Bob Costas, Matt Lauer to host a look back By Paul J. Gough Dec 19, 2008, 07:42 PM ET NEW YORK — NBC will relive some of its finest hours of 2008 with a primetime special about the Beijing Olympics on Dec. 27. The two-hour “Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony: TV Event of the Year” will be hosted by Bob Costas and Matt Lauer, who were the co-hosts when it aired in August. Lauer and Costas [...]
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The IOC is finally caving into overwhelming international pressure and opening an official investigation into the ages of the Chinese gymnasts. He Kexin is at the center of the controversy and if the Chinese government is found to have indeed changed the age of the 14 year old to 16 so that she could participate it puts a pall over all of the work the Chinese have done to make the Bejing Olympics the showcase [...]
by Kate Blake, Admin Entertainment Hotline Some of my thoughts on why ratings slipped mid-week. The Hollywood Reporter writes that the Wednesday night ratings for the Olympics prime time coverage dipped. They speculate that Paul Hamm not being in the men’s all around gymnastics final was to blame.I have someplace else they can point a finger—- the incredibly BORING and lame synchronized diving. Who decided this was a prime time worthy event? Show us some [...]
The local Phoenix affiliate spoke to 6’8″ Olympic swimmer Matt Grevers about his hobbies and swimming. He admits to being a World of Warcraft addict and he loves sci-fi books. Also on this bit is breast stroke specialist Rebecca Soni whose parents live in Sedona. Man- I do love a big sexy hot geek boy!
I caught this last week- Billy Bush asks Bob Costas some Olympics trivia- watch to see how well he does with the challenge! Matt Lauer kicks off the Today Show Olympic coverage and talks to Billy Bush. NOTE_ Matt Lauer had one of the biggest bone head I am so old comments during the opening ceremonies. The athletes were pulling out their cameras and taking pics of each other and the event and Matt commented [...]
The first day of the Bejing Olympics opened big for the Americans with Michael Phelps setting a new world record in the 400 IM and winning gold while 3 women swept the Sabre Fencing events for gold, silver and bronze! All three women are ivy league grads/ students. For more photos of the women and their victory- go to NBC.com
NBC used David Cook’s Time of My Life as the theme song for the opening night of the Bejing games wrap up. We will have to see if they use it every night during the games! In Athens in 2004 they used the same U2 song every night. GO COOKIE GO! DL DIVX video HERE The part of the opening ceremony that was emotional to me was the little boy who walked in with Yao [...]
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