NBC will cover it in a 2-hour telecast on Sunday (Oct 26) starting at 4 p.m. ET.
Tara Lipinski & Johnny Weir are doing the commentary. They're debuting as the new lead figure skating commentators for NBC.
Team USA has Gracie Gold, Mirai Nagasu and Samantha Cesario competing in the Ladies' event, Jason Brown, Jeremy Abbott and Douglas Razzano will represent in the Men's event, Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier and Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim will compete in Pairs and the Shibutanis, Madison Chock/Evan Bates and Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus will go for Ice Dance.
I have my own Fantasy league picks going, but skaters to watch out for:
Elena Radionova of Russia was third behind the two Russian stars of the Sochi Games at Russian Nationals. She's young and consistent, though her shortcoming is that she (along with the other Russian ladies), skate with the maturity of a Junior-level skater, not that of a Senior, championship-level skater.
Olympic Bronze Medalist and 2013 World Silver Medalist Dennis Ten of Kazakhstan is the guy to beat, but I expect Nam Nguyen of Canada to be a force in the Men's Event now that Patrick Chan is out of the picture (temporarily as far as we know).
In Pairs, the reigning Olympic champs Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov are practically unbeatable at the moment, but I expect to see the Chinese pair of Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang come closer than any other pair to the top. They're Chinese Pairs guru Yao Bin's latest prodigies, and I was really impressed with them in Sochi (8th) and Worlds (5th).
As for Dance, with the teams that have dominated the podium recently not competing, I'ma be honest and say I have no clue how it's going to play out. Americans Madison Chock/Evan Bates are promising as competitive ice dancers, but they are a far cry from the talent of Davis/White.
I'll be watching on Sunday, and live-tweeting @jess_on_ice!
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