Olympics on NBC commentators (2024)

This article includes a list of hosts and commentators of the Olympic Games onNBC.

Hosts[]

Source (please note that the paragraph containing the anchors for the 2008 Olympics was accidentally copied and pasted into the capsule for the 2010 Olympics):

Additional notes[]

• (*) Though the United Statesboycottedthese games,NBCheld the rights to theMoscow Olympics, and the number of hours broadcast were reduced from 100+ hours to little more than three. The host for the two-hour wrap-up show wasBryant Gumbel,^[8][9]who was scheduled to be the mainprime-timehost. Therefore, he is given credit for being the anchor. Among those who were also supposed to have prominent roles in NBC's 1980 Moscow coverage wereDonna DeVarona,Dick Enberg,^[10]Joe Garagiola,^[11]Merle Harmon,Charlie Jones,Bruce Jenner,David Letterman, andO. J. Simpson.^[12]
• Another of NBC's hosts isJim Lampley. Lampley has served as late-night host in 1992, 1996 and 2006. He was the daytime host in 2004, 2006 and 2008. During 2000 and 2002, he hosted cable coverage. The Beijing Games were his 14th Olympic assignment (including work forABC,CBSandTNT), more than for any other commentator.^[13]
• Al Michaelswas weekday and weekend host of the2010 Winter Olympics. This marked his first Olympic assignment since the1988 Winter Olympics, which was the last to date aired on Michaels' long-time employerABC Sports.
• Hannah Stormalso hosted four Olympics (late-night: 1992 and 1996, daytime: 2000 and 2002) for NBC. She left NBC forCBS Newsin 2002, then moved toESPNin 2008; she began her new assignment asSportsCenteranchor on the first weekday of the Beijing Games (August 11).
• Pat O'Brienanchored coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics from the Medals Plaza in Salt Lake City.
• Due to an eye infection, Costas was replaced byMatt Lauerfor the Primetime and Late Night telecasts on February 11, 12, and 13th, 2014. Meredith Viera took over the Prime Time duties from Lauer due to Costas' prolonged illness for February 14 and 15.^[14]Matt Lauer was the replacement for February 16.^[15]Bob Costas returned on February 17 as the anchor for the rest of the Olympics.^[16]
• For the2014 Summer Youth OlympicsinNanjing,China, limited tape-delayed coverage aired on NBC,NBCSN, andUniversal Sports, with 54.5 total hours of coverage airing - 24.5 hours on NBC and NBCSN, and the remaining 30 on Universal Sports.^[17]Josh Elliottwas listed as a studio host,^[17]although for the NBCSN broadcasts, the play-by-play announcers for each sport tossed to commercial breaks and pre-taped segments.
• Bob Costas hosted the August 18, 2016 late-night show from Rio, as the outdoor set at Copacabana Beach, where Ryan Seacrest was based for the Rio Games, had lost power, and it could not be restored in time.
• Mike Tirico will anchor the Primetime telecasts on-location in Beijing from February 3 through February 10, 2022 before flying 6,200 miles to Los Angeles to hosts both Olympics & Super Bowl Pregame Show from a special set outside SoFi Stadium, Inglewood.

By event[]

Winter Olympics[]

1972[]

Other[]

• Jack Perkins(features)

2002[]

• Opening Ceremony tease narrators:Jim McKayandBob Costas
• These Olympics also began NBC's still-running tradition of closing montages, with images of each Games set to the score from theRemember the Titanssoundtrack.^[21]

Other[]

• Jim McKay(special correspondent)

2006[]

• Opening Ceremony tease narrator:Andre Braugher

2006 Sportsdesk reporters[]

• Julie Foudy
• Lester Holt
• Alan Abrahamson
• Bob Hager
• Roger Cressey
• Kevin Corke
• Otis Livingston
• Craig Hummer

2010[]

2010 Sportsdesk reporters[]

• Lester Holt
• Jimmy Roberts
• Alex Flanagan
• Dwight Stones
• Peter Alexander

2010 Olympic correspondents[]

• Dick Button
• Cris Collinsworth
• Dan Patrick

2014[]

Source for all other commentators without individual sources:^[7]

• Opening Ceremony tease narrator:Peter Dinklage^[29]
• For the very first time, NBCSN will air complete coverage of figure skating live, with expanded coverage and features aired as a part of NBC's Primetime coverage.^[7]
• Mike Milbury,Keith Jones, andJeremy Roenickwill serve as studio analysts for ice hockey coverage.^[7]

2014 Olympic studio hosts[]

• Lester Holt– (Daytime coverage)
• Bob Costas– (Primetime and Late-Night coverage)
• Al Michaels– (Weekend daytime coverage)
• Rebecca Lowe– (Weekday and weekend coverage onNBCSN)

Substitutes for Bob Costas[]

Bob Costas had health problems with his eyes so, the following substituted for him:

• Matt Lauer
• Meredith Vieira

2014 Sportsdesk reporters[]

• Sal Masekela^[30]
• Nastia Liukin^[31]
• Tanith Belbin^[25]
• Richard Engel^[7]
• Willie Geist^[7]
• Stephanie Gosk^[7]
• Nancy Snyderman^[7]
• Brian Shactman^[7]
• Jimmy Roberts(features reporter)^[7]

2014 Olympic correspondents[]

• Maria Sharapova^[32]
• Mary Carillo^[33]
• Cris Collinsworth^[33]
• Ato Boldon^[33]
• Vladimir Posner^[34]
• Apolo Ohno^[28]
• Lindsey Vonn^[35]
• Tom Davis Jr
• Jason Lee Scott

