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Fang’s Bites Medals For 2012 London Olympics, Part II — Event Play-by-Play Announcers

On Monday, we had Part I of our medals for the 2012 London Games. We now wrap up coverage of the 2012 Olympics today before going into football mode.

Like in Part I, there will be gold, silver and bronze medals distributed to NBC’s commentators. And as in Part I, those undeserving of reaching the podium will be receiving of bowl of the Scottish dish, Haggis.

I will hand out medals to those announcers I had the opportunity to monitor. I couldn’t see all of the sports, although I did try. Here are my medals for play-by-play commentators.

PLAY-BY-PLAY

Gold Medal

Andrew Catalon, Tennis – Andrew has been quite busy the last few weeks having called Olympic tennis at Wimbledon for the first week of the Games, then flying to South Carolina to call the PGA Championship for CBS’ secondary channel last weekend. He called the epic Roger Federer-Juan Martin Del Potro match that did not want to end. Andrew was on top of the points and allowed his partners to shine.

JP Dellacamera, Soccer – Was based in New York and called both men’s and women’s games off a monitor at NBC’s World Headquarters at 30 Rock. Never showed that he was hampered by not being at the games. JP is a pro and one of the best in calling the beautiful game.

Mike Emrick, Water Polo – Doc was back on water polo, a sport he called in 2004 for NBC. Just as he did in Athens, Doc was great on the sport in London. Tremendous work. Doc can read the phone book and make it sound great.

Terry Gannon, Canoeing Flatwater & Rowing – Terry called both sports very well. A broadcaster who can call multiple sports well, I’d love for Gannon to get one of the glamor sports in Rio.

Mike Gorman, Handball – The TV voice of the Boston Celtics returned to Olympics broadcasting after a 20 year absence having called tennis in Barcelona in 1992. Mike called the games off a monitor in New York, but you would never know judging from the production. He was on top of the action and was even able to anticipate plays. Mike should have called basketball, but we’ll get to that later.

Tom Hammond, Track and Field – Tom shined once again in calling the signature sport of the Games. Was on top of the action, especially when Usain Bolt made his historic gold medal runs. While Bolt made himself into a legend in London, Tom is already a sports broadcasting legend and his calls in athletics solidified his status.

Dan Hicks, Swimming – Dan calls the sport well and sometimes he has to yell over analyst Rowdy Gaines, but he shows genuine enthusiasm during the races. Here’s hoping golf duties in Rio will not prevent him from calling swimming in 2016.

Bob Papa, Boxing – Once again, boxing was a strange venue. Strange calls, strange bouts and in the last weekend, NBC was kicked out of its broadcast position when officials with the Boxing Federation complained the announcers were bothering them. Through it all, Bob Papa was a consummate pro and got the job done, but Let him call another sport in Rio. I’m sure he’s going crazy from the insanity at boxing in the last three Olympiads.

Ted Robinson, Diving/Men’s Tennis Final – Ted has proven time and time again that he can call the major sports or the niche sports well. He and Cynthia Potter work well off each other. The same can be said for Ted and John McEnroe on tennis.

Tim Ryan, Equestrian – Classy announcer. One of the best.

Arlo White, Soccer – Tremendous job throughout in calling both men’s and women’s soccer. The only caller to be on-site at games, he shined brightly. He had to overcome Brandi Chadtain which was not easy to do (more on her later), but he got the job done very well. In his first season with NBC in calling MLS, Arlo got the marquee assignment at the Olympics and handled it very well.

Silver Medal

Steve Cangialosi, Soccer – Called a very good game. Experienced soccer and hockey man, did well in calling games off a monitor in New York.

Brett Haber, Tennis – Coming over from Tennis Channel, Brett called a lot of tennis from Wimbledon. Did rather nicely.

Todd Harris, Track Cycling/Mountain Bike/BMX – Todd is ok. Wasn’t thrilled about his “Oh Canada, the drought is over” call on Canada’s first gold medal in Vancouver and wasn’t all that crazy about him being back for London, but he performed well in calling races in the Velodrome. Gave us the feel of the crowd especially as Great Britain was cleaning up the medals in cycling.

Chris Marlowe, Beach Volleyball — There are times when I think Chris is too much in love with his own voice. He has a great set of pipes, but sometimes he goes overboard in his inflections. With an all-American final in the women’s section, Chris toned it down, but there were times when I thought he would go over the top, but good on him for restraining himself in the gold medal match. He medals this year.

Paul Sunderland, Indoor Volleyball – Paul has a soothing voice that doesn’t go up or down on exciting points. In fact, it was so soothing, I hit my head against my laptop several times during his calls. And I’m never bored by volleyball. Despite this fact, I give Paul a silver for his knowledge of the sport and letting analyst, Kevin Barnett make valid points throughout matches.

Bronze Medal

Randy Moss, Multiple Sports – The shiny topped broadcaster, not the former NFL wide receiver called Race Walking, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo, Canoeing, so many sports that I could hear him calling my dreams. That’s not a good sign. But he did a decent job on each sport. He gets a medal.

Dave Strader, Basketball – NBC’s number two hockey play-by-play man called some basketball off a monitor in New York. I like him on hockey and he wasn’t bad on basketball.

BOWL OF HAGGIS

Bob Fitzgerald, Basketball – After a good start, it was apparent that calling games everyday was overwhelming for Bob. Besides confusing actor Jesse Eisenberg for the man he played in “The Social Network”, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Fitzgerald was woefully inadequate. After having ESPN’s Mike Breen on basketball dating back to Sydney, NBC went with a corporate Comcast SportsNet play-by-play man in Fitzgerald who calls the Golden State Warriors. NBC should have tapped Mike Gorman who calls the Boston Celtics and was in New York calling handball. Let’s hope NBC makes a correction in 2016.

Al Trautwig, Gymnastics – Al is getting dangerously close to John Tesh disastrous levels. Back in 1996, John Tesh called gymnastics and did a horrible job in overgushing, overemoting and overplaying every dramatic moment. He even did an introduction called “Little Girls Dancing” that was so creepy even for 1996 standards. Well, Al is getting close. Normally a very good announcer and studio host, Al gave us uncomfortable moments by focusing on crying Russian gymnasts so much so that he seemed to revel in their agony. He and Tim Daggett overdramatized key points in the competition where they made it sound life-and-death. I like Al Trautwig and he did a great job calling gymnastics in 2000 and 2004, but now it’s time to bring in a new announcing team for this sport.

That will conclude this segment. The next installment will focus on the analysts, reports and non-rightsholders.

2012 London Olympics is The Most Watched TV Event in US History

We have a very long press release, 3,877 words, from NBC talking about the 2012 London Olympics. Not only were they successful on the networks of NBCUniversal, but they spread their wings to other parts of the NBCUniversal family that had Olympic-related programming.

First things first. The Closing Ceremony turned out to be the most watched non-US Summer Olympic Closing Ceremony dating back to Montreal in 1976 just like many nights during the 2012 Games. An average of 31.0 million viewers watched all or part of the Closing Ceremony last night. That’s right with the average viewership for the entire Olympics of 31.1 million people. Very consistent. And the final ratings resulted in a 17.0 with a 27 share, up 10% from Beijing’s 15.5/25 and 43% from the last European Olympics in Athens in 2004.

Sunday’s rating is also right near the average of 17.5/30 for the 17 nights of the games. That’s 8% higher than Beijing’s 16.2/28.

Now, some other news.

• NBC’s Olympic weekday daytime coverage is the most watched in history averaging 7.1 million viewers.
• NBC’s weekend daytime averaged 12.1 million viewers, up 14% from Beijing in 2008.
• The USA men’s basketball gold medal-winning game against Spain on Sunday drew 12.5 million viewers.
• Serena Williams’ win over Maria Sharapova in the women’s tennis gold medal match garnered 7.9 million viewers while the men’s tennis gold medal match featuring Andy Murray and Roger Federer had an average of 8.2 million people.
• Late Night had 6.2 million viewers on average up 13% from 2008.
• NBC Sports Network set multiple viewership records for Olympic programming.
• CNBC’s boxing coverage drew the highest viewership for the network since the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
• MSNBC had over one million viewers on consecutive days, first time it had achieved the feat in four Olympics.
• Telemundo doubled its viewership from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
• NBCOlympics.com had over 159 million video streams more than doubling Beijing. This is a bit misleading as more video was available on NBCOlympics.com this year than four years ago.
• There were more than 64 million live video streams. See above.
• NBCOlympics.com had just under 2 billion unique page views.
• NBC Nightly News and the Today Show saw ratings hikes during the two weeks of the Olympiad.
• Salt Lake City topped all local market ratings for the Olympics. Milwaukee was second.

Now you can read the entire release for yourself after the jump.

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NBCUniversal Programming For Day 16 of the 2012 Olympics

Ok, Day 16 has become a bit of a mess on NBC. If I put this up earlier in the day, I would have to edit the hell out of the post, but luckily, I was watching NBC’s primetime coverage and in came an announcement that affects Sunday’s daytime programming.

First, NBC will hit the air with its daytime coverage live in all time zones at 6 a.m. ET with the men’s marathon. It will go off the air at 9 a.m. for a special edition of Meet The Press and then return at 10 a.m. ET for coverage of the USA-Spain men’s basketball gold medal game.

Then in primetime, NBC will air London Gold, a retrospective of the 2012 Olympics hosted by Bob Costas and Al Michaels. The Closing Ceremony will air at 8:30 p.m. ET and NBC will then air some abortion called “Animal Practice” at 10:58 p.m.

And NBC will return at midnight to air some musical performances and most likely its closing montage for the Games.

NBC Sports Network has coverage of bronze medal games in men’s basketball, men’s volleyball and men’s water polo.

MSNBC will air the men’s mountain bike gold medal final and CNBC has live gold medal boxing bouts.

Check out the schedule below.

Live Daytime Coverage on NBC Featuring Team USA Men’s Basketball Gold Medal Final vs. Spain at 10 a.m. ET Today on NBC

London Gold on NBC at 7 p.m. ET/PT
Closing Ceremony on NBC at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT
Men’s Basketball, Water Polo and Handball Live on NBC Sports Network
Men’s Mountain Bike Cycling Gold Medal Final Live on MSNBC at 8:30 a.m. ET
*** SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE ***
NBC’s Daytime Sunday Coverage LIVE to All Time Zones
*Sunday Night Programming Reminder: As previously announced, NBC will air a full episode of a commercial-free network preview of the new comedy, “Animal Practice,” immediately following the Closing Ceremony

LONDON – August 11, 2012 – Today’s daytime coverage on NBC will be live across all time zones featuring Team USA men’s basketball competing vs. Spain in the gold medal final at 10 a.m. ET/9 a.m. CT/8a.m. MT/7 a.m. PT.

NBC’s live daytime coverage also includes gold medal finals of men’s volleyball featuring Russia vs. Brazil, men’s water polo featuring Croatia vs. Italy, freestyle wrestling and rhythmic group gymnastics.

NBC’s Olympic primetime host Bob Costas will host the London 2012 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony from Olympic Stadium alongside co-hosts Al Michaels, the host of NBC’s Olympic daytime coverage, and Ryan Seacrest, Olympic primetime correspondent. The Closing Ceremony will follow London Gold, a special presentation of the top moments and athletes of the 2012 Olympics. Coverage begins Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT. As previously announced, NBC will air a full episode of a commercial-free network preview of the new comedy, “Animal Practice,” immediately following the Closing Ceremony.

LONDON CLOSING PARTY: Following late local news is the London Closing Party, with special musical guests, which will wrap up the unprecedented 5,535 hours of coverage from the London Olympic Games.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 (Day 16)

NBC

6 a.m. – 9 a.m. ET
5 a.m. – 8 a.m. CT
4 a.m. – 7 a.m. MT
3 a.m. – 6 p.m. PT
Men’s Marathon (LIVE)

• LIVE coverage of the men’s marathon, a final chance for viewers to re-live the majestic sights of London, as the race cuts right through the heart of the city. Meb Keflezighi, the Athens silver medalist, won the 2009 New York Marathon and also the 2012 Olympic Trials, despite just a 69-day turnaround after running the 2011 New York Marathon. He and Ryan Hall, who finished 10^th in Beijing, both have an outside chance of breaking up what could be a Kenyan sweep of the medals.

10 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. MT
7 a.m. – 3 p.m. PT
Men’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final: USA vs. Spain (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – Gold Medal Final: Russia vs. Brazil
Men’s Water Polo – Gold Medal Final: Croatia vs. Italy
Wrestling – Freestyle Gold Medal Finals
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Group Gold Medal Final

• Five gold medal finals highlight the final day of competition, including LIVE coverage of the men’s basketball final. Twenty years after the original Dream Team, the United States men’s basketball team expects to be playing for a second straight gold. Plus the men’s volleyball gold medal final, where the U.S. is the reigning Olympic champion. Plus, the gold medal game in men’s water polo. Also finals in rhythmic gymnastics and freestyle wrestling.

7 p.m. – 10:38 p.m. (ET/PT)
“London Gold”
Closing Ceremony

10:38 p.m. – 11:20 p.m.
“Animal Practice”

midnight – 12:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
“Closing Party”

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Bronze Medal: Argentina vs. Russia (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – Bronze Medal: Bulgaria vs. Italy
Men’s Water Polo – Bronze Medal: Montenegro vs. Serbia  (LIVE)
Men’s Handball –

• Gold Medal Final: Sweden vs. France (LIVE)
• Bronze Medal: Hungary vs. Croatia

Women’s Modern Pentathlon – Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• Olympic medals are awarded in five sports, including LIVE coverage of the bronze medal games in men’s basketball and men’s water polo, plus the gold medal game in men’s handball.

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Men’s Cycling – Mountain Bike Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Wrestling – Freestyle Qualifying

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of the men’s mountain bike gold medal final as cyclists look to master their competition and the challenging terrain.

CNBC

8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• The final five bouts of the Olympic boxing tournament will be headlined by the world’s best pound-for-pound amateur boxer, Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine, who hopes to join an exclusive club of champions by winning his second Olympic gold medal.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final: USA vs. Spain (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final Encore

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Men’s Volleyball – Gold Medal Final
Men’s Track and Field – Marathon
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Gold Medal Final
Men’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Closing Ceremony

3D

4 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Men’s Basketball – Semifinals

And that will do it.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 15 of the 2012 Olympics

Let’s see what the networks of NBCUniversal have in store for us on Saturday. NBC’s daytime coverage which will include the women’s basketball gold medal game between the United States and France will be live in all time zones starting at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT.

Primetime on NBC will include the final day in earnest of track & field at Olympic Stadium including the men’s 4×100 meters relay gold medal final, the women’s 4×400 meter relay gold medal final, the women’s 800 meters and men’s 5,000 meters. Also in primetime, NBC will air the women’s volleyball gold medal final and the men’s 10 meter platform diving final.

NBC Sports Network carries the men’s soccer gold medal final between Brazil and Mexico as well as the women’s handball gold medal game.

MSNBC has the men’s modern pentathlon gold medal final which has to be seen to be believed.

And CNBC has several gold medal bouts in boxing.

Check out what’s on tap for Saturday.

MEN’S 4X100M RELAY FEATURING TYSON GAY, JUSTIN GATLIN AND JAMAICA’S USAIN BOLT SATURDAY NIGHT ON NBC

Team USA Women’s Volleyball Gold Medal Final vs. Brazil in Primetime on NBC
Women’s Basketball Team USA Gold Medal Final vs. France on NBC
Men’s Soccer Gold Medal Final Featuring Brazil vs. Mexico Live on NBC Sports Network at 10 a.m. ET
*** SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE ***
NBC’s Daytime Saturday and Sunday Coverage LIVE to All Time Zones
*Sunday Night Programming Reminder: As previously announced, NBC will air a full episode of a commercial-free network preview of the new comedy, “Animal Practice,” immediately following the Closing Ceremony.

LONDON – August 10, 2012 – Saturday night on NBC, Tyson Gay & Justin Gatlin are expected to run for Team USA in the men’s 4x100m relay against Jamaica’s 100m and 200m two-time gold medalist Usain Bolt. In men’s indoor volleyball, Team USA goes up against Brazil for the gold medal.

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE: NBC’S DAYTIME SATURDAY AND SUNDAY COVERAGE LIVE TO ALL TIME ZONES

This weekend’s daytime coverage on NBC will be LIVE across the country, featuring the men and women’s basketball gold medal finals and the men’s marathon.

