MARY CARILLO
Co-Host
Mary Carillo is a staple at NBC and has served as host and reporter at numerous Olympic games. She will serve as co-host of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show airing February 9 & 10, 2009 at 8/7c on USA Network.
Recently, Mary Carillo served as Late Night Show host, Closing Ceremony host and a "Friend of Bob" for the 2008 Beijing Games. Beijing was Carillo's ninth Olympic assignment and sixth with NBC.
At the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, Carillo hosted "Olympic Ice," a daily figure skating show on USA Network focused on the Winter Games' most popular and intriguing sport. At the 2004 Athens Games, Carillo earned critical praise in her debut as a full-time Olympic host on Bravo's coverage in addition to anchoring USA Network's live, Grand Slam-style coverage of the tennis gold medal finals. During NBC's coverage of the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games, Carillo served as the reporter at Utah Olympic Park, where she covered the bobsled, luge and skeleton competitions. Her comment that men's doubles luge is "like a bar bet gone bad" was recognized as "line of the year" in many sports television columns. In addition, Carillo's work co-hosting the 2002 Closing Ceremony alongside Dan Hicks earned her critical acclaim.
Carillo served as tennis analyst in both Sydney (2000) and Atlanta (1996) and as the skiing reporter for CBS' coverage in Nagano (1998), Lillehammer (1994) and Albertville (1992). She made her NBC broadcast debut as an analyst for the 1996 Family Circle Magazine Cup tennis event.
In May of 2003, Carillo joined NBC as an analyst on the network's French Open and Wimbledon coverage, teaming with analyst John McEnroe and play-by-play commentator Ted Robinson. Carillo's candid and insightful commentary has earned her accolades throughout the industry, including the distinction of being called "the sport's top analyst" by Sports Illustrated.
Carillo has worked as a tennis analyst for ESPN since 2003, having worked for the network for nine years starting in 1988, and for CBS on the US Open, a role she has filled since 1986. She also has been a correspondent on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" since 1997. Carillo worked as both a host and analyst on Turner Sports' coverage of Wimbledon from 2000-02 and on HBO's Wimbledon coverage from 1996-99. Prior to ESPN, she worked for USA Network (1980-87), PBS (1981-86) and Madison Square Garden Network (1981-88).
Carillo received a Peabody Award, one of television's highest honors, for co-writing with Frank DeFord the HBO documentary "Dare to Compete: The Struggle of Women in Sport." Carillo was named "Best Commentator" by Tennis Magazine (1988-91), "Best Commentator" by World Tennis Magazine (1986) and "Broadcaster of the Year" by the WTA (1981 and 1985). She has co-written two books "Tennis My Way" with Martina Navratilova and Rick Elstein's "Tennis Kinetics."
Carillo played on the professional tennis tour from 1977-80. Teaming with McEnroe, whom she grew up with, Carillo won the 1977 French Open mixed doubles title. She was a doubles runner-up at the U.S. Clay Court Championships, and doubles quarterfinalist at the US Open in 1977.
A native of Queens, N.Y., Carillo lives in Naples, Fla.
