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Posted Friday 2/23/18 at 1:50AM EST
Why NBC intentionally pronouncing PyeongChang wrong is so problematic
"There’s nothing ruder, really, than refusing to call someone, or somewhere, what they prefer to be called," says Annaliese Griffin...
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Posted Thursday 2/22/18 at 4:58PM EST
Winter Olympians Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue already have a reality show
You can watch the Winter Olympics gold medal-winning Canadian ice dancers on their Canadian docuseries Tessa & Scott on Amazon...
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Posted Thursday 2/22/18 at 2:24PM EST
Leslie Jones calls NBC colleague an "a**hole announcer"
The SNL star and NBC Winter Olympics contributor posted a profanity-laced rant to Twitter complaining about Pierre McGuire's interview of...
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Posted Thursday 2/22/18 at 3:48AM EST
Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir will host the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony
“Parades, K-Pop, fireworks, costumes, dancing – who better to host the world’s biggest party than Tara, Johnny and Terry," sais...
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Posted Wednesday 2/21/18 at 2:03PM EST
ABC's World News Tonight topped NBC Nightly News during an Olympics week for the first time in more than 25 years
While David Muir's newscast was No.
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Posted Tuesday 2/20/18 at 1:46PM EST
Jimmy Fallon devoted 60 seconds of his five-minute abbreviated Tonight Show to interviewing Paul Rudd
Fallon managed to pack a lot of stuff into last night's first "Fallon Five" Winter Olympics edition of his talk show.
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Posted Tuesday 2/20/18 at 1:46PM EST
Watch Leslie Jones and Adam Rippon pretend to be Winter Olympics commentators
Even though figure skater Rippon turned down NBC's offer to join the network for the last week of the Winter Olympics,...
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Posted Monday 2/19/18 at 11:12PM EST
Bob Costas is definitely missed during these Winter Olympics
"Props to the affable Mike Tirico, who is being fast-tracked into NBC's No.
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Adam Rippon changes his mind, decides not to join NBC
The bronze medal-winning U.
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NBC hires figure skater Adam Rippon for the rest of the Winter Olympics
The outspoken U.
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Olympic broadcasters need to have personality, zero chill and the ability to know when to shut up
Those are just three of the five things that make Olympic broadcasters great, according to Jen Chaney.
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Posted Friday 2/16/18 at 2:13PM EST
Nathan Chen and Mikaela Shiffrin have forced NBC to throw out their Winter Olympics script
"What had been advertised as a medal march for U.
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Posted Friday 2/16/18 at 2:13PM EST
Mirai Nagasu hopes to compete on Dancing with the Stars
“I’m definitely going to be plugging myself here, but some athletes get to make their debut on Dancing with the...
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Posted Friday 2/16/18 at 2:13PM EST
Bob Costas participates in an oral history of his most memorable Olympics moment: Having pink eye at the 2014 Sochi games
"Counting the late night role that I had in Seoul in 1988, I did a dozen Olympics," says Costas.
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NBC's official Winter Olympics policy is to mispronounce "PyeongChang"
NBC has been pronouncing the Winter Olympics host city as “Pyeong-Chayng," when it's supposed to be pronounced "Pyung-Chahng.