On Saturday, live coverage starts at 10 a.m. ET/9 a.m. CT/8 a.m. MT/7 a.m. PT, and features Australia vs. Russia in the women’s basketball bronze medal game and USA vs. France in the gold medal final.

On Sunday, live coverage starts at 6 a.m. ET/5 a.m. CT/4 a.m. MT/3 a.m. PT and features the men’s marathon. Then at 10 a.m. ET, Team USA vs. Spain in the men’s basketball final.

Live on NBC Sports Network on Saturday, the men’s soccer gold medal final featuring Brazil vs. Mexico at 10 a.m. ET, and the women’s handball gold medal final.

MSNBC’s live coverage features the women’s basketball bronze medal game between Australia and Russia at noon ET and men’s field hockey gold medal final featuring Germany vs. Netherlands live at 3 p.m.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 (Day 15)

NBC

10 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. MT
7 a.m. – 3 p.m. PT
Women’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final: U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Gold Medal Final
Women’s Cycling – Mountain Bike Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball – Bronze Medal: Japan vs. Korea
Wrestling – Freestyle Semifinals
Canoeing – Sprint Gold Medal Finals

• LIVE coverage of the gold medal final in women’s basketball. The United States, led by former UConn stars Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, will play for its fifth straight gold against France.
• Plus, gold medal finals in rhythmic gymnastics, canoeing and women’s mountain bike. Also freestyle wrestling semifinals and the bronze medal match in women’s volleyball.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 4 x 100M Relay
• Men’s 5000M
• Men’s Javelin
• Women’s 4 x 400M Relay
• Women’s 800M
• Women’s High Jump

Men’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball – Gold Medal Final: USA vs. Brazil

• The final night of track and field offers one last look at Jamaica’s electrifying sprint king Usain Bolt. He’ll be part of a Jamaican team that features three of the four fastest men in history in the 4x100m relay. The U.S., led by American record holder Tyson Gay and 2004 Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin, will try to get back on track after being disqualified in Beijing and the two world championships since. The Americans are heavy favorites in the women’s 4x400m relay and have contenders in the men’s 5000m with American record holder Bernard Lagat and Oregon legend Galen Rupp – although in the latter race, the home crowd will be pulling for Somalian-born Londoner Mo Farah, who trains with Rupp in Oregon and could win Great Britain’s first medal in the event in 40 years. In the women’s 800m, South Africa’s Caster Semenya, who won the 2009 world title at age 18, will attempt to win her first gold medal over a deep field that includes former Cal star Alysia Montano. And in the high jump, mother of two – Chaunte Lowe – is among the favorites for gold.
• The men’s platform contest is sure to be one of the most anticipated events of the Games, as 2009 world champion Tom Daley, a teen idol in Great Britain, takes the stage in his signature event – which was the only diving event China failed to win in Beijing. China’s Qiu Bo, the reigning world champion, is out to change that, while Daley, top American David Boudia of Indiana and Australia’s reigning Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham are among the contenders in this star-studded event.
• In women’s volleyball, Team USA is favored to win its first ever Olympic gold medal. It would be the second in a row for the team’s head coach Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008.

12:30 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Wrestling – Freestyle Gold Medal Finals

• Jake Herbert, a former world silver medalist and a two-time NCAA champion at Northwestern, is among the top American contenders.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final: Brazil vs. Mexico (LIVE)
Track and Field –

• Men’s 50K Walk (LIVE)
• Women’s 20K Walk (LIVE)

Women’s Handball

• Gold Medal Final: Norway vs. Montenegro (LIVE)
• Bronze Medal: Korea vs. Spain

Taekwondo – Gold Medal Finals

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of what could be one of the signature events of the Games, the men’s soccer gold medal final from storied Wembley Stadium.

MSNBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Bronze Medal: Australia vs. Russia (LIVE)
Men’s Field Hockey –

• Gold Medal Final: Germany vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
• Bronze Medal: Australia vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

Men’s Modern Pentathlon – Gold Medal Final
Taekwondo – Qualifying Match

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of the bronze medal game in women’s basketball, plus the gold and bronze games in men’s field hockey.

CNBC

3:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals(LIVE)

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• The first night of men’s Olympic boxing finals gets underway, as the Americans look to bring home a boxing gold medal for the first time since the 2004 Athens Games.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

Noon – Midnight
Women’s Basketball – Gold Medal Final: USA vs. France (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

10 a.m. – 10 p.m. g
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final: Brazil vs. Mexico (LIVE)

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final: Brazil vs. Mexico (LIVE)
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Gold Medal Final
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Volleyball – Bronze Medal: Japan vs. Korea
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball – Gold Medal Final: USA vs. Brazil

3D

5 a.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Platform Qualifying
Synchronized Swimming – Team Gold Medal Final
Women’s Basketball – Semifinal

That’s all.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 14 of the 2012 Olympics

The networks of NBC will be ready to wind down as we approach the final weekend of the Olympics.

On Friday, there will be the women’s 4×100 meters relay and men’s 4×400 meters relay. The USA men’s basketball team will be in the semifinals on Friday taking on Argentina, a team it already defeated earlier in pool play.

There will be gold medal finals in synchronized swimming, open water swimming, wrestling, BMX cycling, women’s field hockey, and so much more.

Let’s take a look at what the networks of NBCUniversal have in store for the beginning of the final weekend of the 2012 Olympic Games. It’s all listed below.

Team USA Runs for Gold in Women’s 4x100m Relay & Men’s 4x400m Relay Friday in Primetime on NBC

A Special Feature “Dream Team” Airs on NBC’s Daytime Show on Friday
Team USA Men’s Basketball Semifinal vs. Argentina Live on NBC Sports Network at 4 p.m. ET
*** SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE ***
NBC’s Daytime Saturday and Sunday Coverage LIVE to All Time Zones
*Sunday Night Programming Reminder: As previously announced, NBC will air a full episode of a commercial-free network preview of the new comedy, “Animal Practice,” immediately following the Closing Ceremony on August 12^th.

LONDON – August 9, 2012 – Team USA runs for the gold in the women’s 4x100m relay with Carmelita Jeter and Allyson Felix expected to sprint, and the men’s 4x400m relay Friday night on NBC. Additionally, David Boudia dives in the platform qualifying round from three-stories up and gold medal finals in men’s pole vault, women’s 1500m and BMX cycling gold medal finals.

During the day on NBC, gold medal finals in synchronized swimming, open water swimming and the women’s 5000m. “Dream Team,” the story behind the gold medal-winning men’s basketball team from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, airs tomorrow in daytime. Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley are featured along with assistant coach and current Team USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski. “Dream Team” is produced by NBC Olympics feature producer Israel DeHerrera.

Team USA men’s basketball semifinal game vs. Argentina will air live on NBC Sports Network at 4 p.m. ET.

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE: NBC’S DAYTIME SATURDAY AND SUNDAY COVERAGE LIVE TO ALL TIME ZONES

On Saturday, live coverage on NBC starts at 10 a.m. ET/9a.m. CT/8 a.m. MT/7a.m. PT with the women’s basketball gold medal final. On Sunday, live coverage of on NBC begins with the men’s marathon from 6 a.m. – 9 a.m. ET/5 a.m. – 8 a.m. CT/4 a.m. – 7 a.m. MT/3 a.m. – 6 a.m. PT. Then at 10 a.m. ET/9 a.m. CT/8 a.m. MT/7 a.m. PT, NBC airs live coverage of the men’s basketball gold medal final.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 (Day 14)

NBC

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Qualifying
Synchronized Swimming – Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Wrestling – Freestyle Qualifying
Men’s Swimming – Marathon
Canoeing – Sprint Qualifying Heats
Track and Field – Women’s 5000 Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

• LIVE coverage of the synchronized swimming team gold medal final and the women’s 5000m gold medal final on the track.
• Plus, gold medal finals in open water swimming and freestyle wrestling. Also key qualifying rounds in canoeing.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 4 x 400M Relay
• Men’s Pole Vault
• Women’s 4 x 100M Relay
• Women’s 1500M

Men’s Diving – Platform Qualifying Round
Cycling – BMX Gold Medal Finals

• Track and field’s relays kick off with the men’s 4x400m race and the women’s 4x100m. Team USA has won nearly every 4x400m competition since the event was added to the Olympic program in 1908, and is favored again. In the women’s 4x100m, Team USA, led by Carmelita Jeter and Allyson Felix, is expected to face a fierce challenge from Jamaica. And a duo of milers, champion Morgan Uceny and Shannon Rowbury, look for the first ever American medal in the women’s 1500m.
• The men’s platform contest is sure to be one of the most anticipated events of the Games, as 2009 world champion Tom Daley, a teen idol in Great Britain, takes the stage in his signature event – which was the only diving event China failed to win in Beijing. China’s Qiu Bo, the reigning world champion, is out to change that, while Daley, top American David Boudia of Indiana and Australia’s reigning Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham are among the deep field of contenders in this event.
• In the men’s and women’s finals of BMX, the top riders will decide their Olympic fates in a 40-second scramble to the finish. In the women’s race, Great Britain’s triple world champion Shanaze Reade could be one of the Games’ biggest redemption stories after crashing out of the medals in Beijing in an aggressive push to go from second to first on the final turn. American Alise Post, a former gymnast from St. Cloud Minnesota is among the women trying to thwart Reade. In the men’s race, the top American is 19-year-old Las Vegas native Connor Fields, who will try to hold off a cadre of Southern California-based international stars.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Water Polo Semifinal – Italy vs. Serbia

• Gold medals are up for grabs on both the track and the field, with the women’s hammer throw.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Semifinals

• Spain vs. Russia (LIVE)
• U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)

Wrestling – Freestyle Qualifying Round
Women’s Field Hockey

• U.S. vs. Belarus
• Bronze Medal Game: New Zealand vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

Taekwondo – Qualifying
Men’s Volleyball Semifinal – Brazil vs. Italy

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of the U.S. men’s basketball semifinal. Twenty years after the original Dream Team, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and company continue their run at London gold in the semifinal, exclusively on NBC Sports Network. Plus, LIVE coverage of women’s field hockey.

MSNBC

10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Bronze Medal: Korea vs. Japan (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – Semifinal: Bulgaria vs. Russia (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – Semifinal: Croatia vs. Montenegro
Men’s Handball – Semifinals

• Hungary vs. Sweden (LIVE)
• France vs. Croatia

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of the bronze medal game in men’s soccer, men’s volleyball semifinal round and men’s handball semifinals highlight a big day of team sports action on MSNBC.

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Boxing – Semifinals
Women’s Field Hockey – Netherlands vs. Argentina
Taekwondo – Gold Medal Finals

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• A thrilling night of boxing features semifinal bouts, women’s field hockey and taekwondo gold medal finals.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

Noon – Midnight
Men’s Basketball – Semifinals (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

2:45 p.m. – 2:45 a.m.
Men’s Bronze Medal LIVE and Women’s Gold Medal Final Encore

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Bronze Medal (LIVE)
Men’s Basketball – Semifinals
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Qualifying Round
Men’s Boxing – Semifinals
Men’s Volleyball – Semifinals
Synchronized Swimming – Team Gold Medal Final

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Platform Qualifying Round

3D

5 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Synchronized Swimming – Team Qualifying
Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinal
Women’s Basketball – Semifinal

That’s going to do it.

Breaking Out Some Thursday Linkage

Let’s do the Thursday linkage. We’re doing well so far this week, knock on wood.

Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports NBC’s overnight rating for Wednesday’s Olympic Primetime was up from Beijing.

Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Journal says YouTube is looking to further strengthen its live sports portfolio after streaming Olympic content in Africa and Asia.

Austin Karp of SBJ says NBC’s Olympic ratings remain ahead of Beijing’s pace.

Michael Katz of USA Today notes that USA gold medal-winning gymnast McKayla Maroney taught NBC’s Jenna Bush how to do the Dougie. Can’t wait for Colin Cowherd to criticize both for their upbringings.

Speaking of McKayla, Erin Carlson of the Hollywood Reporter notes that one of the funniest internet memes has come Maroney’s reaction to winning the silver medal last week in the individual vault event. Here is the site, “McKayla Maroney is not Impressed” which is being updated quite frequently.

Major League Baseball has released the 2012 Postseason schedule with networks.

John Eggerton at Broadcasting & Cable says Comcast is still fighting an FCC decision requiring the cable provider to make room for Tennis Channel.

Dan Alexander at Forbes writes that the U.S. Fierce Five gymnasts stand to make a lot of money in endorsements.

Brian Steinberg of Advertising Age says the 2012 Olympics may be winding down, but NBCUniversal has already sold a portion of its ad time for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

Toni Fitzgerald of Media Life says NBC’s strategy to put the Olympics on NBC Sports Network is paying off.

Steve Lepore at SB Nation provides his rankings for NBC’s Olympic announcers.

Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report is surprised to learn that CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus and golf producer Lance Barrow aren’t concerned with slow play in golf.

Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times writing for the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center says critics of NBC’s tape delays should be focusing their anger at something else.

Steve Myers at the Poynter Institute says a new Gallup Poll finds viewers want their Olympics live in primetime.

Stephen Douglas at The Big Lead has video of Fox’s Erin Andrews and Eddie George dancing to “Call Me Maybe”.

NBC Sports provides a sneak peek at its new digs currently under construction in Connecticut.

Jason Dachman of Sports Video Group explores how the Olympics are being sent to Australia.

Bill Carter of the New York Times writes that female Olympic athletes are finding the spotlight and scrutiny rather harsh, especially Lolo Jones.

Arthur S. Brisbane, the Times’ public editor believes Jeré Longman’s article that began the public takedown of Jones was too harsh.

Sam Borden of the Times says viewers of women’s water polo are getting a bit more exposure than they anticipated.

Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette notes that ESPNU won’t airing any college hockey regular season games again.

Ken McMillan from the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record notes that local radio stations will be picking up national college and NFL broadcasts this fall.

In Press Box, Dave Hughes from DCRTV.com notes that Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic will be all over the Baltimore Ravens and DC NFL Team in the preseason.

David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun looks at a poll which shows a majority of Americans like how NBC is handling the Olympics.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog says MLB Network’s Kevin Millar and ESPN’s Dick Vitale (?) are weighing in on the Nationals’ strategy to shut down pitcher Stephen Strasburg.

Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner writes that NBC is setting viewership records both online and on TV for the Olympics.

At the Bleacher Report, Jim looks at Telemundo’s coverage of the 2012 London Games.

Back to Eric Deggans, this time in his home newspaper the Tampa Bay Times, says NBC’s syndicated Olympic Zone program blurs the line between real news and advertising.

John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer notes that the Reds’ hot July pumped Fox Sports Ohio’s ratings.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says Big Ten Network’s college football announcers have some local ties.

Danny Ecker of Crain’s Chicago Business writes that local TV ratings for the Olympics are good, but not at the top of the country.

David Brauer of the Minnesota Post looks at Minneapolis-St. Paul’s radio ratings including the sports radio wars.

Scott D. Pierce from the Salt Lake Tribune says Salt Lake has the highest ratings in the nation for the Olympics once again.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News says it’s about time for the annual Vin Scully announcement on whether he’ll return for another season.

Sports Media Watch has some of the bottom feeders among the local ratings for the Olympics.

Joe Favorito says the soccer exhibition “friendlies” may now be over in the U.S., but they helped to grow the game.

The latest Awful Announcing podcast has ESPN’s Darren Rovell as the guest.

Dave Kohl at the Broadcast Booth looks at some teams making flagship radio station moves.

And that’s going to finish us for today.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 13 of the 2012 Olympics

Ok, lots of stuff on the agenda for Thursday.

There’s the women’s soccer gold medal match between the USA and Japan which as we know is the rematch from the 2011 Women’s World Cup Final. It airs live on NBC Sports Network at 2:45 p.m. with a special pregame show at 2 p.m.

The USA women go for gold in water polo against Spain and that will be live on NBC.

In track & field, we have gold medal finals in the men’s 200 meters featuring Usain Bolt, Wallace Spearmon and Yohan Blake. There’s the ending of the Decathlon and the finals of the men’s 800 meters.

CNBC will air boxing gold medal finals in the first-ever women’s tournament.

Check out what’s on the networks of NBCUniversal for Thursday.

