‘Today’ cuts a week from Olympics broadcasts

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NBC has announced plans for how some of its most prominent programs will cover the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea:

• “Today,” which normally originates from the site of the Olympics for three weeks, but will cut that down to two this year
• The broadcast previously broadcast from the host city for the week prior to the games and the two during
• However, for 2018, the show will start originating Monday, Feb. 18, four days after the games start
• “NBC Nightly News” will broadcast from South Korea beginning Thursday, Feb. 8
• Megyn Kelly’s hour of “Today” will originate from Studio 6A in Rockefeller Center
• Studio 6A will also play host to the fourth hour of “Today” with Kathie Lee Gifford and Jenna Bush Hager
• Hager will fill in for Hoda Kotb, Gifford’s normal cohost for that hour, since Kotb will be South Korea
• Studio 1A will not be used during the Olympics, even during the fourth hour