Catching up from last night…
- I wouldn’t say the weather in Sochi was lousy, but they’re using umbrellas on the ski lifts.
- Yet another “new” sport created by merging two existing ones—it’s Ski Halfpipe!
- We’re getting more teasers for women’s Figure Skating. First, Ryan Seacrest (who apparently didn’t have anything else to do), introduced Korean skater Una Kim, who is the biggest celebrity in her country.
- Second, they brought in Tara Lipinski and Johhny Weir, the buzzy couple from NBCSN morning coverage, to preview the competition with Costas. Keep in mind this was still a day before the event—brace yourself, folks.
- We get Davis and White getting their Ice Dancing gold medals to finish out the night. What—no shot of the “Moms”????
Moving onto Wednesday…
- Let the women’s figure skating profiles continue! Of course, the Peacock concentrates on the UDS team --Carillo with Polina Edmunds, Ohno with Gracie Gold, with a second Edmunds video before her performance. Is this a sign that Ashley Wagner had problems? NBC tends to telegraph such things via these video packages—they only want to concentrate on winners.
More to come.