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Nathan Chen is bringing home his first Olympic gold medal, as well as a Team Silver medal, after winning the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Despite all the high-tech tricks, political posturing and pyrotechnics, the best part of the Closing Ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics proved to be the athletes.

Coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics wraps up Sunday with the Closing Ceremony, which will air live from Beijing National Stadium on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app beginning at 7 a.m. ET/4 a.m. PT. NBC and Peacock will rebroadcast the finale gala in an “enhanced primetime presentation” beginning Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

NEW YORK -- There were many reasons to think NBC made a savvy business deal in 2014 when it locked up the American media rights to the Olympics through 2032 for $7.75 billion.As the Beijing winter games come to a close, it's harder to see them now.These Olympics were a disaster for the network: a buzz-free, hermetically-sealed event in an authoritarian country a half-day's time zone away, where the enduring images will be the emotional meltdown of Russian teen-agers after a drug-tainted figure skating competition and a bereft Mikaela Shiffrin, sitting on a ski slope wondering what went wrong.Many American athletes underperformed, and arguably the most successful — freestyle skier Eileen Gu — competed for China.Viewers stayed away in alarming numbers, and NBC has to wonder whether it was extraordinarily bad luck or if the brand of a once-unifying event for tens of millions of people is permanently tainted.“Given the investment, they've got to be disappointed right now,” said Andrew Billings, director of the sports communications program at the University of Alabama.Network executives say there are no plans to try and adjust or escape from its rights deal. Several experts say that would be unlikely, given how live sports are increasing in value and represent one of the few ways advertisers can gather large audiences to sell automobiles or beer.

Bill Maher zeroed in on China during the latest edition of “Real Time”, targeting the winter Olympics in Beijing during the “New Rules” segment.

Savannah Guthrie has become a beloved figure on morning television, so her fans understandably noticed when she took to social media to reveal that she would be absent from TV for a bit.MORE: Savannah Guthrie details her very real visit to the dentistThe Today star took to Instagram to relish in the fact that she would have an extended weekend break from the show following a Monday break for President's Day.WATCH: Savannah Guthrie's son sends adorable message to his sisterShe shared a picture of a pair of feathered slippers with an S and G on them and written below: "Out of Office." In her caption, she said: "Happy holiday weekend, y'all!!!"Fans immediately took to the comments to wish Savannah a long and restful holiday weekend, with one saying: "Love those slippers," and another writing: "Have an amazing weekend!!!"MORE: Savannah Guthrie has fans saying the same thing after Super Bowl ad"Same to you, Savannah," a third said, with one fan commenting: "Happy Weekend Ms.

Bill Maher couldn’t hide his contempt for the country hosting the Winter Olympics on his Friday Real Time. 

Shaun White is chatting about his post-retirement life during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week.

“We have reason to believe the Russian forces are planning to and intend to attack Ukraine in the coming week, the coming days,” Joe Biden said unequivocally Friday for the first time after weeks of looming crisis in the former USSR.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has revealed the hosts for its coverage of Sunday’s Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics — and two of them have been in the news this week.

Shaun White may have retired a week ago, but he’s already crossed one big thing off of his bucket list.According to the three-time Olympic gold medalist, who officially completed his last run on February 11, his girlfriend Nina Dobrev encouraged him to make a list of things that he wanted to do after his retirement. He stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday to talk about his last run and everything he’s been up to since.A post shared by Nina Dobrev (@nina)“My girlfriend said, ‘If you’re retiring, you gotta make this list of things you wanna do,’” he explained.

The 2022 Winter Olympics, now three Thursdays into competition, are back where they started ratings-wise.

Simone Biles has shared her support for Winter Olympics star Mikaela Shiffrin after she posted a heartbreaking message to fans.MORE: Simone Biles is engaged! See the heartwarming proposal and stunning ringMikaela took to social media to share a powerful message about the online hate and trolling she has received as she struggled through the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Mikeala was one of Team USA's big hopefuls but she failed to finish the women's combined event, and lost control during the opening few seconds of her run in the giant slalom; Mikeala was defending her 2018 gold medal.WATCH: Simone Biles falls off mat during Tokyo 2020 qualifying roundsShe fell and skied out, ending her 30-race streak, and ended up being disqualified from the event."I know this all too well.

Russian Olympics Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, failed to medal in her free skate on February. 17, with a few disastrous falls, and U.S. Figure Skater Adam Rippon is responding to the mess. “What a s–t show omg,” he wrote on Twitter following the news on Thursday. Adam has openly expressed his chagrin for the Russian skater ever since she was granted approval to continue to compete in the Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance.

Leading into Wednesday primetime, the lowest-rated evening of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing was the very first night of competition pre-Opening Ceremony. However, Wednesday marked new lows for NBC Olympics coverage.

Kamila Valieva‘s controversial time at the Beijing Olympics is over.

