set is having athletes drop in for interviews, and I wonder if they'll even be able to do that under COVID protocols.
Newsjunkie24 507 Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 It will be interesting to see NBC's roster. I'm thinking a new play by play announcer for Track. Leigh Diffey has been a big part of regular track events for a few years ago. Tom Hammond hasn't done anything for NBC Sports since 2018. He seemed to be phoning it in in 2016. I assume Basketball will be handled by one of the NBC RSN NBA announcers. Can't wait.
Georgie56 3661 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Posted May 18, 2021 Rebecca Lowe hosting NBC Olympics daytime coverage.
Georgie56 3661 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Posted May 20, 2021 NBC has announced commentators for Olympic soccer.
Georgie56 3661 Posted May 25, 2021 Author Posted May 25, 2021 Like he did in 2000, Andres Cantor will do English and Spanish-language soccer play-by-play for NBCU.
AaronQ 309 Posted May 26, 2021 Posted May 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Georgie56 said: Like he did in 2000, Andres Cantor will do English and Spanish-language soccer play-by-play for NBCU. I never hear Andres Cantor doing commentary in English before, so this is outta be interesting.
danderson500 32 Posted May 26, 2021 Posted May 26, 2021 NBC's got a stacked soccer pbp lineup for Tokyo...Arlo White, Andres Cantor, Lisa Byington, Mark Followill, Jenn Hildreth and Derek Rae. Is NBC bringing back the soccer channel?
Georgie56 3661 Posted June 3, 2021 Author Posted June 3, 2021 More NBC pxp announcers disclosed. Shane Bacon - golf (in Tokyo) Jack Benjamin - various events Krista Blunk - various events Brendan Burke - rowing/canoe sprint Rupert Cox - rugby (from Sky Sports in the UK) Noah Eagle - 3-on-3 basketball Patrick Kinas - some swimming events Rich Lerner - golf (in Tokyo) Chris Lewis - table tennis Courtney Lyle - field hockey Beth Mowins - softball Kate Scott - basketball Matt Winer - handball Jason Benetti - baseball And others here.
Newsjunkie24 507 Posted June 3, 2021 Posted June 3, 2021 Leigh Diffey will be the new PXP for Track and Field, replacing longtime announcer Tom Hammond as well.
danderson500 32 Posted June 7, 2021 Posted June 7, 2021 Shocked that USA will have swimming and track, i tohught that nBC would hold those for primetime.
Newsjunkie24 507 Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 3 hours ago, danderson500 said: Shocked that USA will have swimming and track, i tohught that nBC would hold those for primetime. NBC will have swimming and track as well.
nathannah 2792 Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 3 hours ago, danderson500 said: Shocked that USA will have swimming and track, i tohught that nBC would hold those for primetime. Since Japanese primetime is during Today, you really don't want the diehards to have to wait twelve hours to watch. You want it edited with 43 video packages, watch NBC...otherwise just watch USA.
Georgie56 3661 Posted June 9, 2021 Author Posted June 9, 2021 Shepard Smith will be a studio host on CNBC. And Kathryn Tappen will host from Tokyo on USA.
Newsjunkie24 507 Posted June 9, 2021 Posted June 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Georgie56 said: Shepard Smith will be a studio host on CNBC. And Kathryn Tappen will host from Tokyo on USA. Shep kind of surprised me as host until I found out he actually is a huge sports fan when he's not anchoring. I knew Kathryn was going to be a studio host as she's already a studio host on a lot of NBC Sports events.
Georgie56 3661 Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 The full list of NBC Olympics broadcasters. 178 total.
susquvalleywgal 531 Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 35 minutes ago, Georgie56 said: The full list of NBC Olympics broadcasters. 178 total. Question: I thought I heard somewhere that NBC will air the Olympics (not only prime time of course) but also LIVE in all time zones. So, the LIVE on the east coast (correct me if I'm wrong) is going to be like starting 7AM on the East Coast. Did I hear correct? -- Matt
lugnuts6 91 Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 who is doing coverage for Telemundo / NBCUniverso ???
CircleSeven 1968 Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, lugnuts6 said: who is doing coverage for Telemundo / NBCUniverso ??? That link was in the NBC press release, but here it is.
Newsjunkie24 507 Posted June 24, 2021 Posted June 24, 2021 Interesting. I see that both Tom Hammond and Al Trautwig won't be there. Leigh Diffey should be outstanding, as I really enjoy him as a motorsports announcer. Not a bad lineup.
DENDude 259 Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 KUSA didn't send anyone over to tokyo for the Olympics, the first time since they started airing the Olympics in 1996. Instead they will be covering it from there "Mountain News Room" & through the resources of NBC News Channel. They said this morning there equipment that was sent to the network warehouse in New Jersey way back in June was returned by NBC on Wednesday.
Viper550 318 Posted July 25, 2021 Posted July 25, 2021 CBC's graphics/intros look very polygonial this year, and I think they might have finally gotten past their use of the stock OBS lower thirds. The sub-licensees - Sportsnet and TSN - typically use their own studios but the CBC graphics package. This time around, it looks like that Sportsnet is using their outgoing NHL studio at the CBC building (it looked like this angle but I think with the desk moved closer to the video wall behind them) with different graphics and duratrans (coincidentally before Rogers took over, CBC similarly gave their old Hockey Night in Canada studio a last hurrah by reskinning it for the 2014 FIFA World Cup).
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