USAIN BOLT RACES FOR HISTORY IN 200M GOLD MEDAL FINAL THURSDAY NIGHT ON NBC

TEAM USA WOMEN’S SOCCER TAKES ON JAPAN IN GOLD MEDAL FINAL LIVE ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK THURSDAY AT 2:45 P.M. ET
Brittany Viola Dives for Gold from 10M Platform on NBC in Primetime
Men’s Beach Volleyball Brazil vs. Germany Gold Medal Final Tomorrow on NBC
Team USA Women’s Water Polo Gold Medal vs. Spain on NBC in Daytime

LONDON – August 8, 2012 – Beijing gold medalist and world record holder Usain Bolt, who already won the men’s 100m gold medal in London, races for the gold in the men’s 200m final as he looks to become the first man in history to sweep both the 100m and 200m sprints in consecutive Olympic Games, Thursday night in primetime on NBC.

Also in primetime, from three-stories up, Brittany Viola dives for the gold medal in the 10m platform final.

Live on NBC Sports Network, Team USA women’s soccer competes for Olympic gold against Japan at 2:45 p.m. ET. The rematch of the 2011 World Cup final, which Japan won last year after a penalty shootout, takes place from Wembley Stadium in London.

NBC’s daytime coverage features Team USA women’s water polo vs. Spain live (ET/CT) at 3 p.m., as the American women look to win their first gold and the first American Olympic gold in water polo since 1904. Also during the day, track and field qualifying heats, women’s swimming 10k marathon and canoeing sprint gold medal final.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 (Day 13)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Synchronized Swimming – Team Qualifying (LIVE)
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Qualifying
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Women’s Volleyball – Semifinal (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – Bronze Medal

• Australia vs. Hungary (LIVE)

Women’s Water Polo – Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

• U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE)

Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

• Emanuel/Alison (Brazil) vs. Brink/Reckermann (Germany)

Canoeing – Sprint Gold Medal Final
Women’s Swimming – Marathon

• Key qualifying rounds in track and field, including the women’s high jump and the men’s 4x400m relay. The U.S. has won nearly every 4x400m competition since the event was added to the Olympic program in 1908, and is favored again in London. Double-amputee Oscar Pistorius is expected to run as part of the South African team.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the women’s water polo gold medal final. The U.S. has won silver at each of the last three Olympics.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the women’s volleyball semifinal, which should feature the U.S. women. Led by Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008, the American women are favored to win their first Olympic gold.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the bronze medal match in men’s beach volleyball from Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London.
• Plus, the women’s open water swimming gold medal final from the middle of picturesque Hyde Park, and a gold medal final in canoeing.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 200M
• Decathlon
• Men’s 800M
• Men’s Triple Jump

Women’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball Semifinal – U.S. South Korea
Men’s Cycling – BMX Quarterfinals

• Four days after the 100m, Jamaica’s electrifying sprint king Usain Bolt returns for his second final of the Games, the 200m. Bolt won both races in Beijing – both in world record time – and is aiming to become the first man in history to sweep the sprints twice. American Wallace Spearmon is hoping to erase the bitter memory of four years ago, when he crossed the line in third but missed out on a bronze medal because of a lane violation. Bolt’s chief competition could be his own training partner, Yohan Blake, who is the second-fastest 200m runner in history. In the decathlon, track and field’s grueling two-day event wraps up with a pair of Americans expected to compete for gold: two-time world champion Trey Hardee and Ashton Eaton, who set a world record at Trials in front of his home crowd in Eugene, Oregon. In the men’s 800m, Nick Symmonds pursues perhaps an even more elusive target: Kenyan world record holder David Rudisha. And in field events, the triple jump duo of Christian Taylor and Will Claye, who finished 1-2 at the World Indoor Championships, try to extend their dominance to the Olympic stage.
• At the Aquatics Centre, America’s high divers take to the 10m platform, the same event that produced the last U.S. diving medal, when Laura Wilkinson won gold in Sydney. Twelve years later, among the new generation of women taking the three-story Olympic plunge will be Brittany Viola, whose father Frank was the 1987 World Series MVP with the Minnesota Twins.
• On the sand at Horse Guards Parade, beach volleyball wraps up its sizzling run with the men’s gold medal final. Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are the reigning Olympic champions.
• And in BMX, all the thrills and spills of the most action-packed 40 seconds in sports return to the Olympics as the quarterfinal heats get underway. The top American is Connor Fields, a 19-year-old from Las Vegas.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball Semifinal – Brazil vs. Japan

• The women with the best arms in the world take center stage at the Olympic Stadium for the women’s javelin competition. Czech thrower Barbora Spotakova, who attended the University of Minnesota for a year, will attempt to defend her Olympic title from Beijing and take aim at her world record throw of more than 237 feet.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer

• Gold Medal Final: U.S. vs. Japan (LIVE)
• Bronze Medal Canada vs. France (LIVE)

Women’s Basketball Semifinal – U.S. vs. Australia (LIVE)
Synchronized Swimming – Team Qualifying (LIVE)
Women’s Wrestling – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Field Hockey Semifinal – Netherlands vs. Great Britain
Taekwondo – Qualifying Round

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• A big day for fans of U.S. team sports, highlighted by LIVE coverage of the bronze and gold medal women’s soccer games. The U.S. women are the two-time defending Olympic champions. Plus, LIVE coverage of the women’s basketball semifinal round. With a stacked roster of former UConn stars like Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, leading to the nickname “U.S. Huskies,” the Americans are favored to win their fifth straight gold.

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Semifinal – Russia vs. France (LIVE)
Equestrian – Individual Dressage Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Men’s Field Hockey Semifinal – Australia vs. Germany (LIVE)
Women’s Handball Semifinal – Norway vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Bronze Medal: Plavins/Smedins (Latvia) vs. Nummerdor/Schuil (Netherlands
Taekwondo – Semifinals

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of equestrian’s individual dressage gold medal final from scenic Greenwich Park. Plus, LIVE semifinal competition in women’s basketball and women’s volleyball.

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Handball Semifinal – Spain vs. Montenegro
Taekwondo – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Boxing – Gold Medal Finals

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• The first-ever gold medals in women’s boxing will be awarded on Thursday, as Irish sporting legend Katie Taylor looks to capture the one title she doesn’t currently own. With only a few international fights to her name, teenage sensation Claressa Shields of Flint, Michigan, could shock the deep middleweight field.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

Noon – Midnight
Women’s Basketball – Semifinals (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Women’s Volleyball – Semifinals
Women’s Diving – Platform Semifinals
Synchronized Swimming – Team Qualifying Round
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Bronze Medal

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gold Medal Final

3D

5 a.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Basketball – Quarterfinals

And that’s going to be it for this post.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 11 of the 2012 Olympics

After a day’s absence, let’s provide the programming for the networks of NBCUniversal as the 2012 London Games are in the home stretch.

Plenty of track & field including the women’s 100 meter hurdles featuring Lolo Jones. The final day of gymnastics provides more individual event finals. The US women’s water polo team hopes for a spot in the finals with a semifinal match with Australia. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings hope to advance in the beach volleyball tournament and continue defending their two previous gold medals. The US women’s basketball team is in the quarterfinals of its tournament.

There are a lot of stuff still going on in London and NBC hopes you’ll be watching one or multiple events on its platforms.

Here’s what’s in store for the networks of NBCUniversal.

TEAM USA GOLD MEDAL GYMNASTS GABBY DOUGLAS, ALY RAISMAN & JORDYN WIEBER COMPETE IN INDIVIDUAL GYMNASTICS GOLD MEDAL FINALS TUESDAY NIGHT ON NBC

All-Around Bronze Medalist Danell Leyva Competes in High Bar Gold Medal Final in Primetime on NBC
Lolo Jones Competes in 100M Hurdles Gold Medal Final Tomorrow Night on NBC
Men’s Triathlon Live on NBC Sports Network at 6:30 a.m. ET
Team USA Women’s Basketball vs. Canada Live on NBC Sports Network at 9 a.m. ET
Men’s Soccer Semifinals Featuring Mexico vs. Japan Live on NBC Sports Network at 5 p.m. ET

LONDON – August 6, 2012 – Team USA gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman competes for gold medals in balance beam and floor exercise Tuesday night on NBC. Among the contenders in balance beam is all-around and fellow team gold medalist Gabby Douglas. In floor exercise Raisman competes against 2011 world all-around champion and team gold medal gymnast Jordyn Wieber. All-around bronze medalist Danell Leyva competes in the men’s high bar on Tuesday, the last night of the gymnastics competition.

Also in primetime, Lolo Jones looks to win the gold in the 100m hurdles after famously stumbling in Beijing. 2011 World Champion and gold medal favorite Jesse Williams looks to win the men’s high jump. From her Majesty’s Horse Guards Parade, Team USA’s gold medal duo Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings compete vs. Chen Xue and Xi Zhang of China.

NBC’s daytime coverage features live coverage of the undefeated Team USA women’s water polo vs. Australia in the semifinals, as they look to win their first Olympic gold live (ET/CT) at 11:30 a.m. ET. Team USA women’s volleyball quarterfinal vs. the Dominican Republic begins live (ET/CT) at 2 p.m. ET. At 4 p.m. ET, Team USA’s women’s beach volleyball pair April Ross and Jennifer Kessy compete vs. Larissa Franca and Julia Silva of Brazil in the semifinals live (ET/CT) on NBC.

NBC Sports Network’s live daytime coverage includes the men’s triathlon at 6:30 a.m. ET, Team USA women’s basketball quarterfinal vs. Canada at 9 a.m. ET, and the men’s soccer semifinals featuring Mexico vs. Japan at 5 p.m. ET.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 (Day 11)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Men’s Diving – Springboard Semifinal
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Dominican Republic (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Australia (LIVE)
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals

• Key qualifying rounds in track and field, including the women’s 5000 meters and men’s 110m hurdles.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s volleyball team in a crucial quarterfinal to move on to the medal round. Led by Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008, the American women are favored to win their first Olympic gold.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s water polo team in a semifinal game. Win, and they play for gold. Lose, and the best hope is bronze. The Americans have earned a medal at each of the three Olympics since women’s water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000, but have never won gold. The Americans look to have their strongest team yet in London.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of gold medal finals in track cycling from the Velodrome, including the women’s omnium, where American Sarah Hammer should be in the medal hunt.
• Plus, men’s springboard diving semifinals.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s Parallel Bars
• Men’s High Bar
• Women’s Balance Beam
• Women’s Floor Exercise

Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 1500M
• Men’s High Jump
• Women’s 100M Hurdles

Women’s Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings (U.S.) vs. Zhang/Xue (China)

• The final night of gymnastics features an array of American medal hopefuls. Needham, Massachusetts native Aly Raisman, the senior member of Team USA at age 18, should compete for medals on her two signature events: floor exercise and balance beam. Michigan’s Jordyn Wieber, the 2011 world all-around champion, is also among the contenders on floor exercise while all-around gold medalist Gabby Douglas competes on the balance beam. On the men’s side, Cuban-born Danell Leyva will compete on high bar.
• An ultra-deep stable of American hurdlers includes 2008 Olympic champion Dawn Harper, 2011 U.S. champion Kellie Wells, and Lolo Jones, who four years after her heartbreaking stumble in Beijing cost her a sure gold medal, targets redemption in London. Meanwhile, a pair of American milers aims for the first American medal in the 1500m since the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. American high jump sensation Jesse Williams, a USC alum and 2011 world champion, is among the favorites for gold.
• On the sand at majestic Horse Guards Parade, beach volleyball moves into the semifinals. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings are eyeing a golden three-peat after sweeping the competition in Athens and Beijing.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Men’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final
Track and Field – Gold Medal Final

• In the Aquatics Centre, former Georgia star Chris Colwill and Texas alum Troy Dumais, the first American since Greg Louganis to compete at four Olympics, take aim at China’s springboard king He Chong.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Semifinals

• Mexico vs. Japan (LIVE)
• South Korea vs. Brazil (LIVE)

Men’s Triathlon (LIVE)
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Canada (LIVE)
Men’s Weightlifting – Super Heavyweight Gold Medal Final
Equestrian – Team Dressage Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Canoeing – Sprint Qualifying Heats
Men’s Field Hockey – Korea vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
Women’s Handball – Spain vs. Croatia

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of the men’s triathlon highlights this day. Americans Hunter Kemper and Manny Huerta will look to upset British brothers Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, who are favored to go 1-2, as the Olympic triathletes race through Hyde Park and past Buckingham Palace. Plus LIVE coverage of semifinals in men’s soccer.

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball Quarterfinal –

• Japan vs. China (LIVE)
• Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE)

Women’s Beach Volleyball – Men’s Semifinal (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. Spain (LIVE)
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Gold Medal Final
Wrestling – Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Table Tennis Team Gold Medal Final – Italy vs. Korea

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of three key tournaments, including beach volleyball semifinals from Horse Guards Parade, women’s volleyball quarterfinals and semifinal competition in women’s water polo.

CNBC

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Women’s Table Tennis – Team Gold Medal Final
Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals

CNBC Highlights

• The Olympic boxing tournament moves into the quarterfinals.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinals (LIVE)

• United States vs. Canada (LIVE)
• China vs. Australia (LIVE)
• Turkey vs. Russia (LIVE)
• Czech Republic vs. France (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Noon – Midnight
Men’s Soccer – Semifinals

• Mexico vs. Japan (LIVE)
• South Korea vs. Brazil (LIVE)

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Semifinals (LIVE)
Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Women’s Volleyball – Quarterfinals
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Gold Medal Final
Beach Volleyball – Semifinals

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final

3D

5 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying Round
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying Round

And the Canadian Olympic Broadcast Consortium viewing guide is next.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 9 of the 2012 Olympics

Day 9 means that we head into the last week of the Olympics and the home stretch.

All daytime coverage on NBC will be live in all time zones and that includes the men’s tennis final between Roger Federer and Andy Murray. Daytime coverage on NBC begins at 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT. In addition to men’s tennis, NBC will air live women’s basketball between the US and China at 11:45 a.m. ET/8:45 a.m. PT. There will also be women’s water polo, cycling and equestrian.

In primetime, it will carry gymnastics, gold medal finals in track & field and beach volleyball.

To NBC Sports Network which will have live doubles finals in tennis from Wimbledon, women’s volleyball, synchronized swimming and shooting.

MSNBC has Greco Roman wrestling, badminton, tennis table among other sports

And CNBC has women’s and men’s boxing.

Here’s the schedule for Sunday.

USAIN BOLT, YOHAN BLAKE AND TYSON GAY FEATURED IN 100M FINAL SUNDAY NIGHT ON NBC

Three Gymnastics Individual Event Gold Medal Finals Tomorrow Night on NBC
Roger Federer vs. Andy Murray Gold Medal Tennis Final LIVE on NBC in Daytime to All Time Zones
NBC’s Daytime Sunday Coverage LIVE to All Time Zones Beginning at 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT
Team USA’s Women’s Basketball vs. China at 11:45 a.m. ET Live on NBC
Team USA’s Women’s Beach Volleyball vs. Czech Republic at 5 p.m. ET Live on NBC
Mixed Doubles Tennis Gold Medal Final Featuring Andy Murray and Laura Robson vs. Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka Live on NBC Sports Network at 7 a.m. ET
Serena and Venus Williams Doubles Gold Medal Final Live on NBC Sports Network at 12:15 p.m. ET

LONDON – August 4, 2012 – Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Tyson Gay sprint for the gold tomorrow in the 100m gold medal final on NBC tomorrow night. Also in primetime, Sanya Richards-Ross, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, seeks her first individual Olympic gold in the 400m. Gymnastics team gold medalist McKayla Maroney looks to earn her first individual Olympic gold in the vault.

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE: NBC’S DAYTIME SUNDAY COVERAGE LIVE TO ALL TIME ZONES BEGINNING AT 6 A.M. ET/3 A.M. PT

Live daytime coverage on NBC starts at 6 a.m. ET/5 a.m. CT/4 a.m. MT/3 a.m. PT with the women’s marathon, and features Great Britain’s Andy Murray facing off against Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in a rematch at Centre Court at 9 a.m. ET/8 a.m. CT/ 7 a.m. MT/6 a.m. PT. Federer defeated Murray in July to capture his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title.

NBC’s daytime Sunday coverage will air live and feature Team USA’s women’s basketball vs. China at 11:45 a.m. ET, followed by Team USA’s women’s water polo vs. Italy in the semifinals at 2 p.m. ET. Team USA’s women’s volleyball faces Turkey at 3 p.m. ET and at 5 p.m. ET, Team USA’s beach volleyball duo Jennifer Kessy and April Ross take to the sand at her Majesty’s Horse Guards Parade to play against Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova of the Czech Republic.

