It’s official. Mike Tirico has been named the new studio host for NBC’s primetime Sunday pregame show Football Night in America. Tirico was reported to have been the leading candidate to succeed Dan Patrick, who told the New York Post in March that he turned down a new five-year contract to continue as host. “I didn’t want to do it and not love doing it,” Patrick said at the time. He had served as Football Night‘s studio host since 2008.
Tirico will work alongside Fnia analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison, and NFL Insider Mike Florio, from Studio 1 at NBC Sports’ International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Ct.
For the past two seasons, Tirico co-hosted Fnia from the game site. That role now will be filled by Liam McHugh, who will be joined on site most weeks by the Sunday Night Football team of Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya.
Tirico will work alongside Fnia analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison, and NFL Insider Mike Florio, from Studio 1 at NBC Sports’ International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Ct.
For the past two seasons, Tirico co-hosted Fnia from the game site. That role now will be filled by Liam McHugh, who will be joined on site most weeks by the Sunday Night Football team of Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya.
- 8/20/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Mike Tirico will replace Dan Patrick this season on NBC Sports’ studio show “Football Night in America.” Liam McHugh will backfill Tirico’s NFL game-site role. Additionally, Rob Hyland joins “Football Night”as the show’s new coordinating producer.
Tirico, who did the game-site gig for two seasons, will work alongside analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison, as well as pro-football insider Mike Florio. Those four shoot at Studio 1 at NBC Sports’ International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Connecticut.
Patrick was the “Football Night” studio host for 10 years from 2008-2017.
Also Read: Will Mike Tirico Replace Al Michaels at NBC?
“As one of the most accomplished, respected and versatile voices in sports, Mike was the logical choice to move into the ‘Football Night’ studio,” said Sam Flood, executive producer and president, production, NBC Sports & Nbcsn. “He will anchor our show, set the scene, and educate the audience by extracting analysis,...
Tirico, who did the game-site gig for two seasons, will work alongside analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison, as well as pro-football insider Mike Florio. Those four shoot at Studio 1 at NBC Sports’ International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Connecticut.
Patrick was the “Football Night” studio host for 10 years from 2008-2017.
Also Read: Will Mike Tirico Replace Al Michaels at NBC?
“As one of the most accomplished, respected and versatile voices in sports, Mike was the logical choice to move into the ‘Football Night’ studio,” said Sam Flood, executive producer and president, production, NBC Sports & Nbcsn. “He will anchor our show, set the scene, and educate the audience by extracting analysis,...
- 8/20/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Get ready for more great fashion coverage from Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski! Sochi Olympics' breakout stars are returning to NBC once again to cover the 2014 Kentucky Derby, it was announced Tuesday. The former figure skaters turned fashion correspondents will broadcast from Churchill Downs leading up to the event May 3. "It's not just a two-minute race," Rob Hyland, coordinating producer for the NBC Sports Group, said in a statement. "Of course, the two-minute race is extremely important, but our job is to capture the venue and the day—it's a huge celebration—as creatively and poignantly as possible." Lipinski explained that she and Weir have just "always loved...
- 4/23/2014
- E! Online
New York (AP) — NBC is adding Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski to its Kentucky Derby telecast as fashion correspondents next week, illustrating how the network's coverage now reflects one of the most female-friendly televised sporting events of the year. The two figure skaters, who were the breakout stars of NBC's Sochi Olympics broadcast team, will comment on the fashionable outfits worn by members of the rich and celebrity-filled audience who try to avoid spilling mint juleps on their designer duds, the network said Tuesday. The image of cigar-chomping race fans no longer applies to horse racing's signature event. Slightly more than half of NBC's Derby viewers last year were women attracted to the party, the Nielsen company said. No other major TV sports event, with the exception of the Olympics, is so weighted toward female viewers, NBC said. "It's not just a two-minute race," said Rob Hyland, coordinating producer for the NBC Sports Group.
- 4/22/2014
- by David Bauder (AP Staff)
- Hitfix
Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are back, on NBC Sports. The two will serve as fashion experts for NBC Sports Group‘s coverage of the 2014 Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby. NBC Sports Group’s live coverage from Churchill Downs begins April 30. Olympic figure skaters Weir and Lipinski were the It Couple of the 2014 Sochi Games, covering figure skating for NBC Sports. Weir and Lipinski will work as fashion experts for the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3 and the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, May 2. Most recently, Weir, a three-time U.S. figure skating champion, and Lipinski, the 1998 Olympic figure skating gold medalist, were also fashion critics for Access Hollywood’s coverage of the 2014 Academy Awards. “Johnny and Tara have an infectious energy that will bring a fun and fresh perspective to our Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks telecasts,” said Rob Hyland, Coordinating Producer for NBC Sports Group. The 2013 Kentucky Derby was...
- 4/22/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
NBC is adding Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski to its Kentucky Derby telecast as fashion correspondents next week, illustrating how the network’s coverage now reflects one of the most female-friendly televised sporting events of the year.
The two figure skaters, who were the breakout stars of NBC’s Sochi Olympics broadcast team, will comment on the fashionable outfits worn by members of the rich and celebrity-filled audience who try to avoid spilling mint juleps on their designer duds, the network said Tuesday.
The image of cigar-chomping race fans no longer applies to horse racing’s signature event. Slightly more...
The two figure skaters, who were the breakout stars of NBC’s Sochi Olympics broadcast team, will comment on the fashionable outfits worn by members of the rich and celebrity-filled audience who try to avoid spilling mint juleps on their designer duds, the network said Tuesday.
The image of cigar-chomping race fans no longer applies to horse racing’s signature event. Slightly more...
- 4/22/2014
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside TV
Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski will join forces once again to provide commentary for this year’s upcoming Kentucky Derby.
Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski Join Kentucky Derby Broadcast
Weir and Lipinski, both retired professional figure skaters, have been tapped by NBC to join the network’s telecast of the Kentucky Derby, commenting on the fashions on display at the annual horse-racing event, reported Entertainment Weekly. The event, attended by the designer dud-clad rich and famous, generally draws a large female audience – more than any other sporting event save the Olympics – for that reason.
“It’s not just a two-minute race,” said Rob Hyland, coordinating producer for the NBC Sports Group. “Of course, the two-minute race is extremely important, but our job is to capture the venue and the day – it’s a huge celebration — as creatively and poignantly as possible.”
Both Lipinksi and Weir are excited about teaming up again,...
Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski Join Kentucky Derby Broadcast
Weir and Lipinski, both retired professional figure skaters, have been tapped by NBC to join the network’s telecast of the Kentucky Derby, commenting on the fashions on display at the annual horse-racing event, reported Entertainment Weekly. The event, attended by the designer dud-clad rich and famous, generally draws a large female audience – more than any other sporting event save the Olympics – for that reason.
“It’s not just a two-minute race,” said Rob Hyland, coordinating producer for the NBC Sports Group. “Of course, the two-minute race is extremely important, but our job is to capture the venue and the day – it’s a huge celebration — as creatively and poignantly as possible.”
Both Lipinksi and Weir are excited about teaming up again,...
- 4/22/2014
- Uinterview
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