Back to Prime Time last night--first off, my DVR didn’t record it, so I’m forced to watch it on Peacock. Which means I can’t skip through commercials--and it’s difficult to skip thru events I’ve already seen (and generally the events are reruns). Anyway--
Tirico at the Ski Lodge reviews the Hockey action, then sends us to the Men’s Team Cross-Country Sprint. Tucci hits a bakery, then it’s Men's Slopestyle. Meanwhile, the ads--I guess Bob Evans has decided to get out of the whole restaurant thing and sell mashed potatoes at the grocery store.
Snoop, Martha Stewart, and Ilia Malinin watch figure skating, then it’s off to women's slalom aka the “Event of the Night”. Can they clone Dan Hicks and have him do play-by-play on every event? He has an FM radio voice which is just perfect. Of course, Shiffrin gets her own video package, including the “watching home movies in front of a huge screen” bit.
Moving over to Women’s Aerials (after more Hockey). Then back to Slalom, which Shiffrin wins in a “Shiffrin-esque” run. Tirico then sends us to Women’s 3000m Relay Short Track. Korea sneaks in for a gold. Then it’s Men’s 500m Sprint, which Canada wins. Shiffrin Facetimes with Torico, swearing--bleeped--on air (she’s a little tipsy).
Snoop and Martha are back, enjoying some high end Milanese dining. Snoop insists on spaghetti, meatballs, and cheddar cheese. We get a Women’s Hockey preview, and a Medal Count (no position changes).
Over to Late Night--thank goodness for the DVR! Taylor does some shopping, reviews Hockey (there was actually a Snoop-led play-by-play feed of the US game on Peacock), and sends us to the Women’s Slopestyle final. Then there’s the Men’s Team Sprint final (Klaebo!), the Women’s 4x6km Biathlon Relay, Snoop raps, and Taylor hangs out with some summer athletes in a winter clime. Simone Biles drops by the Duomo for a chat (and a plug)--and speaking of plugs, we’re getting our first ones for LA2028. There’s some Tucci filler to wrap it up.
Today Show--Alexander does the daily update, Shiffrin (in a white void) is interviewed by the 30 Rock gang, swearing--twice--with no bleeping! Anne Thompson and Tara preview Women’s Figure Skating, with the focus on Alyssa Liu (the one with the best chance for a medal going into Free Skate). Gosk goes on a tour of the Duomo, plus a Women’s Hockey preview.
Off to Daytime--Lowe sends us over to Men’s 1500m Speed Skating, which means more Jordan Stolz, who takes the silver. Lowe drops in to interview A.J. Mleczko for a preview of this afternoon’s Women’s Hockey gold medal match--airing on USA Network. Meanwhile, we’re off to Women’s Free Skate. Amber Glenn gets a pre-skate interview as we see the earlier competitors (I think we may see all of them). These early skaters only have a chance at the podium if they skate clean (which they rarely do) AND the major players all crash and burn.
Isabeau Levito gets a pre-skate interview as well--she’s worried she’s going to be kicked out of the Athletes Village (traditionally, you leave after your event is over, and you have to find alternate accomodations or come back if you want to go to the closing ceremonies).
Amber is up--and she skated clean until the last jump. She still went into the lead for now. Tirico steps in during a Zamboni break. Some Hockey updates including a drop-in, Scott Hamilton has some Skating thoughts, an Amber post-interview, then back to the skating action.
There’s a pre-skate interview for Liu, more skaters, then Levito is up. Tara and Johnny rhapsodize about her elegance--and she falls during a jump. Well, she’s probably got one or more QISEs in her.
Meanwhile, the US wins Women’s Hockey in OT. We’re down to the last skating group. Liu takes the ice, with Tara and Johnny talking about how unaffected she is by all the pressure. She nails it and takes the lead. Japan’s Sakamoto loses 7 points in her routine, while Japan’s Nakai lost 6.5. Luiu takes the gold.
More to come.
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