Live on NBC Sports Network, the mixed doubles tennis gold medal final features Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Laura Robson vs. Belarus’ Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka at 7 a.m. ET. The women’s doubles tennis gold medal final features Serena and Venus Williams vs. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic at 12:15 p.m. ET.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 (Day 9)

NBC

6 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET
5 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT
4 a.m. – 4 p.m. MT
3 a.m. – 6 p.m. PT

Men’s Tennis – Gold Medal Final: Roger Federer(Switzerland) vs. Andy Murray (Great Britain) (LIVE)
Women’s Marathon (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic) (LIVE)
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Italy (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Turkey (LIVE)
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final
Equestrian – Team Jumping Gold Medal Final, Round 1

• LIVE coverage of the women’s marathon through the heart of London. Shalane Flanagan, the Beijing 10,000m bronze medalist, and Desiree Davila have medal potential, but the favorites will be Kenyan mom Edna Kiplagat and her countrywoman Mary Keitany.
• LIVE coverage of the men’s tennis gold medal final from the grass courts of Wimbledon.
• LIVE coverage of the U.S. women’s basketball team against China. Led by former UConn stars Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, the Americans are favored to win their fifth straight gold.
• LIVE coverage of the U.S. women’s water polo team in a must-win quarterfinal if they hope to advance to the medal round. The Americans have earned a medal at each of the three Olympics since women’s water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000, but have never won gold. They look to have their strongest team yet in London.
• LIVE coverage of the U.S. women’s volleyball team vs. Turkey. Led by Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008, the American women are favored to win their first Olympic gold.
• Plus, the gold medal final in track cycling’s ultimate test and new Olympic event, the men’s omnium, and equestrian’s team jumping competition.

7 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s Floor Exercise
• Men’s Pommel Horse
• Women’s Vault

Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 100M
• Women’s 400M
• Women’s Triple Jump

Women’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final
Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings (U.S.) vs. Cicolari/Menegatti (Italy)

• Jamaica’s electrifying sprint king Usain Bolt, the fastest man in history, takes to the track for one of the marquee events of the entire Games: the men’s 100m final. In Beijing, a 21-year-old Bolt shocked the world – and blew away the field – in world record time. Now, the world’s top sprinters are gunning for him, including a pair of Americans: 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin and American record holder Tyson Gay. But Bolt’s biggest competition could come from his own training partner, Yohan Blake, who defeated him at Jamaica’s Trials by running the fastest time in the world since 2009. Meanwhile, in the 400m, former world champion Sanya Richards-Ross seeks her first individual Olympic gold in her signature event – a distinction that would help her keep pace with her husband Aaron Ross, who earlier this year won his second Super Bowl with the New York Giants. In the semifinals of the men’s 400m, Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt continues his attempt to become the only man besides Michael Johnson to successfully defend a 400m title, while collegiate standout Bryshon Nellum competes less than four years after being shot in both legs near the USC campus.
• The top gymnasts in the world return to North Greenwich Arena for the first day of individual event finals. In women’s vault, 16-year-old McKayla Maroney, the daughter of a former Purdue quarterback, was the 2011 world champion and is a heavy favorite for gold with her signature Amanar vault.
• In the final round of women’s springboard diving, Chicago’s Christina Loukas is looking to upgrade her fourth-place finish at last year’s world championships and reach the Olympic podium. While former Stanford star Cassidy Krug, who quit diving for a year after failing in her second attempt to make an Olympic team in 2008, defeated Loukas at Trials and, at 27, is diving better than ever before.
• On the sand at majestic Horse Guards Parade, beach volleyball enters the quarterfinals, where a single loss means the end of an Olympic run. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings are eyeing a golden three-peat after sweeping the competition in Athens and Beijing.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Final

• Track and field’s top men go for the gold in the steeplechase, a nearly-two-mile run over barriers and water jumps, as well as the hammer throw.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – France vs. Russia (LIVE)
Tennis – Gold Medal Finals

• Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Final: Serena and Venus Williams (U.S.) vs. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) (LIVE)
• Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Final: Andy Murray and Laura Robson (Great Britain) vs. Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) (LIVE)

Beach Volleyball – Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) vs. Goller/Ludwig (Germany) (LIVE)
Women’s Weightlifting – Super Heavyweight Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round

• China vs. South Korea
• Italy vs. Russia

Cycling – Track Events (LIVE)
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying
Men’s Shooting – Pistol Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of the mixed and women’s doubles gold medal finals from the storied grass courts of Wimbledon highlights the day, complemented by LIVE coverage of quarterfinals in beach volleyball from historic Horse Guards Parade. Plus, weightlifter Holley Mangold, sister of the New York Jets’ Nick Mangold competes in the super heavyweight gold medal final. Also finals in men’s badminton.

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Water Polo – Quarterfinals

• Hungary vs. Russia (LIVE)
• China vs. Australia (LIVE)

Men’s Tennis – Singles Bronze Medal: Djokovic (Serbia) vs. Del Potro (Argentina) (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Zhang/Xue (China) vs. Schwaiger/SChwaiger (Austria) (LIVE)
Wrestling – Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Field Hockey – Great Britain vs. Australia (LIVE)
Men’s Table Tennis – Team Quarterfinals
Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Spain (LIVE)
Fencing – Men’s Team Foil Quarterfinal: U.S. vs. France
Badminton –

• Men’s Doubles Gold Medal Final
• Men’s Doubles Bronze Match

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of the action-packed, fast-paced quarterfinals in women’s water polo, with the winners guaranteed to play for a medal. Plus gold medal finals in wrestling.

CNBC

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Women’s Boxing –Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 p.m. – 5:30p.m.
Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals (LIVE)

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• The inaugural Olympic women’s boxing tournament kicks off with all three weight classes and the Americans have potential contenders in each: at flyweight, Houston native and first generation Mexican-American Marlen Esparza; at lightweight, 2010 world bronze medalist Queen Underwood, and at middleweight, 17-year-old high school junior Claressa Shields. The London Games marks the first time that women will compete in every Olympic sport. On the men’s side, heavyweight Michael Hunter hopes to follow in the footsteps of his late father, who was a talented professional heavyweight contender in the 90s.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

• U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
• France vs. Russia (LIVE)
• Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)
• Canada vs. Australia (LIVE)
• Czech Republic vs. Angola (LIVE)
• Turkey vs. Croatia (LIVE)
• Brazil vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
The Quarterfinals Encore

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Marathon
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals
Men’s Tennis – Gold Medal Final
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final

3D

4 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Springboard Semifinal
Women’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final

And the Canadian Olympic Broadcast Consortium is next.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 7 of the 2012 Olympics

Can you believe we’ve reached Day 7 of the London Games? Doesn’t it seem it’s been going on for years? But to be honest, I can’t get enough of the Olympics. I’m a big fan.

So we start transitioning from swimming and gymnastics to track & field and volleyball in primetime on NBC.

On NBC Sports Network, we’ll see the start of the knockout round in women’s soccer as well as women’s basketball, beach and indoor volleyball, boxing and shooting.

MSNBC will carry some trampoline, water polo, handball, equestrian, beach volleyball and more.

Bravo and CNBC bring you tennis and boxing respectively. Lots of stuff to keep track of.

You can do so below.

MICHAEL PHELPS SWIMS FINAL INDIVIDUAL RACE FRIDAY NIGHT ON NBC

Missy Franklin Swims 200M Backstroke Gold Medal Final
Men’s 50M Freestyle Swim on NBC in Primetime
LIVE Women’s Soccer Quarterfinals Begin on NBC Sports Network
LIVE Team USA Women’s Basketball vs. Czech Republic on NBC Sports Network
Track and Field Begins

LONDON – August 2, 2012 – Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 20 medals, swims for his final individual gold medal of the London Olympics Friday night in the 100m butterfly, a race which he memorably won by .01 seconds in Beijing. Missy Franklin swims for her third gold medal – fourth overall – in the 200m backstroke, her best event. Also in primetime, Cullen Jones and Anthony Ervin chase gold against the fastest men in the pool in the 50m freestyle.

MAG 7, the story behind the gold medal-winning women’s gymnastics team from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, airs tomorrow night in primetime. All seven members of the team (Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps) reunited to review that victory in Atlanta with reporter Meredith Vieira and producers Lee Ann Gschwind and Jack Felling.

LIVE on NBC Sports Network tomorrow, Team USA women’s soccer begins the quarterfinals as they compete against New Zealand at 9:30 a.m. ET from St. James’ Park, the home of Newcastle United since 1892. Team USA women’s basketball takes on the Czech Republic LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 5:15 p.m. ET.

During the daytime on NBC, key qualifying heats in swimming, including the men and women’s 4×100 freestyle relay, and in track and field, including the women’s 400m heats featuring Sanya Richards-Ross, are part of the show. Also, tomorrow in daytime, Team USA’s womens’ water polo faces China LIVE (ET/CT) at 2:40 p.m.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 (Day 7)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Track and Field

• Women’s 10,000M Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
• Qualifying Heats

Beach Volleyball

• Women’s – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Zuhn/Zumkehr (Switzerland) (LIVE)
• Men’s – Rogers/Dalhausser (U.S.) vs. TBA (LIVE)

Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
Rowing – Gold Medal Final
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final

• Key qualifying heats in swimming, including the men’s and women’s 4×100 medley relays, both events that the U.S. has a good chance to win.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of track and field’s women’s 10,000 meters. Sensational Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot looks to add her first Olympic title a year after winning both the 5000m and 10,000m at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Plus, important qualifying rounds in other track and field events, including the women’s 400m, featuring American Sanya Richards-Ross.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s water polo team vs. China. The Americans have earned a medal at each of the three Olympics since women’s water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000, but have never won gold. They look to have their strongest team yet in London.
• Plus, LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball’s crucial elimination rounds from historic Horse Guards Parade. Also, Olympic gold is on the line in rowing from Eton Dorney.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 100M Butterfly
• Men’s 50M Freestyle
• Women’s 200M Backstroke
• Women’s 800M Freestyle

Track and Field – Men’s Shot Put Gold Medal Final
Women’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia
Men’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final

• Michael Phelps hits the water for his final individual race – the 100m butterfly, which he memorable won in Beijing over Serbia’s Milorad Cavic by just .01 seconds – a margin undetectable to the naked eye. Colorado phenom Missy Franklin is a heavy favorite in the 200m backstroke and figures to threaten the world record. While another teenager, Bethesda, Maryland native Katie Ledecky, who at 15 is the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic swim team, swims in the 800m freestyle, in which Great Britain’s reigning Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington is the favorite. The night also includes the men’s 50m freestyle. Known as the “splash and dash,” the fastest event in swimming is notoriously hard to predict, but Auburn-trained Brazilian Cesar Cielo has done his best to take the mystery out of the results, winning this event in Beijing as well as at the two world championships since. Chasing him will be 2008 relay gold medalist Cullen Jones and Anthony Ervin, the 2000 co-gold medalist in this event who remarkably returned to the top of the sport after a nearly decade-long absence.
• On the first night of track and field, the U.S. has three strong medal contenders in the men’s shot put in Reese Hoffa, Christian Cantwell and Ryan Whiting– all of whom own world championship titles. Hoffa, who can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute, posted the world’s best throw at the Olympic Trials.
• In women’s volleyball, Team USA, which faces an up-and-coming Serbia squad tonight, is favored for its first ever Olympic gold medal. It would be the second in a row for the team’s head coach Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals

• At the Olympic Stadium in London, track and field’s finest look to advance toward gold medal finals.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinals

• Sweden vs. France (LIVE)
• U.S. vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
• Brazil vs. Japan (LIVE)
• Great Britain vs. Canada (LIVE)

Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball –

• Women’s – Goller/Ludwig (Germany) vs. Holtwick/Semmler (Germany) (LIVE)
• Men’s – Fijalek/Prudel (Poland) vs. Heyer/Chevalier (Switzerland)

Women’s Volleyball –

• Brazil vs. China (LIVE)
• Japan vs. Russia

Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Men’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final
Men’s Shooting – Rapid Fire Pistol
Men’s Weightlifting – 85KG Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• In archery, Glendale, Arizona outdoorsman Brady Ellison is the favorite to win the first U.S. gold medal in this event since 1996.
• Plus, LIVE coverage of beach volleyball’s crucial elimination rounds from historic Horse Guards Parade. Also, Olympic gold is on the line in rowing from Eton Dorney.

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Singles and Mixed Doubles Semifinals (LIVE)

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

• Live tennis coverage continues from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon, with the semifinals in men’s singles, women’s singles and mixed doubles.

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Qualifying (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – Qualifying Round

• Russia vs. Australia (LIVE)
• Spain vs. Hungary

Women’s Handball – Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Equestrian – Dressage Qualifying
Badminton –
Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Final

• Table Tennis – U.S. vs. Japan

Beach Volleyball –

• Men’s – Herrera/Gavira (Spain) vs. Cunha/Ricardo (Brazil) (LIVE)
• Women’s – Schwaiger/Schwaiger (Austria) vs. Vasina/Vozakova (Russia) (LIVE)

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• A wide array of events includes live coverage of men’s trampoline qualifying, featuring New Jersey native Steven Gluckstein, who edged his brother Jeffrey for the American spot in London.
• Plus, LIVE coverage of beach volleyball’s crucial elimination rounds from historic Horse Guards Parade. Also, Olympic gold is on the line in rowing from Eton Dorney.

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• Two of the best U.S. hopes for boxing medals, flyweight Rau’shee Warren and welterweight Errol Spence, Jr., compete in the round of 16.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

• U.S. vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
• Russia vs. Australia (LIVE)
• Brazil vs. Canada (LIVE)
• Angola vs. Croatia (LIVE)
• Turkey vs. China (LIVE)
• France vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinals (LIVE)

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Singles Semifinals
Beach Volleyball – Elimination Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Track and Field – Gold Medal Final
Women’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying

3D

5 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Final

We’ll move to the Canadian Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium next.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 6 of the 2012 Olympics

NBC is shooting for even more good numbers for Thursday with more women’s gymnastics featuring the USA’s Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas in the All-Around competition.

In addition, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte go head-to-head in the pool and Missy Franklin will go for her third gold medal.

On the other NBCUniversal networks, Bravo airs tennis live from Wimbledon, CNBC has boxing while MSNBC airs water polo, indoor volleyball and handball. NBC Sports Network goes with men’s basketball including Team USA taking on Nigeria, beach volleyball, women’s volleyball, judo and much more.

Let’s take a look at what the NBCUniversal networks will have for you on Day 6 of the Games of the XXX Olympiad will have for you.

PHELPS-LOCHTE GOLD MEDAL SHOWDOWN IN 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY ON NBC IN PRIMETIME ON THURSDAY NIGHT

Missy Franklin Swims 100M Freestyle Gold Medal Final on NBC in Primetime
Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman Compete in Women’s Gymnastics All-Around Gold Medal Final on NBC in Primetime
Team USA Men’s Basketball vs. Nigeria LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 5:15 p.m. ET
Team USA Men’s Water Polo vs. Great Britain on NBC in Daytime

LONDON – August 1, 2012 – Two-time defending champion Michael Phelps and world record holder Ryan Lochte go head-to-head in the final of the 200 individual medley on NBC in primetime on Thursday night. Also in primetime, Missy Franklin looks to earn her third gold – fourth medal overall – in the 100m freestyle. Team gold medal gymnasts Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman compete in the women’s all-around gold medal final.

LIVE on NBC Sports Network, Team USA’s men’s basketball team, including Kobe Bryant and Lebron James, continues their quest for the gold as they take on Nigeria tomorrow at 5:15 p.m. ET.

LIVE (ET/CT) on NBC in daytime, Team USA’s men’s water polo team, led by captain Tony Azevedo, compete against Olympic host nation Great Britain at 1:20 p.m.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra.

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com.

