NBC News unveiled its plans for coverage of the upcoming Olympics, with Today and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt planning to broadcast from Tokyo.Today‘s Savannah Guthrie, in Tokyo all this week for the show, will co-host the coverage of the opening ceremony on Friday morning along with NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico, marking NBC’s first-ever morning broadcast of the opening festivities.
Their coverage will be followed by a special edition of Today.Starting on July 26, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and Craig Melvin will join Guthrie to anchor Today from NBC’s outdoor set overlooking Tokyo’s Rainbow Bridge.
The show will broadcast at its regular time — 7 a.m. ET — but it will be 8 p.m. in Tokyo.Starting on Thursday, Holt will anchor NBC Nightly News from
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