Peacock orders three part Michael Phelps docuseries, set to premiere this summer before Olympics
This might not be the definitive Michael Phelps doc, but it's a start.
Olympics News
“I didn’t come this far to only come this far”: Simone Biles looks back and ahead in ’60 Minutes’ interview
"I want to see how much I'm capable of."
NBC will air the Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony live in all time zones
The Opening Ceremony will be live on NBC for the first time since 2010.
Comcast, NBC execs “super hopeful and optimistic” 2021 Tokyo Olympics will be played
NBCUniversal executives also touted Peacock's deal with WWE Network.
The 2021 Tokyo Olympics is in question following a Times (UK) report that the Japanese government may cancel
The planned Summer Olympics in Japan in 2021 may not happen after all.
Lindsey Vonn joins NBC Sports’ ski coverage
Vonn will debut this weekend on Olympic Channel.
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang’s doping ban overturned by Swiss court over old tweets from the CAS panel chair
A Swiss court determined that past tweets from former Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini, the chair of the CAS panel that oversaw Sun's case, showed he was not impartial.
HBO’s ‘The Weight of Gold’ a must-watch documentary showing mental health issues Olympic athletes face
You may never view Olympic athletes the same way after watching.
The IOC has apologized “to those who feel offended” and deleted a video and tweet celebrating the 1936 Berlin Olympics torch lighting
"We apologize to those who feel offended by the film of the Olympic Games Berlin 1936. We have deleted this film, which was part of the series of films featuring the message of unity and solidarity, from the @Olympics Twitter account."
HBO will air “The Weight of Gold,” a documentary with Olympic athletes (including Michael Phelps) discussing mental health challenges
The 2020 Summer Olympics will not be starting as planned on July 29 (thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Olympic Channel has four more Five Rings Films documentaries coming, on Rulon Gardner, Lang Ping, Naoko Takahasi and Scottish curling
The next entry in the global Olympic Channel's Five Rings Films series is Rulon Gardner Won't Die, premiering June 3.
NBCSN will air nearly 100 hours of content from past Summer Olympics over the next two weeks
NBCSN is set to show nightly blocks of Olympic programming over the next two weeks, covering the 2016 Rio Games (April 13-15), the 2012 London Games (April 16-19), the 2008 Bejing Games (April 20-21), and sport-specific programming (April 22-26).
Olympics officially postponed to summer 2021
It comes as NBC was set to launch their Peacock streaming service this summer, with live and exclusive Olympics coverage as a big draw.