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 (Day 6)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Great Britain (LIVE)
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
Canoeing

• Whitewater, Men’s C-2 Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
• White Water, Women’s K-1 Gold Medal Final

Rowing – Gold Medal Finals
Beach Volleyball

• Women’s Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Liliana/Baquerizo (Spain) (LIVE)
• Men’s – Rogers/Dalhausser (U.S.) vs. Benes/Kubala (Czech Republic) (LIVE)

• Michael Phelps’ qualifying swim in the 100 butterfly, the event he won by the narrowest of margins – just .01 seconds – over Serbia’s Milorad Cavic in Beijing. Plus 17-year old Colorado phenom Missy Franklin swims in the 200 backstroke, where she is the reigning world champion and favorite for gold.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. men’s water polo team against host Great Britain. The U.S. men earned a surprise silver in Beijing, but are focused on gold in London. Led by captain Tony Azevedo, the team sacrificed hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively by not playing professionally overseas this year to train together for the Olympics.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the men’s and women’s team sprint track cycling finals from what promises to be one of the most exciting venues of the Games, the Velodrome.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball, one of the Games’ hottest sports, comes to the heart of ceremonial London, at Horse Guards Parade. Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, “The Professor” and “The Thin Beast,” continue their gold medal defense.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 200M Backstroke
• Men’s 200M Individual Medley
• Women’s 200M Breaststroke
• Women’s 100M Freestyle

Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Brazil
Rowing – Women’s Eights Gold Medal Final

• The last two Olympic all-around champions, Carly Patterson (2004) and Nastia Liukin (2008), both hailed not only from the U.S. but from the very same Texas gym. With Michigan’s Jordyn Wieber, the reigning world all-around champion, and Virginia-born Gabby Douglas, who trained for the Games in West Des Moines alongside four-time Beijing medalist Shawn Johnson, the U.S. has two gymnasts with gold medal potential. Tonight they’re expected to go toe-to-toe with a pair of talented Russian rivals, Aliya Mustafina and Viktoria Komova.
• Coverage of the U.S. men’s volleyball team against Brazil. The American men won their first Olympic gold in 20 years in Beijing and have been surging recently as they look to repeat as Olympic champions.
• Tonight is the 200m individual medley, Round 2 of Michael Phelps vs. Ryan Lochte. Phelps is the reigning Olympic champion and Lochte is the reigning world champion and current world record holder. Phelps nipped Lochte by less than a tenth of a second at Trials. It will be part of a very busy night for Lochte, who is favored for gold in the 200m backstroke that begins just 30 minutes before his clash with Phelps. For Lochte, who turns 28 the following day, there would be no better birthday present than a pair of gold medals. Meanwhile, swimming’s new sensation, 17-year-old Missy Franklin, dives in for the 100m freestyle, the fifth of seven events on her ambitious Olympic program. In the 200m breaststroke, Rebecca Soni is the reigning Olympic and world champion, and she has a chance to here to complete the first women’s breaststroke sweep in 16 years.
• And in rowing, the U.S. women’s eight has won every world and Olympic title since 2006 and will attempt to build on its dynasty in the nation that helped give rise to competitive rowing nearly 200 years ago.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Men’s Table Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final
Rowing – Gold Medal Final
Cycling – Track Events

• Gold medals are on the line in men’s table tennis and women’s whitewater kayaking.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

• U.S. vs. Nigeria (LIVE)
• France vs. Lithuania (LIVE)
• Brazil vs. Russia (LIVE)

Beach Volleyball –

• Men’s – Alison/Emanuel (Brazil) vs. Nicolai/Lupo (Italy)
• Men’s – Nummerdor/Schull (Netherlands) vs. Plavins/Smedins (Latvia)

Women’s Field Hockey – Qualifying Round

• U.S. vs. Australia (LIVE)
• China vs. Netherlands

Women’s Judo – 78KG Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• The U.S. men’s basketball team, led by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, is back in action. The Americans continue their attempt to defend their Olympic gold medal from Beijing. Plus LIVE beach volleyball and women’s field hockey, where Team USA takes on Australia.
• 2010 world champion Kayla Harrison, who is coached by two-time Olympic bronze medalist Jimmy Pedro and his father, aims to win the first ever American gold medal in Olympic judo.

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – (LIVE)

• Singles Quarterfinals
• Doubles Semifinals
• Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

• Tennis continues with live singles quarterfinals and live doubles semifinals from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon.

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Volleyball – Poland vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

• Montenegro vs. Serbia (LIVE)
• Romania vs. Hungary (LIVE)

Men’s Handball – Sweden vs. Iceland (LIVE)
Badminton – Semifinals
Equestrian – Dressage Qualifying
Men’s Water Polo – Italy vs. Croatia (LIVE)
Badminton – Semifinal

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• Just a little over a year ago, Jose Ramirez, the son of Mexican immigrants, was attending Fresno State University and working as a Starbucks barista. Now the boxer, who has been compared to former U.S. greats, aims to take another step towards an Olympic medal.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

• U.S. vs. Nigeria (LIVE)
• France vs. Lithuania (LIVE)
• Australia vs. China (LIVE)
• Brazil vs. Russia (LIVE)
• Argentina vs. Tunisia (LIVE)
• Spain vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Best of Soccer Qualifying Round

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Tennis – Semifinals and Quarterfinals
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

3D

5 a.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final
Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Final

The Canadian Olympic Broadcasting Consortium programming post is next.

NBCUniversal Programming for Day 5 of the 2012 Olympics

Once again, the networks of NBCUniversal will be all over the Olympics on Day 5. As ususal, Bravo will have tennis, CNBC will be the home of boxing, MSNBC, NBC Sports Network and NBC will be hopscotching around the Olympics.

Take a look at what’s in store for the networks of NBCUniversal for the first Tuesday of the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad. Lots of programming. Lots of hours.

Check it all out.

MOST-DECORATED OLYMPIAN OF ALL TIME MICHAEL PHELPS RETURNS TO POOL IN PRIMETIME

Phelps & Lochte Swim in 200 IM Semifinals; Lochte Also Swims 200M Backstroke Semifinals in Primetime
Missy Franklin Swims in 4×200 Freestyle Relay Gold Medal Final on NBC Tomorrow in Primetime
Men’s Gymnastics All-Around Gold Medal Final on NBC Tomorrow in Primetime
Team USA Men’s Beach Volleyball vs. Latvia on NBC Tomorrow
Team USA Women’s Volleyball vs. China on NBC Daytime Tomorrow
Team USA Women’s Basketball vs. Turkey LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 4 a.m. ET Tomorrow

LONDON – July 31, 2012 – Michael Phelps, the most-decorated Olympian of all time with 19 medals and Ryan Lochte each compete in the 200 individual medley semifinals on NBC in primetime on Wednesday. Also in primetime, Ryan Lochte swims the 200m backstroke semifinals, and Missy Franklin looks to earn her second gold medal – third medal overall – in the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay. Gymnasts Danell Leyva and John Orozco compete in the men’s all-around gold medal final.

LIVE (ET/CT) on NBC in daytime, Team USA’s Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal vs. Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Ruslans Sorokins of Latvia compete in men’s beach volleyball from the Her Majesty’s Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London at 11:30 a.m. Also LIVE (ET/CT) on NBC daytime, Team USA’s women’s volleyball team competes against China at 3 p.m.

LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 4 a.m. ET, Team USA’s women’s basketball team continues their quest for their fifth straight gold as they take on Turkey. In women’s soccer, host nation Great Britain faces Uruguay at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales LIVE at 2:45 p.m. ET.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

Tomorrow’s programming includes:

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 (DAY 5)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (U.S.) vs. Samoilovs/Sorokins (Latvia) (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE)
Men’s Cycling – Individual Time Trial (LIVE)
Rowing – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Canoeing – Whitewater, K-1 Gold Medal Final

• U.S. stars Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin, and Rebecca Soni are all in the pool, swimming in key qualifying heats.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s volleyball team vs. China. Led by Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008, the American women are favored to win their first Olympic gold.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s water polo team vs. Spain. The Americans have earned a medal at each of the three Olympics since women’s water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000, but have never won gold. They look to have their strongest team yet in London.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball from Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London.
• Cast the team tactics and strategy of the road race aside – cycling’s time trial is every rider for himself to see who can be fastest against the clock.
• Plus, gold medal finals in rowing from history-rich Eton Dorney and a gold medal final in men’s whitewater canoeing, as athletes maneuver an high-speed, water obstacle course to compete for gold.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 200M Breaststroke
• Men’s 100M Freestyle
• Women’s 200M Butterfly
• Women’s 4 x 200M Freestyle Relay

Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Women’s Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh (U.S.) vs. D. Schwaiger/S. Schwaiger (Austria)
Men’s Diving –Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final

• One night after they go head-to-head in the 200m freestyle, Allison Schmitt and Missy Franklin team up to lead the U.S. in the 4x200m freestyle relay, hoping to reclaim the event from Australia after losing in Beijing for the first time since it was added to the Olympic program in 1996. In the men’s 100m freestyle, top American and former Cal standout Nathan Adrian will try to knock off favorite James Magnussen, the brash new leader of Australian swimming, while Auburn-trained Brazilian star Cesar Cielo is also among a deep international field. Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima, already the greatest breaststroker of all time, is hoping to complete a third straight sweep of the 100m and 200m breaststroke events as he takes on the longer race tonight. In semifinal action, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte hit the water for the 200m individual medley, while Lochte pulls double-duty in the 200m backstroke.
• In gymnastics, another Japanese legend, triple world champion Kohei Uchimura, looks to cement his status as one of the greatest gymnasts of all-time by winning the Olympic gold he came one place short of four years ago as a 19-year-old in Beijing. Attempting to stand in his way should be two Americans from unlikely backgrounds: Bronx native John Orozco, the 19-year-old son of a former New York Sanitation Department crew supervisor, and Cuban-born Danell Leyva, whose skillful routines are accompanied by the hyper-animated reactions of his coach and stepfather Yin Alvarez.
• Beach volleyball, one of the Games’ hottest sports, continues at Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London. Just down the road from the Queen’s home at Buckingham Palace, the Queens of the sand, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, are eyeing a golden three-peat after sweeping the competition in Athens and Beijing without dropping a set.
• In the men’s synchronized springboard, diving’s odd couple looks to continue its winning ways and help the U.S. onto the medal stand. Separated by 13 years and 1700 miles, four-time Olympian Troy Dumais and Stanford freshman Kristian Ipsen won world silver in 2009 just months after they began training together.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Rowing – Semifinals
Women’s Cycling – Time Trial

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Turkey (LIVE)
Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Korea
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

• Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
• Mexico vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
• Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE)

Women’s Cycling – Time Trial
Men’s Field Hockey – Spain vs. Australia (LIVE)
Men & Women’s Archery – Individual Elimination Round
Table Tennis
Men’s Singles Quarterfinal

• Women’s Gold Medal Final

Boxing – Elimination Bouts

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage of the U.S. women’s basketball team against Turkey. Led by former UConn stars Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, the Americans are favored to win their fifth straight gold. Plus LIVE coverage of cycling’s women’s time trial. American Evelyn Stevens, who only bought her first bike in 2008 and gave up a career on Wall Street, is among the medal favorites.

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

• Tennis continues with live coverage from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon, including the start of the mixed doubles tournament, which makes its return to the Olympics following an 88-year absence

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

• Japan vs. Honduras
• Senegal vs. United Arab Emirates (LIVE)

Women’s Beach Volleyball

• Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic) vs. Cook/Hinchley (Australia) (LIVE)

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• Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) vs. Klapalova/Hacjeckova (Czech Republic)

Women’s Fencing – Sabre Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. China
Women’s Handball – Serbia vs. Denmark

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• In fencing’s women’s sabre competition, Mariel Zagunis bids for her third straight Olympic gold medal four years after she led an American sweep in the event in Beijing. Plus, live men’s soccer and gold medal finals in weightlifting.

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• Once home to boxing legends Joe Frazier and George Foreman, Olympic boxing’s heaviest weight class gets underway.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

• U.S. vs. Turkey (LIVE)
• Australia vs. Brazil (LIVE)
• Canada vs. France (LIVE)
• China vs. Angola (LIVE)
• Great Britain vs. Russia (LIVE)
• Croatia vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round

• Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
• Spain vs. Morocco (LIVE)
• Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
• Egypt vs. Belarus
• Mexico vs. Switzerland
• Japan vs. Honduras
• South Korea vs. Gabon
• Senegal vs. United Arab Emirates

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round

• Mexico vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
• Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
• Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE)

Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Tennis – Early Rounds
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Men’s Diving – Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final

3D

7 a.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final
Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Final

That’s it. I’ll do links for you next.

NBCUniversal Cable Properties Seeing Huge Gains From Olympics

As we wait for the final ratings press release for NBC’s ratings for Day 3 of the 2012 Olympics, we do have this note from NBC on the ratings for the cable properties airing the Games.

The London Olympics helped pace NBC Sports Network to its two most watched days in its history. NBCSN saw peak audiences of over 3 million on both Saturday and Sunday for certain events.

MSNBC had a 46% increase for the first two days of Olympic action in London as compared to the first two days in Communist China.

And CNBC and Bravo hosting individual sports are both seeing increased audiences from the weekend.

We have the NBCUniversal press release.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK POSTS 2 MOST-WATCHED DAYS IN ITS HISTORY

Network’s First-Ever Olympics Coverage Nets Record Audiences
MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo Also See Increased Olympic Numbers

LONDON – July 31, 2012 – NBC Sports Network’s coverage of the London Olympics set viewership records this past weekend with the two most-watched days in its history, bolstered by coverage of Team USA’s women’s soccer vs. Columbia on Saturday afternoon, rowing coverage Saturday night, and Team USA Basketball vs. France on Sunday. NBC Sports Network is airing nearly 300 hours of coverage, the most-ever for an Olympics network (cable or broadcast).

Sunday’s average viewership of 1.204 million (4 a.m.-7:06 p.m. ET) marked NBC Sports Network’s highest average viewership ever in this daypart and 10% above Saturday’s Olympic coverage (1.093 million, 4 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET).

NBCUniversal’s other cable networks airing Olympic competition (MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo) are also enjoying viewership gains.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK:

• The U.S. Women’s Soccer vs. Columbia (Saturday, Noon-2 p.m. ET) averaged 2.478 million viewers, with a peak audience of 3.346 million, to rank as NBC Sports Network’s most watched non-NHL coverage in network history.
• Saturday night’s rowing coverage from 7-8 p.m. ET on NBCSN eclipsed the soccer coverage, drawing 3.140 million viewers.
• On Sunday, the U.S. Men’s Basketball team started their gold medal quest (9:30-11:30 a.m. ET) with an average audience of 2.648 million average viewers, with a peak audience of 3.036.

MSNBC:

MSNBC, airing 155.5 hours of Olympic long-form programming at the London Olympics, is enjoying viewership gains compared to the first two nights of the Beijing Games.

• From 7 a.m.-Noon ET, the two-day average viewership is 46% above the first two days from Beijing (713k vs. 489k).
• From Noon-5 p.m. ET, MSNBC averaged 1.494 million viewers for the first weekend of the London Olympics, 44% more than the first two days from Beijing (1.035 million) and 163% more than the first two days at Athens (567k from 4-8 p.m. ET).

BRAVO:

Bravo is the home of Olympic tennis, airing a total of 56 hours during the London Olympics from the famed lawn at Wimbledon.

• The first two days of tennis coverage marked Bravo’s highest weekend average viewership (P2+) in the 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daypart since October 27-28, 2007.

CNBC:

CNBC is, once again, the home of Olympic boxing airing 73 hours during the London Olympics

• For the first weekend CNBC is averaging 698k viewers (3:30-6:45 p.m. ET), up 24% from the Beijing Olympics weekend afternoon average (561k).

Source: Nielsen Media Research, LS data

When we get the ratings information for Monday on NBC, you’ll see it here.

NBCUniversal Programming for Day 4 of the 2012 Olympics

Well, we move onto Day 4 of the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad. Some favorites that NBC has been depending on have fallen through like Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Jordyn Wieber for one reason or another.

On Tuesday in primetime, Phelps will be in the pool swimming in the men’s 200 meter butterfly final. Also, NBC will air the women’s gymnastics team final. And there will be more diving.

On other NBCUniversal networks, men’s basketball including Team USA taking on Tunisia plus women’s soccer with the US National Team squaring off against North Korea on NBC Sports Network.

MSNBC has men’s skeet shooting, more women’s soccer and the US in women’s field hockey.

Bravo has live tennis from Wimbledon and CNBC airs taped boxing.

Check out what else is on during an Olympic Tuesday.

