NBCUniversal Upfront Doubles Down On Olympics Going Ahead Despite Pandemic & Political Worries About Tokyo & Beijing

Anna Tingley All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.In an anticipated return to normalcy, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will now occur in 2021 after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Olympics.  Muhammad Ali - Cassis Clay at the time - showed his prodigious talent at the tender age of 18 by winning gold in Rome 1960 while Vasyl Lomachenko stood atop the podium in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

said earlier this month the games should be canceled due to the very real risk of causing a new COVID-19 outbreak. And a Reuters poll found that 70% of Japanese companies agree.

Bob Costas, who hosted 12 Olympic Games telecasts for NBC, believes the Tokyo Olympics should not go forward due to risks from Covid-19.

Gwen Stefani is hitting back at longstanding claims that through her association with the "Harajuku Girls," a group of Japanese-American women known for their steep sense of style, Stefani has been "appropriating" Japanese street fashion. The "No Doubt," 51, singer fended off criticism in a cover interview with Paper magazine on Wednesday and told the publication that in her estimation, all cultures have inspiration from many outside influences that make it what it is.

With the 2021 Summer Games just weeks away, the NBC Olympics team is full steam ahead.

SEGA has confirmed that the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game will release on June 22.The officially licensed Tokyo Olympics game came out in 2019 in Japan, and is now releasing worldwide on June 22, for Switch, PS4, PC and Xbox One.Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game is being released even as the actual Olympic Games in Tokyo remain on hiatus amid continued Coronavirus pandemic concerns in Japan.The game sticks to a mostly realistic tone, but has a few more playful

Ahead of its coverage of the Tokyo Olympics, NBC has set premiere dates for a slew of new and returning unscripted summer series and its Olympics-themed Jonas Brothers special.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Asahi Shimbun newspaper, one of Japan’s most influential media and a partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has called for the cancellation of this summer’s rescheduled Games.In a Japanese-language editorial, published Wednesday local time, the paper cited risks to public health and stress on Japan’s medical system as the reasons for its call.“We ask prime minister Suga (Yoshihide) to calmly and objectively assess the situation and decide on the cancellation of

Olympics’ track and field coverage for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.Diffey takes over for Tom Hammond, who had called Olympic athletics for the network from 1992 through 2016.“They don't label me as the racing guy or the speed guy, but I am,” Diffey told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Sean Ono Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, has shared a lengthy Twitter thread on political correctness and how he believes it has negatively impacted “culture”.Lennon took to Twitter yesterday (May 24) to share his experiences growing up with a Japanese mother.“When I was young ppl used to say racist shit about Asians around me all the time and then be like ‘Oh sorry! But you’re not reeeally Asian so…’ and I think they sincerely thought that would make me feel better,” he wrote.“I’m

The U.S. State Department on Monday issued a “do not travel” warning to Japan amid a rise in Covid-19 cases, raising questions about the ability of the country to host the Olympics this summer.

The Tokyo Olympics must go on, a senior International Olympics Committee executive said Friday.

Laurie Hernandez is currently training several hours a day, multiple times a week to once again earn herself a spot on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at July’s Tokyo Olympics.

NBC is taking sibling rivalry to an Olympic level. The network today unveiled Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers, an hourlong special set for summer that pits Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas against one another with help from some of Team USA’s best athletes.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are taking place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but thanks to live streaming, there are more ways to watch than ever. The two-week event kicks off on July 21 and runs through Aug. 8 in its host city of Tokyo, Japan.Among the stars expected to compete for Team USA include Megan Rapinoe, along with the dominant U.S.

said the show’s writers chose to start from scratch on the new season after public outcry over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. The series was also among a handful of Universal Television series whose shooting schedules were interrupted by spikes in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles over the holidays.In addition to Crews, the ensemble comedy stars Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Melissa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz, Joe Lo Truglio, Dirk Blocker and Joel McKinnon Miller.