NBC's Matt Lauer fumbles the puck: U.S.-Canada game Sunday is on MSNBC, not NBC
February 19, 2010 | 11:58
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Sorry, hockey fans. Matt Lauer, host of NBC's "Today" show, misspoke Friday morning when he said Sunday's preliminary-round hockey showdown between the U.S. and Canada will be shown on NBC.
A spokesman for NBC Universal confirmed that the game will be aired on MSNBC, as planned, and that Lauer was mistaken in saying the game would be broadcast on NBC.
It will be shown live starting at 4 p.m., the spokesman said. And yes, it will be live on the West Coast too.
(A disclosure: I've appeared twice on the NBC Universal show "Meet the Olympic Press," which airs daily during the Games at 9 a.m.)
-- Helene Elliott in Vancouver, Canada
Just when I thought I could no longer be upset by anything NBC does as it relates to its hockey coverage, now this. So the NHL shuts down for 2 weeks to placate its broadcast partner and this is how it gets treated? I would say show the games on Versus instead, but I haven't been able to see that since last season. Does anyone at the NHL care that the world's best hockey players are being treated in such a cavalier fashion? What good does it do to showcase the sport if most people can't see it?
Posted by: Lisa Jameston | February 19, 2010 at 01:49 PM
simply brutal treatment, and from the nhl's broadcast partner no less. then again, these are the folks who created the leno/conan mess so ....
Posted by: Brian Crandall | February 19, 2010 at 06:47 PM
It was disgusting that NBC decided to show the death of the luge athlete. Shame on NBC.
Posted by: Phil | February 23, 2010 at 05:16 PM