Casually announced on his nationally syndicated radio show this morning during a conversation with his staffers known as “The Danettes”, Dan Patrick said that he will be a host on NBC’s Summer Olympics coverage in London. Patrick was discussing Olympic coverage and then transitioned to say that he would be a host along with Bob Costas and Al Michaels. It’s not known which daypart Dan would helm for NBC. Costas would take his traditional primetime slot with Al most likely hosting daytime as he did in Vancouver.
It’s not surprising that Dan would be a host for NBC as his role with the network has expanded since joining the Peacock in 2008. First, Dan joined a crowded Football Night in America, but the show has been whittled to where he’s the studio host and Bob Costas is the game site host. He’s also hosted the Stanley Cup Final from Game 5 since 2010. And this year, he became host of NFL Turning Point on Versus.
Unlike in Vancouver when Dan stayed for the Opening Ceremony and was on-site host for moguls in the first weekend of the 2010 Winter Olympics then left, he’ll remain for the duration of the 17 days in London.
We’ll have more details for on-air talent for 2012 next year, but one good thing about Dan’s show is that he sometimes breaks news about his work on NBC without realizing it. This is also how I found out that Dan was hosting the Stanley Cup Final in 2010.
