Olympics on CBS commentators

The following is a list of commentators to be featured in CBS' television broadcasts of the Olympic Games. CBS was the very first television network in the United States to broadcast the Olympics, beginning with the 1960 Winter Games from Squaw Valley, California.

Hosts

Jim McKay was originally tabbed to be the lead broadcaster of the network's coverage of the 1960 Winter Olympics, but had to be replaced by Walter Cronkite after suffering a mental breakdown. McKay recovered in time to host the 1960 Summer Olympics from the CBS Television studio in Grand Central Terminal.^[1]

Each Winter Olympics telecast from the 1990s had a different prime time host(s): Paula Zahn and Tim McCarver^[2] in 1992, Greg Gumbel^[2][3] in 1994, and Jim Nantz^[2] in 1998.

Year	Prime-Time Host	Daytime Host(s)	Late-Night Host(s)	Cable Host(s)
1960 Winter	Walter Cronkite[4]
1992 Winter	Tim McCarver[5] Paula Zahn[6][7]	Greg Gumbel[8][9] Jim Nantz[10]	Pat O'Brien[11]	Fred Hickman Nick Charles (for TNT)
1994 Winter	Greg Gumbel[8][12]	Jim Nantz[10][13][14]	Pat O'Brien[15]	Jim Lampley (for TNT)
1998 Winter	Jim Nantz[10][16][17]	Mark McEwen Jane Robelot[18]	Michele Tafoya Al Trautwig[19]

By event

1960 Winter Olympics

Event	Play-by-play	Color commentators
Skiing	Chris Schenkel	Andrea Mead Lawrence[20] Giancarlo Rossini[21]
Biathlon	Chris Schenkel
Figure Skating	Dick Button[22]
Hockey	Bud Palmer[23][24]
Ski Jumping	Chris Schenkel	Art Devlin[25][26]

Features	Harry Reasoner

1992 Winter Olympics

Event	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Reporters
Opening Ceremony	Paula Zahn	Tim McCarver	James Brown and Pat O'Brien
Skiing	Tim Ryan[27]	Christin Cooper[28]	Mary Carillo[29] and Cindy Nelson
Freestyle	Greg Lewis	Steven Smalley[30]
Men's Skiing	Brad Nessler[31]	Hank Kashiwa[32] and Billy Kidd[33]	Jim Gray
Bobsled	Sean McDonough[34]	John Morgan[35]	Lesley Visser
Figure Skating	Verne Lundquist[36]	Scott Hamilton[37]	Tracy Wilson[38] and Katarina Witt[39]
Hockey[40]	Mike Emrick[41]	John Davidson[42] Mike Eruzione[43]
Luge	Sean McDonough[44]	John Fee[45][46]
Skijumping	Phil Liggett[47]	Jeff Hastings[48]
Shorttrack Speed Skating	Ken Squier[49]	Pat Maxwell
Cross Country	Al Trautwig[50]
Speed Skating	Dick Stockton[51]	Eric Heiden	Michael Barkann

1994 Winter Olympics

Event	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Reporter(s)
Skiing	Tim Ryan	Christin Cooper[52] and Andy Mill[53]
Freestyle	James Brown[54]	Park Smalley[55]
Nordic Combined	Phil Liggett[56]	Jeff Hastings[57]
Bobsled	Sean McDonough[58]	John Morgan[59]	Jim Gray
Figure Skating	Verne Lundquist[60]	Scott Hamilton[61]	Tracy Wilson[62]
Ice Hockey	Mike Emrick[63]	John Davidson[64] Mike Eruzione[65]
Luge	Sean McDonough[66]	Bonny Warner[67]	Jim Gray
Skijumping	Phil Liggett[68]	Jeff Hastings[69]
Shorttrack Speed Skating	Ken Squier[70]	Paul Wylie
Cross Country	Al Trautwig[71]	Paul Robbins[72][73]
Biathlon		Lyle Nelson[74]
Speed Skating	Dick Stockton[75]	Eric Heiden[76]

1998 Winter Olympics

Event	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Reporters
Opening Ceremony	Jim Nantz	Andrea Joyce[77]	Al Trautwig, Michele Tafoya, and Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
Skiing	Tim Ryan[78]	Christin Cooper Hank Kashiwa	Mary Carillo Ken Read
Freestyle	Ted Robinson[79]	Park Smalley	Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
Bobsled	Gus Johnson	John Morgan	Craig James
Figure Skating	Verne Lundquist[80][81]	Scott Hamilton	Tracy Wilson
Ice hockey[82][83]	Sean McDonough[84]	John Davidson	Darren Pang Ellen Weinberg[85]
Luge	Gus Johnson[86]	Bonny Warner
Skijumping	Al Trautwig[87]	Jeff Hastings
Snowboarding	Jim Rippey[88]	Steve Podborski	Lisa Kennedy Montgomery[89]
Shorttrack Speed Skating	Ted Robinson	Randy Bartz
Cross Country	Al Trautwig	Paul Robbins
Speed Skating	Gary Thorne[90]	Dan Jansen
Closing Ceremony	Jim Nantz	Andrea Joyce	Al Trautwig, Michele Tafoya, and Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

Features	Jose Diaz-Balart[91]