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The Vampire Diaries. But despite their different career paths, the couple has gradually become regarded as one of the most endearing —especially as White performed in his last Olympic Games in Beijing in February 2022. After connecting at an event in late 2019, the couple locked down together and is still going strong in 2022. Here's everything you need to know about Shaun White and Nina Dobrev's relationship.July: At the 2021 Teen Choice Awards, Shaun White presented the cast of Nina's show The Vampire Diaries with the awards for Choice Show in the sci-fi/fantasy category.

Team USA found a way to make it happen!

Another night of Olympics coverage, another primetime win for NBC.

ABC’s Good Morning America has been the top morning show among total viewers for some time, but the network on Tuesday trumpeted its most recent weekly win — during the first week of the Winter Olympics.

President Joe Biden said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains “distinctly possible,” as he made further warnings to Moscow of its implications while holding out the possibility of a diplomatic solution.

The figure skating community is up in arms over Russian skater Kamila Valieva‘s failed drug test.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIn TV’s never-ending morning wars, one law has been immutable: When NBC shows the Olympics, its “Today” wins in the ratings. That is not the case in this go-round.ABC’s “Good Morning America” won more viewers overall during NBC’s first week of coverage of the Winter Olympics from Beijing, the first time it has done so in more than three decades, according to data from Nielsen.

EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal, amazingly, is now in its fifth decade of carrying the Olympic Games. With this month’s Beijing Winter Olympics, though, all of that accumulated institutional knowledge is colliding with a media landscape in massive flux.

American track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson is RIGHTFULLY calling out what appears to be a major double standard at this year’s Winter Olympics. And we’re here for her take!

The post featured a snap of the couple together with McCain writing, “Happy Valentines Day @bdomenech – I love you and am grateful every day for the life we have together.”A user then replied to the conservative talk show host and tweeted, “Does every thought and sentiment need to be on Twitter?”To which Behar, 79, responded in a now-deleted tweet, saying: “Apparently.”A short while later, McCain posted screenshots of the thread and wrote, “Imagine spending your Valentine’s Day trolling your ex-colleague’s tweet about her husband.”Fox News weather reporter Janice Dean joked to McCain that Behar “can’t quit you.” However, the Daily Mail columnist failed to see the humor and replied back to Dean, “It’s pathetic and it creeps me out.”Imagine spending your Valentines Day trolling your ex colleagues tweet about her husband. pic.twitter.com/XjK0wcW5nyMcCain wrote in another since-deleted tweet that leaving “The View” is “like having ex’s who won’t stop drunk texting you.”The mother of one left the ABC talk show last July and revealed at the time that she wanted to leave so she could set up a house in Washington D.C.

Naman Ramachandran Discovery racked up subscription numbers during the opening week of the ongoing Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the company has revealed. Eight times more viewers are streaming Olympic content on Discovery’s streaming services compared to the same period for Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, with total new paid subscribers already surpassing 2018 with a week of competition still to go.

Out French ice dancer, Guillaume Cizeron, won a gold medal Monday at the Beijing Winter Olympics.Cizeron skated with his longtime skating partner, Gabriella Papadakis.

Sha’Carri Richardson is questioning everything about the decision by the International Olympic Committee to allow skater Kamila Valieva to compete at the Beijing games.

Sha’Carri Richardson, the American track and field star who was banned from the Tokyo Olympics last year for marijuana use, has an issue with Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva‘s participation in the Beijing Olympics. 15-year-old Kamila tested positive for a banned substance in the midst of the 2022 Winter Olympics, but on Feb. 14, she was granted approval to continue competing by the Court of Arbitration for Sports. The CAS said Kimila’s age is the main reason they decided to lift the ban on the teenager, according to Sport’s Illustrated.

Kamila Valieva is cleared for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Olympics provide — dramatic backdrops, unexpected moves, impossibly fit bodies performing at the height of their capacities — and you have a recipe for the arresting collision of news and aesthetics, of photography and art.In short: Through the eyes and lenses of Associated Press photographers who are training their eyes on the arenas of competition at the Beijing Games, sometimes true magic can happen.“Some of these photos, you can't get around it, they look like paintings,” says Denis Paquin, who would know. He has overseen AP's Olympic photo report for more than a decade and has viewed thousands of images over the past two weeks.Photography is sometimes called “painting with light.” With these images, that’s truer than usual.So slow yourself down.

Erin Jackson proved her title as the number 1 ranked speedskater in the world is no fluke! The superstar athlete won the world over as she took home the gold medal for the United States in the 500-meter race at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. In the incredible process, Erin became the first Black woman to win an individual speedskating medal at the Olympics. Find out more about the ground-breaking American here!

Super Bow LVI pitting the Los Angeles Rams against the Cincinnati Bengals kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the Rams’ home field. The game will air live on NBC as well as for the first time on the Peacock streaming service and Spanish-language network Telemundo.

The New York Times is being taken to the woodshed on social media for using the term “overrepresented” in an article on Asians in figure skating.