MICHAEL PHELPS GOES FOR HIS THIRD STRAIGHT 200M BUTTERFLY GOLD MEDAL TOMORROW NIGHT ON NBC

Michael Phelps-Ryan Lochte Expected in 4×200 Meter Freestyle Relay Final in Primetime on NBC
Women’s Gymnastics Team Gold Medal Final on NBC Primetime
Dream Team vs. Tunisia LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 4 a.m. ET
Team USA Women’s Soccer vs. North Korea LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 12:15 p.m. ET

LONDON – July 30, 2012 – Michael Phelps looks to claim his third straight 200m butterfly gold medal, his 18^th medal overall – tying the record for the most career Olympic medals – tomorrow on NBC in primetime. Phelps won gold in both Athens and Beijing in the 200 meter butterfly. Tuesday will be Phelps’ busiest day as he also is expected to swim the final for the 4x200m freestyle relay with teammate Ryan Lochte.

Also in primetime, the reigning world champion U.S. women’s gymnastics team, featuring Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber, also known as the “Fab Five,” look to win the gold over Russia, Romania and China.

On NBC in daytime, defending Olympic champions Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser compete against Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira of Spain LIVE on NBC at 4 p.m. ET.

LIVE on NBC Sports Network, the Team USA basketball team, led by Lebron James and Kobe Bryant, plays its second Olympic game against Tunisia at 4 a.m. ET. Then at 12:15 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, Team USA women’s soccer takes on North Korea at Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 12:15 p.m. ET.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

TUESDAY, JULY 31 (Day 4)

 

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Rogers/Dalhausser (U.S.) vs. Herrera/Gavira (Spain) (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Germany (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Romania (LIVE)
Men’s Canoeing – Whitewater, C-1 Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Rowing – Semifinals

• Qualifying in swimming’s 4x200m freestyle relay, an event in which the United States, led by Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte is the gold medal favorite.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. men’s volleyball team against Germany. The American men won their first Olympic gold in 20 years in Beijing and have been surging recently as they look to repeat as Olympic champions.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. men’s water polo team against Romania. The U.S. men earned a surprise silver in Beijing, but are focused on gold in London. Led by captain Tony Azevedo, the team sacrificed hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively by not playing professionally overseas this year to train together for the Olympics.
• Plus, LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball, always one of the most electric sports of the Games, from the heart of ceremonial London, at Horse Guards Parade. Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are the defending Olympic champions. And LIVE coverage of the always unpredictable whitewater canoeing, with Olympic medals on the line. Also, the rowing competition becomes more pressure-packed, with semifinals from prestigious Eton Dorney.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 200M Butterfly
• Men’s 4 x 200M Freestyle Relay
• Women’s 200M Freestyle
• Women’s 200M Individual Medley

Women’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final

• Gymnastics takes center stage as the reigning world champion U.S. women seek their first Olympic crown since the “Magnificent Seven” struck gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Michigan’s Jordyn Wieber, the 2011 world all-around champion, and Gabby Douglas, who trained for the Games alongside four-time Beijing medalist Shawn Johnson, lead an American team of Olympic newcomers that is favored for gold over rivals Russia, Romania and China.
• Michael Phelps has his busiest night of the Games. First, he will swim for what is expected to be his third straight 200m butterfly gold medal – which could also give him 19 career medals, setting a new record. Less than an hour later, Phelps will be back in the pool for the 4x200m freestyle relay. This time, he teams up with Ryan Lochte on a U.S. squad that is favored for gold – which could give Phelps career medal No. 20. In the women’s 200m freestyle, 17-year-old phenom Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt, who took the year off from the University Georgia to train alongside Phelps under coach Bob Bowman, will challenge Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, who has dominated the event by winning two world titles and setting a world record since she won gold in Beijing.
• What’s harder than diving from 33 feet in the air with perfect form? Doing it in perfect sync with the person next to you. That’s the challenge for the divers in the women’s synchronized platform competition. Another challenge: topping China, which has won gold all three times the event has been contested.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Semifinals
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Van Iersel/Keizer (Netherlands)

• Coverage includes beach volleyball from historic Horse Guards Parade and also semifinal action from the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Centre, as top swimmers try to qualify for Wednesday’s finals.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – (LIVE)

• U.S. vs. Tunisia (LIVE)
• China vs. Russia (LIVE)
• France vs. Argentina (LIVE)

Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. North Korea (LIVE)
Equestrian

• Eventing, Team Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
• Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Beach Volleyball

• Men’s – Alison/Emanuel (Brazil) vs. Heuscher/Bellaguarda (Switzerland)
• Women’s – Talita/Antonelli (Brazil) vs. Goller/Ludwig (Germany)

Men’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. Montenegro
Men’s Volleyball – Brazil vs. Russia
Men’s Fencing – Individual Gold Medal Final
NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• The U.S. men’s basketball team, led by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, is back in action with its second game of the Olympic tournament, against Tunisia. Also live on the network, the U.S. women’s soccer team faces North Korea.

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – (LIVE)

• Singles Early Rounds
• Doubles Quarterfinals

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

• The men’s and women’s singles and doubles tennis competitions continue with live coverage from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon.

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

• Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE)
• France vs. Colombia (LIVE)
• Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)

Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Table Tennis – Semifinal
Archery – Individual Elimination Round
Badminton – Qualifying Round

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• The U.S. women’s field hockey team has a rematch with Argentina, the world power it upset in the final of the 2011 Pan American Games to qualify for London. Plus live women’s soccer.

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• Jamel Herring, a 26-year-old Marine who served two tours in Iraq, begins his Olympic run on the fourth day of boxing coverage.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
U.S. vs. Tunisia (LIVE)
France vs. Argentina (LIVE)
China vs. Russia (LIVE)
Australia vs. Spain (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Lithuania vs. Nigeria (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

9:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
U.S. vs. North Korea (LIVE)
Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Japan vs. South Africa
France vs. Colombia
New Zealand vs. Cameroon

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Tennis – Qualifying Rounds

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final

3D

5 a.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final
Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats

We’ll have the Canadian Olympic Broadcasting Consortium schedule next.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 3 of the 2012 Olympics

Let’s do the programming posts for the Olympics now. NBC has provided the Olympic programming schedule for Monday on the networks of NBCUniversal.

Lots of stuff to go over as once again, it’s a full day of events from Badminton to Basketball to Beach Volleyball to Equestrian to… to… you get the idea.

NBC Sports Network kicks everything off at 4 a.m. ET followed by Bravo’s tennis coverage at 7 a.m., MSNBC at 9 a.m., NBC comes in at 10 a.m. and CNBC starting at 6 p.m.

If you have the Basketball and Soccer Channels, you can see those respective sports without commercial interruption.

Everything will be available online at NBCOlympics.com or on the mobile/tablet apps.

Here’s the press release.

RYAN LOCHTE GOES FOR HIS 2ND GOLD OF LONDON OLYMPICS ON NBC TOMORROW NIGHT

Missy Franklin Swims 100 Meter Backstroke Final in Primetime on NBC Tomorrow
Michael Phelps Swims 200 Meter Butterfly Heat Tomorrow on NBC Daytime
Team USA Women’s Water Polo vs. Hungary on NBC
LIVE Team USA Women’s Basketball vs. Angola on NBC Sports Network
All Events Live Streamed on NBCOlympics.com and NBC Olympics Live Extra Mobile & Tablet App

LONDON – July 29, 2012 – Ryan Lochte looks to claim his 2nd gold medal of the London Olympics as he swims the 200-meter freestyle tomorrow night on NBC in primetime. Also in primetime, Missy Franklin, the 17-year-old phenom, makes her individual event gold medal final debut in the 100-meter breaststroke, and Matt Grevers looks to extend Team USA’s reign and win the fifth straight gold for the U.S. in the men’s 100-meter backstroke.

On NBC in daytime, Michael Phelps swims the 200-meter butterfly qualifying heat, and Team USA women’s water polo looks to continue their Olympic-medal streak as they play against Hungary LIVE at 2:40 p.m. ET/CT.

Also looking to win their fifth straight gold, Team USA’s women’s basketball takes on Angola LIVE tomorrow on NBC Sports Network at 5 p.m. ET. Team USA has medaled in each of the three Olympics since women’s water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000 but is looking to improve to gold.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra.

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com.

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

MONDAY, JULY 30 (Day 3)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (U.S.) vs. Fijalek/Prudel (Poland) (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Hungary (LIVE)
Rowing – Qualifying Heats
Canoeing – Women’s Whitewater K-1 Qualifying Heats

• Michael Phelps swims in the qualifying rounds of the 200 butterfly, an event he has won at the past two Games, including in Beijing when his goggles filled with water and he swam blind, relying on stroke count to get through the race. Plus, Phelps’ training partner Allison Schmitt and 17-year-old phenom Missy Franklin have their qualifying swims in the 200 freestyle, an event both in which both should contend for a medal.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s volleyball team vs. Brazil. Led by Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008, the American women are favored to win their first Olympic gold.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s water polo team vs. Hungary. The Americans have earned a medal at each of the three Olympics since women’s water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000, but have never won gold. They look to have their strongest team yet in London.
• Plus, LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball, always one of the most electric sports of the Games, from Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London. Also, the third day of the rowing competition from prestigious Eton Dorney, and qualifying in whitewater canoeing.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 200M Freestyle
• Men’s 100M Backstroke
• Women’s 100M Backstroke
• Women’s 100M Breaststroke

Men’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Men’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final
Women’s Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh (U.S.) vs. Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic)

• In what should be one of the best races of the Games, reigning world champion Ryan Lochte takes on a stacked international field in the 200m freestyle. Meanwhile, 17-year-old Colorado phenom Missy Franklin appears in her first individual final, among the favorites in the 100m backstroke. In the 100m breaststroke, reigning world champion Rebecca Soni tackles the first leg of a breaststroke sweep no woman has accomplished in 16 years. And Matt Grevers aims to win the fifth straight U.S. gold in the 100m backstroke, following the retirement of Athens and Beijing champion Aaron Peirsol.
• In gymnastics, the U.S. men will contend for their third consecutive medal in the team competition. Their prospects look strong with a deep group led by an unlikely pair of newcomers: Bronx native John Orozco and Cuban-born Danell Leyva.
• Beijing veteran David Boudia and new partner Nick McCrory, a Duke pre-med student whose uncle won swimming silver for Great Britain in 1976, are bidding to win the first U.S. diving medal since the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Great Britain’s teen idol Tom Daley and his partner Peter Waterfield are among the other contenders hoping to upset the Chinese.
• Beach volleyball, one of the Games’ hottest sports, comes to Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London. Just down the road from the Queen’s home at Buckingham Palace, the Queens of the sand, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, are eyeing a golden three-peat after sweeping the competition in Athens and Beijing without dropping a set.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Semifinals
Canoeing – Men’s Whitewater C-2 Qualifying Heats

• Coverage includes semifinal action from the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Centre, as top swimmers try to qualify for Tuesday’s finals.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Angola (LIVE)
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Zhang/Xue (China) vs. Kuhn/Zumkehr (Switzerland) (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round

• Serbia vs. South Korea (LIVE)
• Italy vs. Japan (LIVE)

Equestrian – Eventing Cross Country (LIVE)
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Men’s Shooting – 10M Air Rifle Gold Medal Final
Women’s Badminton – Wang (U.S.) vs. Wang (China.)
Women’s Archery – Leek (U.S.) vs. Palekha (Ukraine)(LIVE)
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• · In women’s basketball, defending Olympic gold medalist Team USA takes on Angola. Led by former UConn stars Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, the Americans are favored to win their fifth straight gold. Plus live coverage of beach volleyball and women’s volleyball.

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

• The men’s and women’s singles and doubles tennis competitions continue with live coverage from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon.

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Water Polo – (LIVE)

• Spain vs. China (LIVE)
• Italy vs. Australia (LIVE)

Women’s Beach Volleyball – (LIVE)

• Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) vs. Holtwick/Semmler (Germany) (LIVE)
• D. Schwaiger/S.Schwaiger (Austria) vs. Cook/Hinchley (Australia) (LIVE)

Women’s Basketball – Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Weightlifting – Women’s 58KG Gold Medal Final
Men’s Field Hockey – Great Britain vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Women’s Handball – Korea vs. Denmark
Men’s Badminton – Bach/Gunawan (U.S.) vs. Kawamae/Sato (Japan)

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• Another packed day of coverage, with live contests in women’s basketball and water polo and gold medal finals in weightlifting.

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• Cincinnati native Rau’shee Warren becomes the first American boxer to compete in three Games when he steps into the ring in London.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
U.S. vs. Angola (LIVE)
Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE)
France vs. Australia (LIVE)
Croatia vs. China (LIVE)
Czech Republic vs. Turkey (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Canada (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Best of Soccer Qualifying Round

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Early Rounds
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Men’s Diving –Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final

3D

5 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving –Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final

That’s all.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 2 of the 2012 Olympics

Ok, here are the listings for Day 2 of the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London. Once again, NBC starts early at 7 a.m. ET/PT. NBC Sports Network hits the air at 4 a.m. ET and Bravo and CNBC have their respective sports.

MICHAEL PHELPS CONTINUES HIS QUEST FOR MOST OLYMPIC CAREER MEDALS AS HE SWIMS THE 4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY ON NBC TOMORROW

Fab Five Begins Gymnastics Team Competition on NBC
Team USA Competes in Beach Volleyball and Water Polo on NBC
Dream Team LIVE on NBC Sports Network
All Events Live Streamed on NBCOlympics.com and NBC Olympics Live Extra Mobile & Tablet App

LONDON – July 28, 2012 – Michael Phelps competes in the 4×100 freestyle relay with another chance to medal, as he closes in on the record for most Olympic career medals tomorrow night in primetime on NBC. Phelps teammates in the event will include Jason Lezak, who famously closed out the French team for the gold in 2008 in Beijing; 400 individual medley gold medalist Ryan Lochte looks to extend his dominance in the 200 meter freestyle; and the Fab Five women’s gymnastics team, featuring Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber debuts in the team competition for Team USA.

NBC’s daytime will air coverage of Team USA men’s and women’s beach volleyball featuring Team USA’s Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, competing against Kentaro Asahi and Katsuhiro Shiratori of Japan, and Team USA’s Jen Kessy and April Ross vs. Ana Zonta and Maria Gallay of Argentina, from legendary Horse Guards Parade, in the heart of ceremonial London just down the road from the Queen’s home at Buckingham Palace. Also on NBC during the daytime, the U.S. men’s water polo team, led by Tony Azevedo, takes on Montenegro, as Team USA looks to improve on their surprise silver medal from Beijing.

NBC Sports Network will air live coverage of men’s basketball, as the Dream Team competes against France at 9:30 a.m. ET followed by Spain vs. China live at 11:30 a.m.

All of the events mentioned above, and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra.

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com.

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized

SUNDAY, JULY 29 (Day 2)

NBC

7 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Women’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – (LIVE)

• Men’s – Rogers/Dalhausser (U.S.) vs. Asahi/Shiratori (Japan) (LIVE)
• Women’s – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Zonta/Gallay (Argentina) (LIVE)

Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Montenegro (LIVE)

• The women’s gymnastics competition begins with teams looking to position themselves for medal contention. With a tough international field, there’s little margin for error.
• Key qualifying competition in swimming includes the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay, which the United States won in dramatic fashion in 2008 with Jason Lezak’s heroic anchor leg to keep Michael Phelps’ quest for eight golds alive. Lezak and Phelps are again on the U.S. squad for this event. Plus, key qualifying swims from gold medal hopefuls Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin and Rebecca Soni.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of cycling’s women’s road race, as the world’s best female cyclists race through the heart of London. American Evelyn Stevens, who only bought her first bike in 2008 and gave up a career on Wall Street, could contend for a medal.
• Plus, LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball, always one of the most electric sports of the Games, from Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London. Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are the defending Olympic champions.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. men’s volleyball team’s first match against Serbia. The Americans won their first Olympic gold in 20 years in Beijing and have been surging recently as they look to repeat as Olympic champions.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. men’s water polo team’s first game against Montenegro. The U.S. men earned a surprise silver in Beijing, but are focused on gold in London, led by captain Tony Azevedo, the team sacrificed hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively by not playing professionally overseas this year to train together for the Olympics.

