These tuning into NBC’s Olympics protection Tuesday evening will discover a well-recognized face is lacking.
BEIJING, China — Mike Tirico will not be internet hosting Tuesday evening’s NBC prime-time Olympic protection as he makes his manner again to the USA from Beijing.
With NBC additionally internet hosting the Tremendous Bowl this yr, the community’s plan was all the time to have Tirico return stateside and do some Olympic internet hosting from the U.S. earlier than Tremendous Bowl Sunday.
The community introduced Monday Tirico will host Wednesday and Thursday’s reveals from the NBC Sports activities headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, earlier than heading to Los Angeles on Friday to anchor Olympic and Tremendous Bowl protection by Sunday.
Maria Taylor, who signed with NBC on the eve of final summer season’s Tokyo Olympics, will co-host Tuesday evening’s present with NBC News’ Craig Melvin whereas Tirico is flying again. Taylor shall be in Connecticut whereas Melvin is in Beijing all through the Video games.
After the Tremendous Bowl, Tirico will then head again to Stamford for the ultimate week of Olympic protection. The Video games conclude on Feb. 20.
That is the primary yr that the Olympics and Tremendous Bowl are happening on the identical time. 4 years in the past, Tirico missed the Tremendous Bowl as he was getting ready for his first Olympics as prime-time host in Pyeongchang.
NBC has its announcers and hosts figuring out of its Connecticut headquarters. It has a restricted group of reporters on the bottom in China.
Many networks have needed to scale back their on-the-ground presence in Beijing due to China’s strict COVID measures.
Melvin will host “prime plus protection” (which is late evening in New York however prime time in Los Angeles) over the weekend.
