Highlights of Day 2 Events SWIMMING Finals (9:30 p.m., NBC) Katie Ledecky enters Tokyo ranked second in the world this year in the 400m free, which she won in Rio in a world record that still stands. Australian Ariarne Titmus is reigning world champion and is 2.35 seconds faster than Ledecky this year after posting […]
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NBC airs its first-ever live morning broadcast of an Olympic Opening Ceremony, live from the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. The Parade of Nations — with delegations encouraged to have one male and one female flag bearer — will have a slightly tweaked order. Greece, which always goes first as the Olympics’ birthplace, will be followed […]
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The Summer Olympics soon arrives in Tokyo, and with it, the Opening Ceremony on July 23 will display the pageantry, pomp and circumstance showcasing Japanese culture. The entire spectacle is meant to be a representation of global unity. The irony is it will all unfold in front of a sparse amount of people inside the […]
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Streamer Peacock has announced a straight-to-series order for “Ted,” from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and MRC Television. The upcoming series is based on the hit Universal Pictures and MRC Film’s “Ted,” the highest grossing original R-rated comedy of all time. Collectively “Ted” and “Ted 2” grossed more than $750 million worldwide. Seth […]
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NBC Sports presents live coverage of 2021 Roland-Garros matches (a.k.a. French Open), beginning with the first round in Paris, France, Sunday, May 30, at Noon ET exclusively on Peacock and Monday, May 31 at 11 a.m. ET on NBC. Live coverage culminates with the women’s final on Saturday, June 12 at 9 a.m. ET and […]
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Streamer Peacock has greenlit a trio of non-scripted series: “Paris in Love” with Paris Hilton; “The Siwa Dance Pop Revolution” (working title), and hybrid alternative scripted series “True Story” (working title), co-hosted by Ed Helms (“The Office”) and Randall Park (“Fresh Off the Boat”). In “Paris In Love”, Paris Hilton is finally ready to walk […]
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Peacock Orders ‘Queer As Folk’ Reboot
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Streamer Peacock has announced a straight to series order for a reboot of “Queer As Folk”, from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and creator Stephen Dunn. “Queer As Folk” is described as a vibrant reimagining of the groundbreaking British series created by Russell T. Davies, exploring a diverse group of friends in New […]
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Drama “Wild Cards”, based on the book series of the same name by George R.R. Martin, is moving from Hulu to Peacock. The planned series was originally in development at Peacock in 201 with Andrew Miller as a writer and executive producer. Miller will not be involved in series on Peacock, which is in search […]
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Streamer Peacock has ordered science series “The End is Nye”, hosted and executive produced by renowned science educator, engineer, author and inventor Bill Nye. “The End is Nye” sends Bill Nye into the most epic global disasters imaginable – both natural and unnatural – and then demystifies them using science to show how we can […]