7 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 100M Breaststroke
• Men’s 4 x 100M Freestyle Relay
• Women’s 100M Butterfly
• Women’s 400M Freestyle

Women’s Diving – Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final

• The first look at the reigning world champion U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team, led by reigning world all-around champion Jordyn Wieber, the 17-year-old from DeWitt, Michigan, and fast-rising 16-year-old wonder Gabby Douglas. They begin their pursuit of the team gold medal tonight – trying to become the first U.S. women to win team gymnastics gold since the “Magnificent Seven” won in Atlanta in 1996.
• Four years after Jason Lezak’s extraordinary anchor leg kept Michael Phelps on track for eight golds in Beijing, Phelps again swims for Team USA in the 4x100m freestyle relay in what figures to be another fierce contest with France and reigning world champion Australia. This should also be the night Phelps wins his 18th career medal to tie Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for the most all time. Also in the pool, former Cal star Dana Vollmer is favored for gold in her signature event, the 100m butterfly. Allison Schmitt, who took the year off from the University Georgia to train alongside Phelps under coach Bob Bowman, will contend in the 400m freestyle with home favorite and reigning Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain. Brendan Hansen and cancer survivor Eric Shanteau will try to knock off the greatest breaststroker in history, Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima, in the 100m breaststroke.
• In the first diving final, Kelci Bryant, who finished a heartbreaking fourth in Beijing, teams with new partner Abby Johnston, a pre-med student at Duke, in the women’s synchronized springboard competition. The U.S. hasn’t won a diving medal since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and Bryant and Johnston, who have finished in the top four in every competition this season, will be looking to reverse the trend in the team’s first chance.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Gymnastics – Women’s Team Competition
Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats

• The Canoe Slalom competition gets underway on a new course built specifically for the Games. Paddlers will need speed, control and precision on the daunting whitewater rapids.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball –

• U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
• Brazil vs. Australia (LIVE)
• Spain vs. China (LIVE)
• Argentina vs. Lithuania (LIVE)

Women’s Field Hockey –

• U.S. vs. Germany (LIVE)
• New Zealand vs. Australia (LIVE)

Beach Volleyball –

• Men’s – Alison/Emanuel (Brazil) vs. Doppler/Horst (Austria)
• Women’s – Cicolari/Menegatti (Italy) vs. Ukolova/Khomyakova (Russia)
• Women’s – Talita/Antonelli (Brazil) vs. Meppelink/Van Gestel (Netherlands) (LIVE)

Equestrian – Eventing Dressage
Women’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final
Women’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final
Men’s Water Polo – Greece vs. Croatia (LIVE)
Women’s Field Hockey – New Zealand vs. Australia
Men’s Badminton – Bach/Gunawan (U.S.) vs. Koo/Tan (Malaysia)

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• LIVE coverage as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the star-studded U.S. men’s basketball team take to the floor for their first action of the London Games, against France. Also today, Spain, the reigning Olympic silver medalist led by Lakers star Pau Gasol, takes on China.

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

• The men’s and women’s singles and doubles tennis competitions continue with live coverage from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon.

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

• Brazil vs. Belarus (LIVE)
• Senegal vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
• Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates (LIVE)

Men’s Indoor Volleyball – Qualifying Round

• Russia vs. Germany (LIVE)
• Italy vs. Poland

Men’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. Serbia
Men’s Handball – Croatia vs. South Korea
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round
Badminton – Qualifying Round

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• Plenty of live action in men’s soccer, as the talented Brazilian squad takes on Belarus and host Great Britain meets United Arab Emirates.

CNBC
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• The second day of Olympic boxing coverage features two Americans with strong medal hopes in Errol Spence, Jr., a 22-year-old Dallas southpaw, and Jose Ramirez, the son of Mexican immigrants, who is a part-time student and former Starbucks barista.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Australia (LIVE)
Nigeria vs. Tunisia (LIVE)
Spain vs. China (LIVE)
Russia vs. Great Britain (LIVE)
Argentina vs. Lithuania (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Egypt vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Belarus (LIVE)
Senegal vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates (LIVE)
Mexico vs. Gabon
Japan vs. Morocco
South Korea vs. Switzerland
Spain vs. Honduras

TELEMUNDO

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round

• Mexico vs. Gabon (LIVE)
• Spain vs. Honduras (LIVE)
• Senegal vs. Uruguay (LIVE)

Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Early Rounds

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

3D

4 a.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

That’s all. Enjoy the games.

Some Thoughts on NBC’s Early Olympic Coverage

Let’s do some bullet point thoughts on NBCUniversal’s coverage of Days -2 through 0 of the 2012 Olympics. I’ll go backwards starting with coverage of the Opening Ceremony and then the live soccer coverage on Wednesday and Thursday.

• I can start with NBC’s tape delayed coverage of the Opening Ceremony which became a huge issue on social media Friday. And while there were some articles denouncing NBC’s decision (like at Mashable, NESN.com, and the Wall Street Journal) the network countered that putting the Opening Ceremony online was too complex and complicated for audiences to see online because of all of the elements. Well, that’s not putting trust in your audience. For all intents and purposes, NBC is saying the audience is stupid and needs Uncle NBC to explain everything. That’s not right at all.

  Anyway, it caused many people to go online and find an illegal pirated BBC feed to watch the Opening Ceremony where viewers were treated to commercial-free coverage. I won’t review BBC’s coverage as I did watch it through a friend’s Slingbox, but I will give a few words on NBC’s coverage on the Opening Ceremony.

  While NBC’s pictures of the Opening Ceremony were spectacular, director Bucky Gunts did a stellar job in choosing the right angles to show, the performances by Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera gave the event the feel of the second hour of the Today show. NBC Olympics Executive Producer Jim Bell who is also the Executive Producer of Today tapped Matt and Meredith for the Opening Ceremony to join Bob Costas. While Matt did a good job in 2008 in Beijing with Bob, he and Meredith talked way too much trying to explain Opening Ceremony Director Danny Boyle’s vision. Plus Meredith attempted to sing when the Rolling Stones were played.

  I understand NBC’s thinking on the Opening Ceremony, but it didn’t work, and the audience was not served well in this case. Timothy Burke of Deadspin actually found the number of words spoken on BBC and NBC and you can see that there was more talking on NBC.

  Now I happen to like Meredith, but unfortunately, she was miscast to co-host the Opening Ceremony and I give NBC a C minus for its handling of the Opening Ceremony. The Opening Ceremony itself gets an A.

• For the coverage of both women’s and men’s soccer on Wednesday and Thursday, the networks of NBCUniversal get higher grades. NBC used the world feed for the games that were split between MSNBC and NBC Sports Network.

  I’m quite impressed with Liam McHugh who has had a very busy four month stretch. In May and June, he hosted the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. For most of this month, Liam was all over France hosting the Tour de France, and here is he in London hosting the Olympics. He’s making it look easy, but keeping track of so many different sports is not easy. And to think two years ago, Liam was part of an ensemble show for Versus that was supposed to be a vehicle for Jenn Sterger. The Olympics are a far cry from The Daily Line days on Versus.

  Other talent who have done well in the early going are Kelly Tlghman on MSNBC, Michelle Beadle on NBCSN, play-by-play callers Arlo White, JP Dellacamera and Steve Cangialosi. I like analysts Brandi Chastain and Kyle Martino. Drea Avent’s interviews are quite strong.

• I used NBC’s Olympics Live Extra iPad app to watch the soccer on Wednesday and Thursday. On the first day, the app joined MSNBC’s simulcast 14 minutes late and it was the same for the Japan-Canada match. Hopefully, that will be fixed before the action begins for real on Saturday.If you watch the simulcasts on the mobile or tablet, they’re over a minute behind compared to TV. If you can handle that, then you should be fine. But overall, I like the quality of the pictures. I do wish that the app would stream NBC’s coverage in addition of the streams of Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and NBCSN, but perhaps that could be done for 2014.

Those are my thoughts on the coverage to date.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day 1 of the 2012 Olympics

Now that the Opening Ceremony is over, it’s time for Olympic action in earnest. The soccer action on Wednesday and Thursday was just an appetizer. Tomorrow, there’s boxing, gymnastics, swimming. tennis, and a whole plethora of sports. The networks of NBCUniversal will out in full force onb Saturday.

NBC Sports Network starts its coverage at 4 a.m. NBC will be on live in the Eastern half of the country at 5 a.m. ET. The Mountain and Pacific time zones will have to wait to see the Olympic action on NBC, but the cable portion on Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and NBC Sports Network will be live all over the country on participating cable and satellite providers.

And NBCOlympics.com and the mobile and tablet apps will have all of the sports action live.

Here’s what you can expect on the networks on NBCUniversal on Saturday.

PHELPS-LOCHTE EXPECTED SHOWDOWN AIRS ON NBC IN PRIMETIME ON DAY 1 OF LONDON OLYMPICS

Team USA Competes in Men’s Beach Volleyball and Women’s Basketball on NBC
NBC Sports Network Airs Team USA vs. Columbia in Women’s Soccerb
LIVE Soccer and Beach Volleyball on NBC Sports Network and MSNBC
All Events Live Streamed on NBCOlympics.com and NBC Olympics Live Extra Mobile & Tablet App

LONDON – July 27, 2012 – Day 1 of the 2012 London Olympic Games begins tomorrow with an expected head-to-head showdown between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte in primetime on NBC, as they contend for the gold in the men’s 400 meter individual medley. Phelps’ and Lochte’s qualifying heats will air on NBC live (ET/CT) beginning at 5 a.m.

NBC’s daytime will air coverage of women’s basketball, featuring Team USA facing Croatia at 11 a.m. ET/PT, and men’s beach volleyball, featuring Beijing’s gold medal duo Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal of Team USA matching up against Freedom Chiya and Grant Goldschmidt of South Africa from legendary Horse Guards Parade, in the heart of ceremonial London just down the road from the Queen’s home at Buckingham Palace.

NBC Sports Network airs live coverage of women’s soccer as Team USA faces Colombia at 11:30 a.m. ET from Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland. Live on MSNBC, Olympic host nation Great Britain takes on Camaroon at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, at 12:15 p.m. ET.

All of the events mentioned above and all other events will be live streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

Tomorrow’s coverage includes:

SATURDAY, JULY 28 (Day 1)

NBCb
5 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (U.S.) vs. Chiya/Goldschmidt (South Africa) (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Croatia (LIVE)
Rowing – Qualifying Heats

• LIVE (ET/CT) Michael Phelps begins his drive to become the most decorated Olympian of all-time in an event he’s won at the past two Olympics: the 400m individual medley. This event also marks the first head-to-head showdown between Phelps and teammate Ryan Lochte, the reigning world champion who defeated Phelps at Trials. 17-year-old Colorado phenom Missy Franklin swims for her first Olympic medal as she leads Team USA in the 4x100m free relay. Plus world champion Elizabeth Beisel competes in the women’s 400m individual medley and Peter Vanderkaayleads the U.S. charge in men’s 400m freestyle.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of cycling’s men’s road race provides viewers with a spectacular introduction to London. The road race travels through the heart of central London, with a mix of majestic landmarks and the natural beauty of the Royal Parks included along the way. Great Britain’s Mark Cavendish is among the favorites, which should add even more energy to the massive crowd expected to line the streets of London. The Americans field a strong team as well, led by Taylor Phinney and Tyler Farrar.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.Sb. women’s volleyball team’s first match vs. South Korea. Led by Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008, the American women are favored to win their first Olympic gold.
• LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s basketball team’s first game. Led by former UConn stars Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, the Americans arbe favored to win their fifth straight Olympic gold medal in London.
• Plus, LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball, always one of the most electric sports of the Games, from the heart of ceremonial London, at Horse Guards Parade, and the first day of the rowing competition, from prestigious Eton Dorney.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s and Women’s 400M Individual Medley
• Men’s 400M Freestyle
• Women’s 4 x 100M Freestyle Relay

Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Women’s Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh (U.S.) vs. Cook/Hinchley (Australia)

• Gymnastics begins with men’s team qualifying. The U.S. men are vying for their third consecutive medal in the team competition. Their prospects look strong with a deep group led by a dynamic pair of first-time Olympians: Bronx native John Orozco and Cuban-born Danell Leyva.
• bBeach volleyball, one of the Games’ hottest sports, comes to the heart of ceremonial London, at Horse Guards Parade. Just down the road from the Queen’s home at Buckingham Palace, the queens of the sand, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, are eyeing a golden three-peat after sweeping the competition in Athens and Beijing without dropping a set.

12:30 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Gymnastics – Men’s Team Competition
Women’s Weightlifting – 48KG Gold Medal Final

• · The first gold medal in weightlifting will be decided among the sport’s lightest athletes. Women weighing no more than 106 pounds will need to lift more than twice their body weight to reach the podium.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK
4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

• U.S. vs. Colombia (LIVE)
• Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
• France vs. North Korea (LIVE)

Beach Volleyball –

• Women’s – Zhang/Xue (China) vs. Vasina/Vozakova (Russia) (LIVE)
• Women’s Volleyball – China vs. Serbia (LIVE)

Equestrian – Eventing Dressage
Women’s Handball – Norway vs. France
Women’s Shooting – 10M Air Rifle Gold Medal Final
Men’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final
Women’s Fencing – Individual Foil (LIVE)
Women’s Badminton – Bae (South Korea) vs. Tee (Malaysia)
Men’s Table Tennis – Wang (U.S.) vs. Kim (North Korea)
Women’s Handball – Spain vs. South Korea

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

• NBCSN’s daily feast of live Olympic action kicks off today with live coverage of the two-time reigning Olympic champion U.S. women’s soccer team. The 16-hour show also includes the first gold medal to be awarded at the Games, in shooting’s women’s air rifle competition. Czech shooter Katerina Emmons, wife of American shooter Matt Emmons, will attempt to defend her gold medal.

BRAVO
7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

• The men’s and women’s singles and doubles tennis competitions get underway with live coverage from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon.

MSNBC
7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round

• Japan vs. Sweden (LIVE)
• Canada vs. South Africa (LIVE)
• Great Britain vs. Cameroon (LIVE)

Men’s Beach Volleyball – Grotowski/Garcia-Thompson (Great Britain) vs. Binstock/Reader (Canada) (LIVE)
Women’s Handball – Denmark vs. Sweden
Women’s Fencing – Individual Foil Gold Medal Final
Men’s Badminton – Bach/Gunawan (U.S.) vs. Cung/Lee (South Korea)
Women’s Table Tennis –

• Zhang (U.S.) vs. Molnar (Croatia)
• Hsing (U.S.) vs. Silva (Mexico)

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• · MSNBC offers ten hours of team and racket sports, including live soccer and live beach volleyball from majestic Horse Guards Parade, in the heart of ceremonial London.

CNBC
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

• · Often the proving grounds for many of the next great professional boxers, the Olympic boxing tournament opens with a full day of bouts between the world’s best.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
U.S. vs. Croatia (LIVE)
China vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
Canada vs. Russia (LIVE)
Turkey vs. Angola (LIVE)
Brazil vs. France (LIVE)
Australia vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
U.S. vs. Colombia (LIVE)
Japan vs. Sweden (LIVE)
New Zealand vs. Brazil (LIVE)
France vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Canada vs. South Africa
Great Britain vs. Cameroon

TELEMUNDO
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (ET/PT)

Opening Ceremony
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition

3D
5 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Opening Ceremony

And I’ll have the Canadian Olympic Broadcasting Consortium schedule for Day 1 coming up.

NBCUniversal Programming For Day -1 of the 2012 Olympics

Soccer action continues at the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London. This time, it’s the men’s turn to take the pitch. NBC Sports Network will hit the air first at 7 a.m. and will air four matches live including Great Britain’s first contest against Senegal around 2 p.m. ET.

MSNBC goes on the air at 9 a.m. and will have three matches all live including Spain vs. Japan and gold medal contender Brazil taking on Egypt.

The NBC Soccer Channel will also hit the air at 7 a.m. and Telemundo gets its first taste of Olympic action carrying four games including Mexico vs. South Korea. Lots of action before the official start of the Games on Friday.

Here’s NBCUniversal’s announcement.

OLYMPIC MEN’S SOCCER KICKS OFF LIVE TOMORROW ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK AND MSNBC

Seven Games to Air LIVE on Thursday
Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Network
All Games Live Streamed on NBCOlympics.com and NBC Olympics Live Extra Mobile & Tablet App

LONDON – July 25, 2012 – Live coverage of Olympic men’s soccer kicks off tomorrow with Honduras vs. Morocco on NBC Sports Network at 7 a.m. ET, followed by Spain vs. Japan live on MSNBC at 9:30 a.m. ET from Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland. Brazil and Egypt match up live on MSNBC from Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales at 2:45 p.m. ET. Olympic host nation Great Britain takes on Senegal at Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, live on NBC Sports Network at 3 p.m. ET.

NBCUniversal’s coverage of eight men’s soccer games involving all 16 teams will air tomorrow on NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and Telemundo.

NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets, will live stream all sporting events for the first time ever, more than 3,500 total programming hours, including all 32 sports and the awarding of all 302 medals. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted).

