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Michael Sheehan is Coordinating Director for NBC Olympics and is responsible for the direction of NBC’s primetime Olympics coverage. The 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang marked Sheehan’s sixth Olympic assignment. Sheehan also serves as Coordinating Director for Football Night in America, the most-watched weekly studio show in sports for 14 years running.
In 2018, NBC Sports Group presented Super Bowl LII and the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, marking the first time in 26 years the Super Bowl and the Olympics aired in the same year on the same network.
In addition, he has overseen the direction of multiple Formula One races for NBC, including the famed Monaco Grand Prix. He previously served as a director from 1985 to 2012 for HBO Sports, and MLB Network from 2008 to 2012.
With more than 37 years of television experience, Sheehan is the winner of 18 Sports Emmy Awards for his work on Wimbledon, Inside the NFL and the Olympics, and has received an Eclipse Award for his work on horse racing.
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Sheehan resides in Ramsey, N.J.
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NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. They began separately as NBC and Universal, both in the new world of motion picture, production, and distribution. In 2004, they merged to become a new media conglomerate. Today, they own and operate over 20 different businesses across 30 countries. Their services include development, production, marketing of entertainment, news and information. Within their services, they own and operate various portfolios of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, television production operations, television stations group, theme parks, and streaming services. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. Notable brands within their Film portfolio are Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, and Focus Features. Their News portfolio includes NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC. Parks and Resorts consists of Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios Japan, Universal Studios Singapore, and Universal Beijing Resort. TV & Streaming is a larger portfolio that consists of NBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, peacock, Oxygen True Crime, Universal Kids, USA, SyFy, GolfNow, hayu, bravo, E, and Fandango. Lastly, the TV studios group is recognized by their Universal Television, UCP, Universal Television Alternative, and Universal International Studios brands.