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On Friday, Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, confirmed that the 99th precinct will be opening its doors again in August- after the Tokyo Summer Olympics "It will launch in August, coming out of the Summer Olympics, which is a coveted slot We can think of nothing more deserving than giving it[...]

EDT (ABC/Randy Holmes) Always willing to bite the hand that gives him the platform to do it, Kimmel didn't stop with ABC: TikTok, Quibi, Peacock, NBC/The Olympics, ratings, broadcast television, and more Here's a look at our favorite takeaways from Kimmel's roast (which was pre-recorded before the killing of George Floyd and resulting global protests), starting[...]

Olivia Wilde, fresh off the success of her excellent film Booksmart, will next direct a biopic of Olympics hero Kerri Strug The film will be produced by Riverstone Pictures and Pulse Films, and is written by Ronnie Sandahl It will be titled Perfect, and will follow the struggles of USA gymnast Kerri Strug as she[...]

He forced a trade to the Los Angelous Lakers and spent the next 20 years piling up numerous achievements, including 5 NBA titles, two Gold Medals playing on Team USA at the Olympics, two NBA Finals MVP awards, one NBA MVP award, and retired third all-time in scoring, at 33,643 points He was passed on[...]

Essentially, these are imaginary games that they would hope to have in the Olympics someday if the tech and skills actually existed You can read more about all three below along with some pictures and a trailer to show it off Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be released in the[...]

A weird and awesome reveal from SEGA at Gamescom 2019 this week as Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be going 2D.

Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog are headed to the 2020 Tokyo games to figure out which Olympic team will reign supreme on the Nintendo Switch!

'American Horror Story' s9 now has two names attached to its cast: series veteran Emma Roberts, with Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy as her boyfriend.

A couple of weeks ago we reported that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) were going to be holding a summit to discuss the possible inclusion of esports into the Olympics in some fashion Apparently, many of you reading it were passionate about it on both sides of[...]

The 2018 Winter Olympics are drawing to a close tonight, and the closing ceremonies are upon us It's been a stellar two weeks of competition in PyeongChang, with subpar coverage (seriously, get your act together, NBC) and some surprise wins. The medal count for this year ended about how we thought it would; Norway once again[...]

As the Winter Olympics head toward their official closing ceremony on Sunday, February 25th from the Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea (which you can watch live on the NBC network starting at 6 a.m ET; or catch the taped replay at 8 a.m ET), the Olympic Channel (the official social media account for the International[...]

With less than a week to go before the show's mid-Season 8 return, AMC is reminding The Walling Dead fans who might still be caught up in Winter Olympic fever that the show has some serious advantages over the international competition.

One of our favorite fabulous personalities from this Winter Olympics has to be Team USA mens skater Adam Rippon The sparkly spinner helped nab the bronze medal for Team USA's skate during the team event, and his quadless solo programs were no slouch when compared with the multi 4-rotation jumps his competitors were landing[...]

After last night's Olympics skating action, it's time for even more figure skating with the men's free skate (aka long program). Previously we had the team skate events where the various countries entered competitors in four different skating disciplines; pairs, men's, women's, and ice dancing.  Team Canada took home the gold, The Olympic Athletes of Russia took silver,[...]

There have already been two Olympics figure skating medal ceremonies in PyeongChang, and tonight the men's short program kicks their point accumulation towards the podium. Previously we had the team skate events where the various countries entered competitors in four different skating disciplines; pairs, men's, women's, and ice dancing.  Team Canada took home the gold, The Olympic[...]

The Olympics have been going in earnest for almost a week now, and the medals are starting to stack up for the various counties in events across the board. Three days ago the results of the team skate events were revealed after the competitions in Mens, Womens, pairs, and ice dancing The rules for such were[...]

We are SO READY for the Olympics opening ceremonies tonight! We've been talking a lot about the PyeongChang Winter Games over the past week, and it's only gonna get more frequent starting this weekend. Tonight, the cauldron lighting and Opening Ceremonies air on NBC (they keep saying LIVE, but seeing as how it ALREADY HAPPENED, that's[...]

This story is breaking, but The AP has reported that the ongoing appeals of the Russian athletes looking for special dispensation to compete in this year's Winter Olympics have been denied. BREAKING: All 45 Russian athletes lose appeals to sports' highest court against exclusion from the Pyeongchang Olympics. — The Associated Press (@AP) February 9, 2018 The official[...]

Tonight's Olympics coverage on NBC includes several events, but the thing we are here for right now: the Men's and pairs short skate and team events are happening. Commentators Terry Gannon, former Olympians Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir We'll be live updating with performances (which you can livestream here) and the scores: The short program started with hometown[...]

While yes, officially the Winter Olympics haven't had their cauldron lighting and opening ceremony yet (that's tomorrow night), things are kicking off in a big way tonight in PyeongChang. Over on NBC (the official carrier of the Olympics in the US again), we're going to get one of the highly anticipated events starting at 5 p.m[...]

Sure, the official opening ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympics isn't until Friday night on NBC, but as we've been telling you for the last two weeks, the events start early. Herbert Kratky / Shutterstock.comINNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA – JANUARY 20 Mikhail Vaskov (RUS) and his partner from the Czech Republic beat team Estonia and Italy in the[...]

The PyeongChang Winter Olympics are set to start in two days, but the Russian athletes still haven't heard whether they'll get to compete Also, a large ship containing 114 members of North Korea's delegation to the games requested oil and various other items upon docking in South Korea There is also news that North Korean[...]

Mostly, that the projected high for the opening ceremonies and first day of the Games is somewhere between 30° F and 40° F.  (Super Bowl 52 temperatures were almost the coldest on record, though — the day started at 6° in Minneapolis.) Apparently over three dozen security staff were hit with an outbreak of Norovirus, a[...]

We're less than 4 days away from the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics from PyeongChang, and that means things are starting to get going in the picturestic South Korean host city. The big news today was a "tune-up" match featuring the Korean women's joint hockey team (with members from both North and South Korea) vs[...]

NBC has released another of their upcoming Super Bowl ads for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeong Chang, South Korea While the first ad we share featured Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin in her Captain Marvel themed uniform This new ad features snowboarder Shaun White and Iron Man… but not the Marvel Comics character but rather[...]

The first figure in the return of the WWE Entrance Greats line is none other than Kurt Angle! His first figure gets the deluxe Entrance Greats treatment, and we got our hands on one.

Unfortunately for the students of NBC’s A.P. Bio, Glenn Howerton’s Jack Griffin isn’t that type of teacher. Griffin doesn’t waste any time making his intentions known: “My name is Jack Griffin… and I don’t want to be here.”

This will be Tirico's first time hosting an Opening Ceremony, but not his first Olympic experience having hosted the Closing Ceremonies in Rio for the network in 2016 following his time as a daytime host during the Summer Games. President of NBC Olympics Production and Programming president Jim Bell had this to say about the announcement: "It's beyond exciting[...]

CBS released its Winter 2018 schedule on Friday, and while there are a number of takeaways from the announcement, one thing seems very clear: The Eye Network isn't afraid of the "big, bad wolf" otherwise known as NBC's 2018 Winter Olympics coverage. While most networks usually "counter" Olympic coverage with repeats or by burning off episodes[...]

A new Barbie doll was introduced yesterday — Team USA Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad is getting her very own doll, the first to wear a hijab.