Seven things about NBC's Olympics coverage including an idea for Scott Hamilton
Johnny Weir
Listen to the music: “The Tara and Johnny Show” is a hoot  though — fair or not — the interplay of NBC figure skating commentators Tara Lipinski and  Johnny Weir  has lost some of its authentic feel as it has been appropriated by Google for ads.
But watching the ice dancing coverage with Tanith White in their analyst role opposite announcer Terry Gannon  perhaps you heard something you don’t always get from Lipinski and  Weir : the music accompanying the skaters.
With women’s figure skating — and more Tara and Johnny — Lipinski and  Weir  presumably will continue to bring the critical eye  candor and enthusiasm they so deftly applied to this point.
Anticipating and/or pointing out something that’s notable  impressive or disastrous as it occurs is fine. Lipinski and  Weir  sometimes announce their presence as much as the event they’re ostensibly covering.
Till then  it’s OK for Lipinski and  Weir  to let the performances speak for themselves a bit. Plenty of time to dish and dig into it later.
But just you wait: Scott Hamilton is too good a figure skating analyst not to have more of a presence  though clearly Lipinski and  Weir  don’t leave much room for more voices on a telecast.
Listen to the music: “The Tara and Johnny Show” is a hoot  though — fair or not — the interplay of NBC figure skating commentators Tara Lipinski and  [TGT]has lost some of [TGT] authentic feel as [TGT] has been appropriated by Google for ads.
But watching the ice dancing coverage with Tanith White in their analyst role opposite announcer Terry Gannon  perhaps you heard something you don’t always get from Lipinski and  Weir : the music accompanying the skaters.
With women’s figure skating — and more Tara and Johnny — Lipinski and  [TGT]presumably will continue to bring the critical eye  candor and enthusiasm they so deftly applied to this point.
Anticipating and/or pointing out something that’s notable  impressive or disastrous as it occurs is fine. Lipinski and  [TGT]sometimes announce their presence as much as the event they’re ostensibly covering.
Till then  it’s OK for Lipinski and  Weir  to let the performances speak for themselves a bit. Plenty of time to dish and dig into it later.
But just you wait: Scott Hamilton is too good a figure skating analyst not to have more of a presence  though clearly Lipinski and  [TGT]don’t leave much room for more voices on a telecast.