Sara Jaye Weiss
Bob Costas will anchor NBC’s Olympics coverage this summer.
The NBC family will carry 5,535 hours of coverage from the London Olympics this summer, the network said Wednesday.
That total, the equivalent of 231 days, will include 272.5 hours on NBC itself. Prime-time coverage will run from 8-11:30 p.m. most nights and daytime coverage will start at 10 a.m. weekdays and as early as 5 a.m. weekends.
The Games start July 27, though NBC will carry some soccer for two days before.
London is five hours ahead of New York. So little or none of the prime-time coverage, anchored by Bob Costas, will be live.
Two NBC channels will be dedicated to single sports: tennis on Bravo and boxing on CNBC.
Telemundo will carry 173 hours in Spanish.
Idol decelerates
Somewhere between last years performance finale show and this Tuesdays, American Idol lost 5 million viewers.
The 2011 performance finale drew 20 million viewers while this years drew a little less than 14.4 million, according to Nielsen figures released Wednesday.
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Howard Sterns long-time sidekick Robin Quivers will undergo surgery Friday for removal of a tumor near her bladder. She told Sterns Sirius XM audience the doctors dont know if its malignant. First Lady Michelle Obama makes the TV rounds Tuesday, talking with Good Morning America, The View and Jon Stewarts Daily Show, among others. Ch. 5/WNYW anchor Ernie Anastos emcees the 63rd annual Christopher Awards Thursday night in Manhattan.
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