Olympic Viewing: Commercial crossover on NBC

If you occasionally have trouble telling where NBC’s Olympic programming ends and the commercials begin, that’s no coincidence.

Mark Levy, vice president and creative director for NBC Sports, heads a department responsible for the on-air look of the games, along with profiles of athletes and extended taped pieces like NBC’s feature on the 1996 women’s gymnastics team. That unit also made a short film about basketball’s 1992 Dream Team that was scheduled to air in prime time Friday.