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KELLY Clarkson's commentary on the Paris Olympics opening ceremony was criticized by viewers. The 42-year-old musician was part of NBC's coverage for the grand opening of the games in France on Friday night. The opening ceremony took place on the River Seine and showed off Paris' beauty and the best...

‘Why is she there?’ wonder confused NBC viewers as Kelly Clarkson is criticized for Olympic opening ceremony commentary

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A surprising star of the 2024 Paris Olympics has been rapper Snoop Dogg, who has donned the role of a “special correspondent” for NBC. Reports suggest that Snoop Dogg’s participation in the Olympics did not come cheap, with estimates of a six-figure daily payout plus expenses. New...

Snoop Dogg Getting Paid $500,000 Per Day From NBC To Attend Parties & Competitions At Paris Olympics As ‘Special Correspondent’

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The Paris Summer Olympics were big.NBCUniversal said primetime Olympics coverage — on both Paris time (2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET) and U.S. time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.) — averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 30.6 million viewers across all platforms, up 82% from the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2021.Led by Peacock, NBCU streamed 23.5 billion minutes of Olympic programming, up 40% from all previous summer and winter games combined. In primetime, Peacock averaged 4.1 million viewers daily.

“Our NBCUniversal team matched the occasion of this transformative Paris Olympics, presenting peerless coverage in daytime and primetime across all platforms,...

NBCU Says Olympics Delivered 36.6 Million Viewers in Primetime

The U.S. men’s basketball team scored a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris on Saturday — and, in the process, helped NBC score a massive win of its own. The match-up between Team USA and the French’s men’s national basketball team brought in 22.7 million viewers to NBC and Peacock at the peak of the game, with the average viewership falling around 19.5 million viewers — around 7 million more viewers than those who watched the highest-rated NBA Finals game on ABC this season.

U.S. men’s basketball gold medal win pulls 22.7 million viewers to NBC

American rapper Snoop Dogg is reportedly making $500,000 per day at the Paris Olympic Games. Snoop Dogg was hired by NBC and Peacock as a correspondent for the Olympic Games, working on both the live broadcasts and on social media. NBC has held the exclusive broadcasting rights for the Summer Olympics within the US since 1988 and expanded it to the company’s streaming service Peacock for the first time for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Snoop Dogg Reportedly Making $500,000 Per Day with NBC at the Olympic Games

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Norah O’Donnell is leaving the anchor chair behind. Ghosts Stars Preview Sas' New Love Interest, Pete's Adventures Beyond Woodstone and Patience's Power



The CBS Evening News host will depart the network’s nightly news telecast following the presidential election in November. She will then transition to a new role at CBS News, where she will serve as a senior correspondent and continue to contribute to Evening News, 60 Minutes and other CBS News programs.



“We just celebrated an amazing five years together,” O’Donnell wrote in a memo to CBS Evening News staff. “I love what I do, and I am so fortunate to work with...

Norah O’Donnell Leaving CBS Evening News — Find Out When

Over the years, the legendary talk show has been a place for both heartfelt conversations and some nauseating scandals. The View has produced viral moments and memes and more. Now, a persistent rumor suggests that ABC is canceling the daytime series. Even more alarming, for weeks the show has been flip-flopping between live episodes and previously recorded shows.

'The View' Canceled: Will ABC Talk Show End After Nearly 3 Decades?

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NBC Summer Olympics announcer Mike Tirico, who has been doing a great job in Paris, France this summer, has issued an official apology for a mistake he made during the games. Tirico officially apologized for confusing a flag sported by a player after the United States vs. France gold medal game in ...

NBC Olympics Announcer Mike Tirico Has Issued An Official Apology

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In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

Katie Couric, the former anchor of CBS Evening News, has called CBS “out of touch” for replacing Norah O’Donnell with two men during its recent overhaul of the nightly broadcast. “It was more than a little disappointing to read that Ms. O’Donnell would be replaced by two...

