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NBCU is airing coverage across a number of its constituent channels, with every single event available on its Peacock streaming service and select events also on NBC, CNBC and USA. Find out more about how to watch the Games online and on TV as well as who the the anchors and commentators are for specific sports here. B…

Universal Parks & Resorts announced today that Vice Chairman Mark Woodbury, who is also currently President of Universal Creative, will become the division’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer upon the retirement of current Chairman and CEO Tom Williams. Thirty-three year Universal Parks veteran Williams will retire…

Disney earlier this month exercised its right to buy the NHL's 10% stake in streaming technology services group BAMTech for $350 million in a deal expected to close by the end of September. In its quarterly report filed with the SEC – which is more detailed than the earnings press release from earlier this afternoon…

Giuliana Rancic is stepping down as host of E!’s red carpet coverage after almost two decades. The E! veteran made the announcement in an Instagram post Friday. “After 20 fabulous years hosting E!’s red carpet, I have decided to step out of my red carpet heels into a new pair of shoes,” she wrote. Rancic’s…

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell are upbeat the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will go forward as planned and said advertisers are optimistic as well, based on what they’re seeing. “Sitting here today, I believe there will be an 0lympics. I hope there will bee an Olympics. I think that is our…

As Deadline reported last month, NBCUniversal in mid-June began an incremental reopening for employees at its headquarters in Universal City. In a company memo today, Mark Lazarus, Chairman, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, who oversees all NBC broadcast and cable networks, along with the Peacock streaming…

Rachel Maddow said that she and her staff have “independently confirmed” that NBC News executives told Ronan Farrow to put a “pause in any new reporting” on Harvey Weinstein, backing up a claim he makes in his new book Catch and Kill. Maddow devoted her monologue on her MSNBC show on Friday to Farrow’s book, before he…

A federal lawsuit alleges that NBCUniversal, the National Football League, and recording artist Carrie Underwood are among those who plagiarized a YouTube song to create the Sunday Night Football opening theme song "Game On" that precedes the athletic action. SNF is typically one of the primetime ratings leaders…

President Donald Trump, who last week called NBCU’s flagship broadcast network “despicable,” is burying the hatchet with his former bosses long enough to participate in Golf Channel’s Jack. The three-night special about Jack Nicklaus premieres at 9 PM Sunday, April 9, on NBCU’s Golf Channel, following the…

Just as Comcast moves forward with its plan to replace the GE sign atop the former RCA building with its own name and the NBC Peacock logo, NBCUniversal today announced a major overhaul and rehabilitation of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. A desire to “celebrate the storied past of one of the most iconic buildings in…

“On Friday, May 2nd, former Good Morning America colleagues Josh Elliott and Sam Champion will reunite for the first time live on air from The Kentucky Derby,”  The Weather Channel boasted cheekily today. Upping the cheek, the channel said Elliott will join Champion at 9 AM ET from Churchill Downs live during its…

Sam Champion’s Weather Channel show America’s Morning Headquarters opened to a cloudy future Monday. An average of 207,000 total viewers (64,000 in the news demo) caught Champion’s unveiling from 7-10 AM ET. That’s a 12% decline in total viewers compared with the network’s prior four-week average in the block of time…