The Olympics are in full swing, at about the halfway point, and Bob Costas is in familiar place. The versatile broadcaster is back in a television studio in the role of host.
But this time it's not for NBC's prime-time Olympics coverage, something he anchored for a record 11 Olympiads before retiring from the job after the 2016 Summer Games. In fact, he'll be competing against his former network's Olympics coverage on Friday night when he makes his return to HBO with "Back on the Record with Bob Costas," a homage to "On The Record with Bob Costas" that debuted on the network two decades ago.