FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 5th, 2018
TARA LIPINSKI, JOHNNY WEIR, BODE MILLER & JIM BELL TO PREVIEW THE WINTER OLYMPICS ON CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW, FEB. 6 AT 6 P.M. ET
Dial 719-325-2464 to Participate
STAMFORD, Conn. – February 5, 2018 – NBC Olympics will host a conference call tomorrow, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. ET as NBC primetime figure skating analysts – 1998 Olympic figure skating gold medalist Tara Lipinski and two-time Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir – join Bode Miller, the most decorated skier in U.S. Olympic history, and NBC Olympics President, Production and Programming Jim Bell to preview The Winter Olympics.
Media interested in participating should call 719-325-2464; passcode 7131555.
- WHAT: NBC Olympics Preview Conference Call
- WHO: Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Bode Miller, Jim Bell
- WHEN: Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 6, at 6 p.m. ET
- NUMBER: 719-325-2464
- PASSCODE: 7131555
Lipinski and Weir host The Best of U.S. – The 2018 Winter Olympics tonight at 10 p.m. ET on NBC. The one-hour preview show features stories on decorated Team USA athletes, a preview of the Olympic figure skating team event competition, and introduces viewers to award-winning chef David Chang as he offers an insider’s look at Korean culinary traditions. NBC’s live primetime coverage of The Winter Olympics begins Thursday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. For more information, click here.
For the first time, NBCUniversal will stream live an Olympics Opening Ceremony. The live coverage from PyeongChang will begin Friday, Feb. 9 at 6 a.m. ET on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app, and will feature the pageantry and the Parade of Nations with world feed graphics and the event’s natural sound (without commentators). NBC’s fully-produced presentation of the Opening Ceremony, hosted by Mike Tirico and Katie Couric and featuring interviews and profiles will air Friday, Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC. Live streaming of all Olympic competition has occurred at every Games since London 2012.
–PYEONGCHANG 2018–