2018[]

2022[]

• Peaco*ck: Matt Iseman, Jonny Moseley, Adnan Virk, Brian Boitano, Ashley Wagner, Scott Hamilton
• Correspondents: Steve Kornacki, Lindsey Vonn
• Sportsdesk reporters: Sam Brock, Anne Thompson
• Contributors: Andy Browne, Jing Tsu
• NBC Sports Digital: LaChina Robinson (Twitter), Zora Stephenson (Twitter), Jo Ling Kent (Twitter), Laurie Hernandez (TikTok), Katie Nolan

Summer Olympics[]

1988[]

1992[]

1996[]

• Opening Ceremony tease narrator:Bob Costas(Costas, however, only narrated the first 27 seconds of the tease; the remainder of the tease was a montage of athletes from different countries training, and of shots of cities likeBeijing,Athens, andSydney, among others, all of which was set to a truncated version ofNeil Diamond's "America".^[36])

2000[]

• Opening Ceremony tease narrator:James Earl Jones

2000 Sportsdesk reporters[]

• Bob Arnot
• Donna De Varona
• Sara James
• Andrea Joyce
• Ahmad Rashad
• Jimmy Roberts
• Summer Sanders
• Harry Smith

2004[]

• Opening Ceremony tease narrator:James Earl Jones^[38]

2004 Sportsdesk reporters[]

• Billy Bush
• Mark Morgan
• Nancy Newman

2008[]

*These announcers were to call the action in their respective sports from NBC's headquarters in New York City.

NBC did not plan coverage ofjudo,sailing, ortaekwondoon any of its networks. Coverage in the U.S. was to be available only online at NBCOlympics.com.

2008 Sportsdesk reporters[]

• Alan Abrahamson
• Peter Alexander
• Lindsay Czarniak
• Julie Foudy
• Lester Holt
• Eyee Hsu
• Nancy Snyderman
• Lindsay Soto

2008 Olympic correspondents[]

• Mary Carillo
• Jimmy Roberts
• Cris Collinsworth
• Bela Karolyi

2012[]

*These announcers called the action in their respective sports from NBC's headquarters in New York City.

** - Hicks only called diving on Day 9, when Robinson called the men's singles final for tennis.

• Opening Ceremony tease narrators:Emily BluntandEwan McGregor^[39]
• NBC did not plan coverage ofsailing. Coverage in the U.S. was to be available only online at NBCOlympics.com.

2012 Sportsdesk Reporters[]

• Stephanie Gosk
• Tamron Hall
• Marshall Harris
• Lester Holt
• Carolyn Manno
• Pierre McGuire
• Apolo Ohno
• Dr. Nancy Snyderman
• Michele Tafoya
• Kelly Tilghman

2012 Olympic Correspondents[]

• Mary Carillo
• Béla Károlyi
• John McEnroe
• Jimmy Roberts
• Ryan Seacrest
• Meredith Vieira
• Shaun White

^[40]

2016[]

• Opening Ceremony tease narrator:Giancarlo Esposito

2016 Sportsdesk Reporters[]

• Jac Collinsworth
• Dalen Cuff
• Alex Flanagan
• Jill Martin
• Craig Melvin
• Apolo Ohno
• Gadi Schwartz
• Anne Thompson
• Rutledge Wood
• Al Michaels
• Mike Tirico

2016 Olympic Correspondents[]

• Mary Carillo
• David Feherty
• Béla Károlyi
• Hoda Kotb
• Tara Lipinski
• Jimmy Roberts
• Johnny Weir

2020[]

*Denotes announcer based at NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn., Telemundo Center in Miami, CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., or 30 Rockefeller Center in New York.

**Announcer is based from Sky Sports studios in the U.K.

• Play-by-play (Multiple sports): Jack Benjamin*, Krista Blunk*, Bill Doleman*, Chris Vosters*
• Correspondents: Mary Carillo, Jimmy Roberts, Tony Hawk, Steve Kornacki, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Maria Taylor, Michael Phelps (Primetime Correspondent)
• Sportsdesk reporters: Sam Brock, Kerith Burke, Tina Dixon, Naoko Funayama, Gus Kenworthy, Selema Masekela, Jessica Mendoza, Natalie Morales, Apolo Ohno, Corey Robinson, Anne Thompson, Dr. John Torres, Tanith White, Rutledge Wood
• NBC Sports Digital: Alexa Shaw (Update Desk)*, Adam Rippon, Host (Twitter), LaChina Robinson (Twitter), Jacques Slade (Snapchat), Elizabeth Beisel (Host), Lauren Shehadi (Host)
• Peaco*ck: MJ Acosta-Ruiz (Host)*, Cari Champion (Host)*, Jac Collinsworth (Contributor), Lindsay Czarniak (Host)*, Rich Eisen (Host)*, Akbar Gbajabiamila (Host), Matt Iseman (Host), Lolo Jones (Host)*, Kenny Mayne (Host)*, Amber Ruffin (Peaco*ck & NBCUniversal Platforms)

2024[]

Summer Youth Olympics[]

2014[]

*Source for all commentators, hosts, and reporters; please note that the press release does not specify which sports Knapp, Watson, and Corey are covering during the Games:^[17]*All commentary for sports and ceremonies is being done from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center inStamford,Connecticut.

On-site reporters[]

• Tanith Belbin
• Lewis Johnson