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From May, it looks like the biggest events will be live on NBC with a primetime show with Mike Tirico (a highlights or magazine show). All of that and every other event will be live on Peacock. There's more to be shown on the cable channels as well.

On his podcast, The Ringer editor Bill Simmons interviewed LA 2028 chairman Casey Wasserman, and he made a quite remarkable tidbit on how the primetime highlights show will be structured:

“NBC is not going to pretend like it’s live anymore. What they’re going to do is treat it like a reality show.”

In brief, NBC is trying to bring the Bravo style of scripted reality to sports, particularly to attract a more diverse, female-skewing and much younger audience to the event, a move given NBC’s decision to go fully live for these Games.

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Back to Opening Ceremony matters, alongside the usual routine of having the Today show anchors and the prime time host as commentators, NBC has announced Peyton Manning and Kelly Clarkson will join Mike Tirico, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb as part of the team:

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