Katie Couric Blasts CBS for Replacing Norah O’Donnell With 2 Men

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Once high and mighty Matt Lauer was said to be miserable as he watched his former colleagues headline NBC’s Olympics coverage in Paris, RadarOnline.com can reveal.Sources claimed it was another painful reminder to the disgraced Today show host of how far he’s fallen since workplace sex scandals forced him out of his ten-figure job in 2017.A source said: “He was always hugely invested in the Games, so it was gut-wrenching for him to watch others shine in the spotlight.”Insiders reported Lauer, 66, was glued to his TV and left feeling increasingly embittered as his former minions hosted the global extravaganza.The...

Disgraced ‘Today’ Host Matt Lauer ‘Was Wracked With Pain and Bitterness’ Watching Ex-NBC Colleagues Fronting Paris Olympics’: ‘Gut Wrenching!’

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	Norah O’Donnell will cede the reins of the venerable “CBS Evening News” after the 2024 presidential election in favor of a new role as a senior correspondent who will seek out big interviews and opportunities for deeper reporting, the latest major change at CBS News after its business was merged with that of the local-TV operations of parent company Paramount Global.TV Anchors, Please Take Note: 'CBS Evening News,' Live, on Boat




	O’Donnell, who recently celebrated her fifth year in the anchor chair, sees an opportunity to pursue signature interviews with top newsmakers — something that proved appealing to her after logging...

Norah O’Donnell to Exit as ‘CBS Evening News’ Anchor to Become Senior Correspondent

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“The Daily Show” host and longtime soap-boxer, Jon Stewart, who recently scrapped plans to film episodes at the Republican National Convention, is voicing his concern for certain media outlets’ closed-door antics in regards to allowing their on-camera reporters and pundits to speak freely. Speaking on his “The Weekly Show” podcast, Stewart expressed genuine angst over the challenges of getting professionals in TV journalism to speak with him. Captioning Still Needs a Human Touch



“It’s difficult for us to book pundits or journalists that are on television. Their organizations will not let them come on our podcast,” Stewart said. “Let that sink in...

Jon Stewart Sounds the Alarm on CNN and NBC: Reporters Are Being ‘Restricted’ from ‘Giving Their Opinion’

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Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

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Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders had himself quite the press conference last week. Sanders refused to answer questions from two different media members during his Friday presser. One was Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler, who has been critical of Deion and his program. The other was Eric Christensen from CBS Colorado, who was stopped Read more...
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	Katie Couric, the former anchor of CBS Evening News, weighed in on the network’s recent overhaul of the nightly broadcast, calling it “more than a little disappointing” that Norah O’Donnell’s successors will be two male anchors.Joe Biden Tells 'CBS Sunday Morning' That He Thought Staying In 2024 Race Would Be "A Real Distraction" To Effort To Defeat Donald Trump




	The network recently announced that John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois would be anchoring CBS Evening News after O’Donnell’s steps down following the November election. 




	Couric wrote in an op ed in The New York Times, “Don’t get me wrong: I know, like...

Katie Couric Says That It Is “More Than A Little Disappointing” That CBS News Chose Two Males To Succeed Norah O’Donnell As Anchor

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Colin Jost let fans know how he’s been holding up after receiving multiple injuries as NBC’s surfing correspondent in Tahiti for the 2024 Paris Olympics.The Saturday Night Live cast member cut his foot on the coral reefs almost immediately upon arrival, and went on to reveal that he got a staph infection in his foot. He later woke up with an ear infection, as he called himself a “regular” at the medical tent. Now, Jost has turned to Instagram to tell fans worried about him how he’s doing.In the video, he admitted that the most common text message he’s received...

Colin Jost provides ‘foot update’ after being replaced as Olympics surfing correspondent

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L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

Former child actor Christopher Castile is best known for his roles as Mark Foster on the classic TV sitcom Step by Step (ABC, 1991-1998) and Ted Newton in the feature films Beethoven (1992) and Beethoven's 2nd (1993). Today, Castile, who was born on June 15, 1980, in Orange County, California, is a teacher, and married with two children.

Christopher Castile: The Former Genius-Child Star of TV's 'Step-by-Step' Sitcom is Today a Professor

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NBC sees 30.6 million daily viewers to Summer Olympic Games coverage

Comcast’s NBC Universal drew an average daily audience of 30.6 million viewers during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, according to Nielsen data shared by...

NBC sees 30.6 million daily viewers to Summer Olympic Games coverage

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