NEWS & NOTES : BRINGING `TODAY' TO GAMES REQUIRES OLYMPIC-SIZE LOGISTICS.Byline: Daily News Wire Services In the end, it might just be ``Today'' show executive producer Jeff Zucker Jeffrey Zucker (born April 9, 1965) is an American television executive, and President & CEO of NBC Universal. He is a 5-time Emmy Award winner known for his aggressive promotion of his network's programs. who will deserve a gold medal at the Summer Olympics. Starting July 17 - two days before the Games begin - NBC's top-rated morning show will broadcast live from a specially constructed studio within the athletes' village in Atlanta. The program will be there through Aug. 2, making it ``Today's'' longest trip ever. ``It's a logistical nightmare,'' Zucker said Monday. ``It's the most difficult trip we've ever taken. But we'll persevere, and we're incredibly excited about it.'' Hosts Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric, news anchor Matt Lauer and weatherman Al Roker will broadcast from a three-sided studio that will allow passersby to look in, and perhaps say hello, much the way the program's sidewalk facility does in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Part of the logistical hurdle is just getting credentials for staffers, Zucker said. Moving people around during the crowded Olympics is another. NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. - which is telecasting the games - will ship 70 people to Atlanta just for ``Today,'' Zucker said. He couldn't put a figure on what it's costing the network to move the show to Atlanta. ``It is an important story and an important event,'' he said. ``And it comes in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of this show's best year ever.'' Short stuff: ``Mad About You's'' Paul Reiser will host the prime-time Emmy Awards Sept. 8 on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . ... Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo (a lefty) and former Education Secretary William Bennett (righty right·y Informal n. pl. right·ies 1. A right-handed person. 2. An advocate or member of the political right. adv. ) will join CNN's ``Late Edition'' as political analysts. |
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