By Brian Steinberg. Senior TV Editor. They may also get glimmers of another familiar visage: Hoda Kotb. Viewers may see shots of Kotb watching the U. NBC has U. Her surprise was palpable.
Popular on Variety. And not just on TV. At least one recent Olympics broadcast did not necessarily have the desired effect. Games efforts. No families could sit in the stands during the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic, and recent sites including Beijing and PyeongChang meant American audiences were hard-pressed to watch live competitions taking place during offbeat viewing hours.
Organizers in Paris will set the Games among famous landmarks, like an opening parade down the Seine. And families will be back in the stands. CBS, long the third-place entrant in the broadcast-news morning wars, has been picking some of them up.
Meanwhile, CNN has narrowed its morning approach after many years of trying to compete more broadly with its broadcast counterparts. Earlier this year, the network cancelled its latest A. Celebrity chef Ina Garten is likely to turn up to help some of the hosts navigate Paris attractions. Each morning can serve as a recap of whatever happened in the Games the day before, says Guthrie β with some surprises. Roker expects to visit Parisian speakeasies and the Moulin Rouge.
No one may work harder on camera, however, than Melvin. The logistics can be tough. All four anchors will be in Paris for the first few days of Olympic Games, with Kotb and Guthrie also reporting during the glitzy opening ceremony, But Roker and Guthrie will head back to the U. Guthrie and Kotb have handled difficult news moments even when far from home.
