NBCUniversal Gives Tour Of Paris Olympics Studio As Execs Talk Biggest TV Operation Ever & Early LA28 Plans
deadline.comIt’s a blisteringly hot afternoon in Paris and Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie are midway through an edition of NBC’s Today show against the spectacular backdrop of the Eiffel Tower.
Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps has just left after a live interview on their couch. In a pre-recorded segment, the show’s Barefoot Contessa food correspondent, Ina Garten, is taking Kotb and Guthrie on a tour of her favorite Paris markets, to be followed by an item on French fashion in an adjacent studio set up for lifestyle coverage.
For the duration of the 2024 Olympics, Today is unfolding in NBCUniversal’s main Olympics studio in the Museum of Mankind (Musée de l’Homme) in Paris.
The institution, housing a 1,800 artefact collection exploring the trajectory of humanity over the course of seven million years, is situated in a grandiose building in the Palais de Chaillot with breathtaking views on the key Olympic venues of the Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower.
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