This week, NBC released the talent roster and the broadcasting schedule for the Vancouver Olympics. Instead of a press release, the network released them in a couple of .pdf files so I have to cull this information from there. It may not be in a nice format, but I’ll do the best I can to provide you the information.
Here’s the talent roster.
HOSTS, ANCHORS AND CORRESPONDENTS
NBC PRIMETIME HOST – Bob Costas
NBC DAYTIME/WEEKEND HOST– Al Michaels
NBC LATE NIGHT HOST – Mary Carillo
HOCKEY STUDIO HOST – Bill Patrick
CURLING STUDIO HOST – Fred Roggin
OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENTS – Dick Button, Mary Carillo, Cris Collinsworth
OPENING CEREMONY HOST – Bob Costas
CLOSING CEREMONY HOST – N/A
SPORTSDESK ANCHORS – Jimmy Roberts, Lester Holt, Alex Flanagan, Dwight Stones, Peter Alexander
PLAY-BY-PLAY, ANALYSTS AND REPORTERS
ALPINE SKIING – Tim Ryan (Play-by-play) Todd Brooker (Analyst), Christin Cooper (Analyst), Steve Porino (Reporter), Dan Patrick (Reporter)
BOBSLED/LUGE/SKELETON – Bob Papa (Play-by-play), Duncan Kennedy (Luge Analyst), John Morgan (Bobsled Analyst), Lea Ann Parsley (Skeleton Analyst), Lewis Johnson (reporter)
CROSS COUNTRY & BIATHLON – Al Trautwig (Play-by-play), Chad Salmela (Analyst)
CURLING – Andrew Catalon (Play-by-play), Don Duguid (Analyst), Colleen Jones (Analyst), Elfi Schlegel (Reporter)
FIGURE SKATING – Tom Hammond (Play-by-play), Sandra Bezic (Analyst), Scott Hamilton (Analyst), Tracy Wilson (Analyst), Andrea Joyce (Reporter)
FREESTYLE SKIING – Todd Harris (Play-by-play), Jonny Moseley (Analyst), Tina Dixon (Reporter)
HOCKEY – Mike Emrick (Play-by-play), Kenny Albert (Play-by-play), Eddie Olczyk (Analyst), AJ Mleczko (Analyst), Pierre McGuire (Analyst/Reporter), Joe Micheletti (Analyst/Reporter), Mike Milbury (Studio Analyst), Cammi Granato (Studio Analyst), Jeremy Roenick (Studio Analyst)
SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING – Ted Robinson (Play-by-play), Andy Gabel (Analyst), Andrea Joyce (Reporter)
SNOWBOARDING – Pat Parnell (Play-by-play), Todd Richards (Analyst), Tina Dixon (Reporter), Dan Patrick (Reporter)
SPEED SKATING – Dan Hicks (Play-by-play), Dan Jansen (Analyst), Andrea Kremer (Reporter)
SKI JUMPING – Matt Vasgersian (Play-by-play), Jeff Hastings (Analyst)
Some reaction here. First, seeing veteran Olympics host Jim Lampley not having a role is sad. Lamps has called or hosted every Olympics for ABC, TNT or NBC dating back to 1980 in Lake Placid. That streak now stops in Vancouver. I do wish NBC had found a role for Lamps in this Olympics. Jim wouldn’t be bad at hosting late night.
I do think Al Michaels who takes his place will do a decent job, but I’d rather see him call an event instead of hosting.
Dan Patrick will get his first network TV Olympic assignment as he’ll be at the women’s downhill and half-pipe snowboarding. If you’ve listened to his syndicated radio show or watched it on DirecTV, you’ll know that Dan has been talking about this assignment for the last two weeks.
Jonny Moseley has the potential to be a very good analyst in Freestyle Skiing.
And I look forward to seeing the hockey on MSNBC and CNBC with the NHL on NBC crew, and it will be nice to have Pierre McGuire away from most NBC games as he’ll be working for CTV and TSN.
Coming up, the Olympic schedule on the networks of NBC.
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