Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan documentary to air Sunday

Another documentary looking back on the 20-year-old Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan figure-skating scandal will air this Sunday on NBC. "Nancy & Tonya" is a one-hour special hosted by Mary Carillo, that once again re-tells the saga of Nancy Kerrigan's knee-whack, and the impact the attack had on Kerrigan, and on Oregon's Tonya Harding, whose ex-husband and his associates were implicated in planning and executing the attack.
It's a tale viewers have seen revisited recently in the excellent ESPN "30 for 30" documentary, "The Price of Gold." Though Harding was interviewed for that film, Kerrigan didn't talk to the filmmakers.
The NBC project marks one of the rare times Kerrigan has addressed the events of 20 years ago. Harding was also interviewed for the documentary.
You can watch a clip from "Nancy & Tonya" on the NBC Olympics website.
Here's more, from the NBC press release on "Nancy & Tonya," which is scheduled to air at 7 p.m. Sunday night on NBC (8), before the 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony:
One of the most dramatic episodes in Winter Olympics history, the three-hour telecast of the 1994 ladies’ figure skating short-program competition was viewed by more than 126 million Americans – ranking as the fourth-most viewed show at that time in U.S. history (according to Nielsen data released by CBS, which televised the event). In addition, the competition earned a 48.5 rating – meaning nearly 50 percent of the country’s television homes were tuned in – a number which has not been matched since by any television program.

The documentary combines present-day and archival interviews, practice and competition footage, and news coverage leading up to and during the 1994 events. In addition to the principals, Nancy & Tonya features interviews with Nancy Kerrigan’s coaches Mary Scotvold and Evy Scotvold, Tonya Harding’s coach Dody Teachman, and four members of the media who covered the 1994 Winter Games -- NBC figure skating analyst and 1984 Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, who was in the booth for CBS; USA Today columnist Christine Brennan; Chicago Tribune columnist Philip Hersh; and former CBS Evening News co-anchor Connie Chung.  Nancy & Tonya was produced by Margaret Grossi and edited by Rob Weir.

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