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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor NBCUniversal is testing a new game for the Paris Olympics. The Comcast-backed media conglomerate has for years launched every Summer Games with primetime coverage of the Opening Ceremonies that typically feature a top sportscaster like Mike Tirico or Bob Costas alongside a popular news anchor such as Savannah Guthrie or Katie Couric.

Bill Maher is often confronted with the accusation that he’s switched from an ultra-liberal to a more conservative stance. He may have added fuel to that argument with the subect of Friday’s Real Time, which focused on what he called “Biden’s Brain.” It’s a topic that broke out this week from hushed backrooms to the mainstream, thanks to a Dept. of Justice report and the President’s own attempts to refute it.

The 2023 Kennedy Center Honors special is airing this week and it marks the 46th celebration of the arts from the nation’s capital!

“JFK: One Day in America“HuluThis National Geographic three-part series — which premiered Nov. 5 and is now streaming on Hulu — is a comprehensive account of what happened in Dallas and was produced in collaboration with the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. It features archival footage, some colorized for the first, and interviews with the last surviving witnesses.“Capturing Oswald“Nov.

“JFK: One Day in America“HuluThis National Geographic three-part series — which premiered Nov. 5 and is now streaming on Hulu — is a comprehensive account of what happened in Dallas and was produced in collaboration with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. It features archival footage, some colorized for the first, and interviews with the last surviving witnesses.“Capturing Oswald“Nov.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Inside the NFL” officially has a new home, with the long-running sports show now set to air on The CW. The 47th season of the series will begin airing on The CW on Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, marking the first time the show has aired on a broadcast network. It will also be available to stream on The CW app and website. The show comes to The CW from Paramount+, which aired it from 2021-2023. Per The CW, new hosts and producers for the new season will be announced at a later date. “We are excited to partner with NFL Films and welcome ‘Inside the NFL’ to the CW Sports family,” said Dennis Miller, president of The CW. “For almost five decades, ‘Inside the NFL’ has been an industry leader in showcasing can’t-miss weekly highlights, unprecedented behind-the-scenes content, exclusive access to players and lively discussion. By combining this premiere NFL content with our robust broadcast audience, we look forward to bringing this legendary sports series to more fans than ever before and to advertisers for the first time.”

A beloved ballplayer and an iconic consumer device join a Hollywood satire by Charlie Day, an Emanuele Crialese film with Penelope Cruz and debuts from Sundance and Venice in a potentially strong specialty weekend that will test the appetite for indie film with no new franchise wide releases.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is not moving forward with a third season of Back On the Record With Bob Costas.

A promotion for House of the Dragon during last night’s New York Yankees-Cleveland Guardians playoff baseball game on TBS is continuing to draw online eyerolls the day after the stunt.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to It Ain’t Over, the feature documentary about legendary New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra directed by Amira & Sam helmer Sean Mullin. The pic had its world premiere earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC viewers were already seeing a lot of Maria Taylor on Sundays. Now they can be assured of seeing even more.Taylor, the up-and-coming sportscaster who left ESPN last year for NBC Sports, was named host of “Football Night in America,” the show that precedes “Sunday Night Football” and garners one of the network’s biggest weekly audiences.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO has handed a second season renewal to the weekly late-night series Game Theory With Bomani Jones. The series, which hails from Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries, wrapped its first season last month.

Insider, Crystal called the slap “a most disturbing incident” on Bob Costas’ HBO Max talk show “Back on the Record.”“It was an assault. I’ve had experiences, I’ve hosted the Grammys three times, and I’ve been thrown things,” Crystal said. 

Former Academy Awards host Billy Crystal minced no words when talking about the slap heard ’round the world.

Billy Crystal called Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards "an assault." The nine-time Oscars host spoke about the "disturbing incident" during an appearance on "Back on the Record" with Bob Costas on HBO Max. Smith slapped Rock in the face on stage after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's bald head. "It was a most disturbing incident, for sure," Crystal told Costas.

EXCLUSIVE: Cinetic Media has boarded sales on Yogi Berra documentary It Ain’t Over, which has wrapped production and is aiming for a festival premiere this year.

health, and I love what I do.“The time is coming now where after the Super Bowl where I will think about a lot of things. I’ve got a couple of people very close to me who I trust their judgment, insight and what they’ll say in terms of what is next.”This is Michaels’ 11th Super Bowl, and his fifth for NBC.NBC signed Mike Tirico in 2018 to take over as Olympics host and eventually succeed Michaels on “Sunday Night Football.” With NBC having the Super Bowl in Los Angeles and Michaels’ contract ending, this upcoming offseason may be a transition point.Tirico, who has called some NFL games the past couple of seasons, will do double duty next weekend — hosting NBC’s prime-time coverage of the Beijing Games as well as the Super Bowl pregame show.

Wasserman has acquired The Montag Group, a sports agency known for repping the late NFL coach and color commentator John Madden and hundreds of other broadcasters and athletes.

HBO has ordered a new weekly late night series starring journalist Bomani Jones, who will break down timely issues in sports.

Olympics in better circumstances," Tirico said of Tokyo. "So it’s definitely bittersweet from arrival to being around town to the reality of doing this.”In his second Olympics as the primetime host, Tirico has done well taking over the mantle from Bob Costas, who was NBC's host for 11 Winter and Summer Games from 1992 through 2016.The Olympics primetime host is a mix of story teller, traffic cop going from one event to the other and master interviewer.

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

NEW YORK -- Time to cut a conversation with Bob Costas short. The new boss — CNN chief Jeff Zucker — is calling on the other line.

Longtime NBC Olympics host Bob Costas is joining CNN as a contributor to discuss news and issues related to sports. “Bob Costas is a legendary, respected voice across the spectrum of sports and beyond,” said CNN president and WarnerMedia news and sports chairman Jeff Zucker, who worked with Costas at NBC, in a statement.

Ted Johnson Bob Costas is joining CNN as a contributor, providing commentary on a range of sports-related issues, including the challenges presented by the coronavirus crisis and on other society-related issues.CNN President Jeff Zucker said in a statement, “Bob Costas is a legendary, respected voice across the spectrum of sports and beyond.