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Derek Carr's Pass Did Not Hit A Camera Wire

A potentially huge moment in last night’s game resulted in a thud, when Raiders receiver Amari Cooper got turned around by a weirdly fluttering long throw, and couldn’t track down what might’ve gone for a big touchdown. Based on the video, some fans are wondering if the ball might’ve clipped a wire ...

Why Was NBC Scared Of The Trump Video?

Why was the Washington Post the first outlet to publish the now notorious video of Donald Trump saying horrific things to a braying Billy Bush? According to the Post, NBC, which owns Access Hollywood, had the video first, but delayed reporting on it because of a lengthy legal review:...

The Washington Post is reporting that NBC News had the recently-leaked footage of Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault four days before the tape was released. But NBC was holding onto the footage while lawyers finished reviewing it—meaning that they were scooped by the Post, who vetted the sto...

NBC Made Michele Tafoya Talk About Memes

Sunday night’s Chiefs-Steelers game lost all semblance of competitiveness by the second quarter, but if you stuck around for the dregs of the fourth quarter, you heard NBC sideline reporter Michele Tafoya talk about the memes of the week....

I Respect <i>American Ninja Warrior's</i> Complete Lack Of Mercy

I don’t watch American Ninja Warrior all that often, but every time I do I find myself enjoying it far more than I expected. Last night, NBC aired Week 1 of the National Finals, and it was a rad time. Bunches of seasoned competitors were undone by a particularly difficult course, and Jessie Graff be...

NBC's Closing Ceremony Broadcast Edited Out More Than An Hour. Here's What You Missed.

As in years past, NBC went heavy on the razor blade in trimming down last night’s closing ceremony to a time that allowed for commercials and a Very Special Episode of The Voice. The festivities in Rio took two hours, 43 minutes to complete; NBC aired one hour, 40 minutes of them. That left 38% of t...

We Fixed NBC's Gold Medal Basketball Final Intro

In its brilliance, NBC elected to abandon its fine history of broadcasting basketball by omitting “Roundball Rock” from its intro to today’s gold medal game between the U.S. and Serbia. So we’ve gone ahead and fixed that....

Perhaps NBC Could Focus On The "Live" Part

NBC’s Olympics ratings are down 17%....

NFL On Tirico Ban: "It's In The Contract!"

Report: NFL Banned Mike Tirico From Calling Thursday Night Football On NBC

Mike Tirico served as the voice of Monday Night Football for a decade, and when he announced his departure from ESPN to join NBC, it was widely reported that he’d be serving in the play-by-play role for that network’s new Thursday night NFL package. But that’s not going to happen, because the NFL sa...

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Here's Simone Manuel's Medal Ceremony, Since NBC Didn't Air It [Updates]

NBC couldn’t be arsed to show you Simone Manuel’s monumental medal ceremony after becoming the first black American woman to win an individual swimming event, as they felt it was more important to air seven-hour-old footage of Russians doing gymnastics badly. Here, then, is Manuel (with Canadian Pen...

NBC Should Really Stop Using This Underwater Camera For Women's Water Polo [NSFW]

Four years ago, we noted that NBC’s coverage of live women’s water polo included some nudity. Today, they did it again. Live television, folks!...

Kip Keino's Emotional Speech And Everything Else NBC Edited Out Of Its Opening Ceremony Broadcast

NBC’s tape-delayed Opening Ceremony broadcast ran a cool 4:58:38—more than an hour longer than the event’s real-time duration—but, as usual, the Peacock Network left plenty of the show on its cutting-room floor. Here’s everything NBC excised from last night’s broadcast:...

It's Time Again For Your Local NBC Station To Become An Olympics Expert

The Olympics are here again, which means it’s time for local NBC stations to come up with clever and unique ways to describe the Olympians NBCUniversal desperately needs you to care very, very deeply about. ...

Craig Sager Will Miss The Olympics To Undergo Leukemia Treatment

Craig Sager has worked the Olympic basketball sidelines at every Games since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Sager is an employee of Turner Sports, but he’s crossed the aisle to NBC every four summers, and he was planning to do so again in Rio as recently as April. Sadly, he announced this after...

Report: NBC Asks Olympics To Reorder Parade Of Nations For Better American Ratings

I’m a consummate Olympic cynic—I think the whole damn thing should always be held on the same “Olympic Island,” so no city has to waste billions of dollars on something with no real payoff for its residents. But I genuinely like the Parade of Nations. It’s educational, like a walking Sporcle quiz, a...

NBC Won't Air The Olympics Opening Ceremony Live

The Rio Olympics formally begin August 5th with the opening ceremony from the Maracanã stadium. Proceedings start at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, only you won’t be able to watch them on NBC until at least an hour later. At a press conference yesterday, NBC execs announced plans to broadcast the ceremony at ...

Report: Mike Tirico To Leave ESPN For NBC

This is pretty huge news in the world of sports broadcasting: According to SportsBusiness Daily, Mike Tirico, who has been with ESPN since 1991, has agreed on a contract to join NBC this summer....

NBC And CBS To Split Thursday Night NFL Broadcasts Next Season 

Here’s some good news for people who hate Jim Nantz and Phil Simms but love watching Thursday Night Football: You only have to deal with them for five games next year....