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Lords of the Rings

News and notes and a little dish on NBC’s effective micro-innovations broadcasting this year’s games in France. “It’s a complex piece of work,” Mark Lazarus told me.

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Four simultaneous gymnastics events presented a production challenge, but Solomon’s team at NBC documented the competition live during the day. Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images
John Ourand
August 2, 2024

Yes, we all know that NBC’s multi-decade relationship with the Olympics has endured some surprising and unsurprising plot twists in the annals of modern media history. Ever since 1992, when the legendary Dick Ebersol oversaw NBC’s operation, the network’s focus was squarely on prime time, since commercializing those windows with advertising dollars paid for the Games’ multi-billion price tag.