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The NBC Sports Group said Molly Solomon has been named executive producer and president of NBC Olympics Production as well as executive producer of the Golf Channel. The Olympics role had long been filled by Jim Bell, who left NBC earlier this month after a nearly three-decade run at the company. He had worked at the T…

Jim Bell, who has served as showrunner on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for the past year, is stepping down. Gavin Purcell, who recently signed an exclusive overall producing deal with Universal Television, has been named interim showrunner. Bell is leaving NBC after a tenure that spanned almost three decades…

NBC has made it official. Former Today executive producer Jim Bell has been named executive in charge and showrunner for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, effective immediately. As Deadline reported Monday, Bell had been in talks for the position in light of producer Mike DiCenzo’s decision to leave the program…

EXCLUSIVE: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is undergoing a major behind-the-scenes change. Producer Mike DiCenzo is leaving NBC’s late-night program. He just confirmed his departure on Twitter. I hear former Today executive producer Jim Bell is in talks to come in as new Tonight Show showrunner. DiCenzo was…

NBC will not “shy away” from covering unplanned protests that might pop up during the upcoming XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, said Katie Couric, whose appointment as co-host of the Opening Ceremony was announced by the network today. “It's hard to predict in advance,” said Couric during a…

"Absolutely not," NBC Olympics correspondent Mary Carillo said today when asked by Olympics primetime host Bob Costas if she intended to take a dip into the polluted waters where swimmers and sailing teams will be competing during the Rio Games. Carillo, who is covering "open water swimming" the second week of the…

"I don't think she is going to be able to travel,” said NBC Olympics executive producer Jim Bell today of skier Lindsey Vonn joining the network's coverage of the Winter Olympics next month in Sochi, Russia. However, Vonn could show up on NBC in some form or another, Bell said. "We have been in discussions,” he said…

The NBC morning show officially said goodbye this morning to executive producer Jim Bell, who is departing after seven seasons to focus on his Olympics duties for the network; he was exec producer of the London Olympics this summer, replacing Dick Ebersol. He presided over some bumpy times at Today, taking much of the…

Jim Bell was executive producer of both NBCUniversal’s London Olympics coverage and NBC‘s morning show Today over the summer. He was replaced yesterday at Today after seven years amid flailing ratings and a widely perceived mishandling of Ann Curry’s ouster, with reports that he would land back at the NBC Olympics…

NBC is shaking up the leadership at the Today show. Alexandra Wallace, SVP of NBC News, will be in charge of the four-hour program, The New York Times reports. The Times cites people at the network who described the plan on condition of anonymity because it had not been announced. She and a yet-to-be-named producer…

Today has been more a soap opera than a morning-news program of late, and executive producer Jim Bell today finally addressed some of the drama. The best part of his comments to the New York Times is his contention that among the many reasons for Today ending its 16-year winning streak in the ratings to rival Good Morn…