Tomorrow’s coverage includes:

THURSDAY, JULY 26 (Day -1)

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Honduras vs. Morocco (LIVE)
Mexico vs. South Korea (LIVE)
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Senegal (LIVE)
Belarus vs. New Zealand

MSNBC

9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Spain vs. Japan (LIVE)
Gabon vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Egypt (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Honduras vs. Morocco (LIVE)
Mexico vs. South Korea (LIVE)
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Senegal (LIVE)
Spain vs. Japan
Gabon vs. Switzerland
Egypt vs. Brazil
Belarus vs. New Zealand

TELEMUNDO

6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Mexico vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Honduras vs. Morocco (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Egypt (LIVE)
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay (LIVE)

Midnight – 1 a.m. (ET/PT)
Soccer Highlights Show

Friday’s coverage includes:

FRIDAY, JULY 27 (Day 0)

NBC

7:30 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Opening Ceremony

• The Games begin in grand and royal style as London, the first city to host the Olympics three times, welcomes the world and Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the Games. The Opening Ceremony, directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) also features the Parade of Nations, as athletes from more than 200 countries march into the Olympic Stadium together in one of the most powerful symbolic events in the world. The pageantry culminates with the always highly anticipated lighting of the Olympic Cauldron.

That’s all. More stuff is coming up.

NBCUniversal’s Programming For Day -2 of the 2012 Olympics

Women’s soccer takes the field for the Olympics as the Games have their unofficial start on Wednesday, two days before the Opening Ceremony. Qualifying Round play takes place all over the UK and Great Britain will begin the whole enchilada with a game against New Zealand. MSNBC will air that game live at 10:30 a.m. and it will also be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app.

And NBC Sports Network also airs its very first Olympic action an hour later with the USA taking on France in its defense of the gold medal won in Communist China.

We have the programming schedule for Day -2 of the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London on the networks of NBCUniversal. I will be posting these press releases every day during the 16 Days of Glory.

NBCUNIVERSAL’S OLYMPIC COVERAGE KICKS OFF TOMORROW WITH LIVE WOMEN’S SOCCER

LIVE Coverage of Great Britain vs. New Zealand Begins at 10:30 a.m. ET on MSNBC
LIVE Coverage of USA vs. France Begins at 11:30 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Network
LIVE Coverage of Colombia vs. North Korea at 2:30 p.m. ET on MSNBC
All Games Live Streamed on NBCOlympics.com and NBC Olympics Live Extra Mobile & Tablet App

LONDON – July 24, 2012 – NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games in London begins tomorrow, Wednesday, July 25, with the kickoff of the women’s soccer tournament, featuring six games.

NBC Sports Network will air live coverage of Team USA’s match-up against France from Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, at 11:30 a.m. ET. Live on MSNBC, Olympic host nation Great Britain faces off against New Zealand at scenic Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, with coverage beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET.

NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app, available on mobile devices and tablets, will live stream all sporting events for the first time ever, more than 3,500 total programming hours, including all 32 sports and the awarding of all 302 medals. The vast majority of live stream content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

For more information on live streaming, please go to: NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra

For the full schedule of NBCUniversal’s Olympic coverage, please go to: NBCOlympics.com

Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted).

Tomorrow’s coverage includes:

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Cameroon vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Japan vs. Canada

MSNBC

10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Great Britain vs. New Zealand (LIVE)

2:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Colombia vs. North Korea (LIVE)
Sweden vs. South Africa

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Noon – Midnight
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Colombia vs. North Korea (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. New Zealand
Japan vs. Canada
Cameroon vs. Brazil
Sweden vs. South Africa

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 10 a.m. (ET/PT)
Olympic Preview

Coverage for Thursday, July 26 (Day -1) includes:

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Honduras vs. Morocco (LIVE)
Mexico vs. South Korea (LIVE)
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Senegal (LIVE)
Belarus vs. New Zealand

MSNBC

9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Spain vs. Japan (LIVE)
Gabon vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Egypt (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Honduras vs. Morocco (LIVE)
Mexico vs. South Korea (LIVE)
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Senegal (LIVE)
Spain vs. Japan
Gabon vs. Switzerland
Egypt vs. Brazil
Belarus vs. New Zealand

TELEMUNDO

6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Mexico vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Honduras vs. Morocco (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Egypt (LIVE)
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay (LIVE)

Midnight – 1 a.m. (ET/PT)
Soccer Highlights Show

One more post coming up.

Your US Olympics Viewing Guide

With the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London starting this week, it’s time to provide you with a breakdown of coverage that you’ll see on the networks of NBCUniversal. While the Opening Ceremony will officially start the Games on Friday, soccer action will begin on Wednesday. MSNBC starts the coverage Wednesday morning with women’s soccer.

Let’s breakdown how many hours each network will carry and what they’ll show.

BRAVO

Bravo is back in the Olympics picture. It last carried the Olympics for NBCUniversal in 2004 in Athens. The channel will be the home of Olympic Tennis at the fabled grounds of Wimbledon and NBC gets to return to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club after being kicked out last year. Altogether, Bravo will carry 56 hours of tennis live mostly from early morning to mid-afternoon from July 28 through August 3.

Pat O’Brien will be the venue host. Tennis Channel’s Brett Haber and Andrew Catalon will call the bulk of the play-by-play. They’ll be joined by analysts Justin Gimbelstob and Rennae Stubs both of Tennis Channel. Sports Illustrated’s Jon Wertheim will be the on-site reporter.

CNBC

As it was for 2008 Olympics in Communist China, CNBC will be the home of Olympic boxing. With the debut of women’s boxing in London, CNBC will be quite busy carrying 73 hours of boxing from July 28 through August 12. A bulk of the coverage will be delayed and shown from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. ET on weekdays. Six hours of live boxing will be aired on weekends.

Fred Roggin will host from NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Center studios in New York. Calling the boxing will be Bob Papa and Teddy Atlas. This will be the third consecutive Olympics for Papa and Atlas at the boxing venue known as the ExCel. Papa has also called Olympic boxing for NBC in Barcelona in 1992 and in Atlanta in 1996 as well as in Athens in 2004 and Communist China four years ago. Russ Thaler will be the reporter.

MSNBC

The network will put aside its daytime programming and air a plethora of Olympic sports, 20 overall including archery, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, handball, indoor volkeyball, soccer, table tennis, water polo, weightlifting and six other sports.

MSNBC will lean forward with 155½ hours of coverage starting with women’s soccer between the host country, Great Britain and New Zealand on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. ET.

On weekdays, MSNBC will air Olympic coverage between 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. ET with expanded coverage on weekends. The coverage runs from July 25 through August 12 with no Olympic programming on Friday due to the Opening Ceremony.

Kelly Tilghman of Golf Channel and Rob Simmelkjaer will host MSNBC’s coverage from the NBC Saturday Night Live studios in New York.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

Now under the NBCUniversal umbrella, the network formerly known as Versus and Outdoor Life Network before that, takes USA Network’s place on the Olympic broadcasting roster. NBC Sports Network will get the bulk of the programming on the cable side, airing a total of 292½ hours.

NBC Sports Network will carry a similar menu of sports as MSNBC, carrying 22 Olympic sports and it will also be the home of USA basketball, women’s soccer and field hockey.

NBCSN’s day will be busy, starting at 4 a.m. ET and running until 8 p.m. making way for NBC’s primetime coverage.

Your hosts will be Michelle Beadle, Liam McHugh and Willie Geist. All three will be based in the International Broadcast Center in London.

NBC Sports Network kicks off its Olympics coverage with the US Women’s National Soccer Team taking on France at 11:30 a.m. ET this Wednesday. It will air the Games continuously until August 12.

TELEMUNDO

NBCUniversal’s Spanish language network will air over 170 hours of the Olympics. Its coverage will most focus on boxing, basketball, soccer and swimming. It will air the Opening Ceremony and will be the only NBCU network that will air a full 20 days of Olympics programming between July 25 through August 12.

NBC

Bolstered by a broadcast network record of 272½ hours, the National Broadcasting Company will focus on the glamor sports of the Olympics, beach volleyball, diving, gymnastics, swimming and track & field.

Due to the five hour difference between the Eastern time zone and London, all of primetime will be delayed. However, action in daytime will be live at least for the Eastern half of the country. Once again, the Mountain and Pacific regions will be forced to wait for three hours to see Olympic action in the morning.

NBC’s coverage will begin with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, July 27, delayed in all time zones, airing at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT. Unlike the sports action, you won’t be able to find the Opening Ceremony online as NBC is going back to its old tape delay shenanigans for that part of the Olympics even though CTV in Canada will be airing it live at 4 p.m. ET. But I digress.

NBC’s coverage will begin at 10 a.m. ET/PT weekdays and as early as 5 a.m. ET/PT on weekends lasting until 5 p.m. on weekdays and 6 p.m. on weekends. Primetime begins at 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 7 p.m. on Sundays. Late night coverage will last from 12:35 a.m. until 1:35 a.m.

Your hosts on NBC will be Al Michaels and Dan Patrick on daytime, Bob Costas, of course, in primetime, and in late night, it will be Mary Carillo.

ONLINE

This is where Olympic fans finally get their chance to see everything. NBC says 3,500 hours of Olympic programming will be made available either on NBCOlympics.com or through the NBC Olympics Live Extra app for mobiles and tablets. Not only will the TV coverage of CNBC, Bravo, MSNBC and NBC Sports Network will be streamed, but also every event including the glamor sports that NBC used to hold for primetime.

The individual sports that will be streamed will not have the NBC announcers and the NBC production. In all cases, the world feed will be used and there could be occasions where the event will not have announcers.

The catch here is that you will have to authenticate meaning that you will have to sign in through your cable provider, but unlike the process for March Madness, it’s rather easy.

NBC hopes that providing everything online, it will not cannibalize its TV product and actually encourage people to watch later in primetime. We shall see how this Brave New World in Olympics broadcasting takes shape.

NBC is also providing separate channels for basketball and soccer. Check with local cable provider for channel number assignments. And for the 63 people across the country who care, NBC is also providing 3-D coverage.

So this is how the Olympics will be handled this year. Let the Games Begin.

Let’s Break Out Some Monday Linkage

Here’s the Monday linkage wrapped in a nice bow for you.

From Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand and Michael Smith, they report that ESPN will pay an average of $80 million per year to air the Rose Bowl. That more than doubles the current contract which pays $30 million.

Liz Mullen of SBJ says a noted movie studio is forming a sports talent agency further melding Hollywood and athletics.

Also from Sports Business Journal, Chris Botta notes that Brooklyn is ready and waiting if the New York Islanders can’t find a new home on Long Island

Michael Hiestand of USA Today says Bill Walton returns to national TV through ESPN as he’ll become the network’s analyst for Pac-12 basketball games.

Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News writes that the early sign up numbers for NBC’s Olympic apps are encouraging.

Mike says NBCUniversal is looking to make the 2012 London Games a truly digital experience.

Ed Sherman of The Sherman Report talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about turning 60.

Talkers Magazine, the so-called Bible of Talk Radio, lists its 2012 Heavy 100 of Sports Talk. I agree with Mike Francesa and Dan Patrick in the Top 3, the rest I have issues with including a few in the New England area, plus why is Joe Morgan on the list? And there are only two women.

Lisa O’Carroll of the London (UK) Guardian says Britain’s oldest and largest black newspaper has been denied credentials to the Olympics Stadium for the track & field events.

George Winslow from Broadcasting & Cable notes that it’s expected that social media will be heavily used for the Olympics.

Matt Rudnitsky of SportsGrid notes that ESPN’s Captain Blowhard and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban are engaging in the next Great Twitter feud.

Brian Clapp at Sports TV Jobs wonders how NFL Network’s new morning show can sustain fresh content over a four hour period every day.

Kirk Minihane of WEEI.com tackles the question over whether the Boston Red Sox should fire advisor Bill James over his comments on ESPN Radio about Joe Paterno and the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

If it’s Monday, then it must mean that the New York Post’s Phil Mushnick is in a bad mood about something.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union writes that Syracuse has negotiated an early exit to the ACC from the Big East Conference.

Ken Schott from the Schenectady Gazette notes that ESPN is starting its weekday coverage of the Open Championship earlier than previously announced.

DCRTV’s Dave Hughes writing in Press Box talks about the friendship that has developed between MASN’s Washington Nationals studio team of the great Johnny Holliday and Ray Knight.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog noticed that Democratic gargoyle strategist James Carville wore a Nats t-shirt on MSNBC over the weekend.

Tom Jones of the Tampa Bay Times has a look back at the weekend in sports television.

Mike Herndon of the Mobile (AL) Press-Register writes about the SEC releasing its early-season football TV schedule.

David Barron of the Houston Chronicle looks back at the ten years since the failed US Olympic bids for the 2012 Games.

David imagines what if Houston had been awarded the 2012 Olympics.

Dusty Saunders from the Denver Post says the Penn State scandal has been the talk of the town.

Matthew T. Hall at the San Diego Union-Tribune wants to organize a fan protest on the lack of movement on getting Padres games on local TV.

Tom Hoffarth from the Los Angeles Daily News has your weekly sports calendar.

Sports Media Watch looks at Bill Walton making his return to ESPN.

Steve Lepore at Puck The Media suggests how the NHL Network can stop the inexorable amount of game reruns during the summer.

Cork Gaines from the Business Insider’s Sports Page says MLB Advanced Media gave a hollow apology for a system-wide outage preventing fans from watching MLB.TV online Friday.

Emmett Jones at Sports Business Digest says truTV has given the go to a Shaquille O’Neal-fronted viral video show.

This is where we’ll end the links for today.

NBC Universal’s Olympic Programming From July 25 Through August 7

We have this piece of information from NBC. When we get the full schedule, it’ll be posted, but this is from an NBC press release listing its sports events through August 7 and included in the release is the Olympic schedule through that day.

So let’s post what we have so you can plan your Olympic viewing on the networks of NBCUniversal.

NBCUNIVERSAL 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES LISTINGS

• These listings, which are subject to change, offer daily highlights of the 24-Hour 2012 London Olympic programming on NBC, NBC Sports Network, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC & Telemundo. During the Olympic Games, please consult NBCOlympics.com for the most complete daily listings.
• For NBC primetime, late night and weekend daytime, all times listed are ET/PT. For NBC Sports Network, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Olympic Basketball and Soccer Channels, Telemundo and 3D, all times listed are ET.
• The cable channels, NBC Sports Network, Bravo, MSNBC and CNBC, are live across. 3D programming is next-day coverage.
• NBC Olympic Basketball and Soccer Channels are available on most major cable, satellite and telephone companies and distributors.
• More specific information and more precise versions of these listings will become available as any new information or changes arise after Olympic Trials.
• During the Olympic Games, NBCOlympics.com will have the most up-to-date listings and information.
• NBCOlympics.com will live stream every event and sport for the first time ever. In all, the site will live stream more than 3,500 total programming hours, including simulcast of the cable channels and the awarding of all 302 gold medals. Please go to NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra for more details.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 (Day -2)

MSNBC

10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

2:30 – 6 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE)

6 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Re-air

12:30 a.m. – 7 a.m.
Re-air

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Noon – Midnight
Women’s Soccer –
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Columbia vs. North Korea (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. New Zealand
Japan vs. Canada
Cameroon vs. Brazil
Sweden vs. South Africa
U.S. vs. France (re-air)

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 10 a.m. (ET/PT)
Olympic Preview

THURSDAY, JULY 26 (Day -1)

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

6 p.m. – 5 a.m.
Re-air

MSNBC

9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Honduras vs. Morocco (LIVE)
Mexico vs. South Korea (LIVE)
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Senegal (LIVE)
Spain vs. Japan
Gabon vs. Switzerland
Egypt vs. Brazil
Belarus vs. New Zealand

TELEMUNDO

6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Mexico vs. South Korea
Honduras vs. Morocco
Brazil vs. Egypt
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay

Midnight – 1 a.m. (ET/PT)
Soccer Highlights Show

FRIDAY, JULY 27 (Day 0)

NBC

7:30 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Opening Ceremony

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Soccer Re-air

SATURDAY, JULY 28 (Day 1)

NBC

5 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Women’s Basketball – U.S. Game (LIVE)
Rowing – Qualifying Heats

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s and Women’s 400M Individual Medley
• Men’s 400M Freestyle
• Women’s 4 x 100M Freestyle Relay

Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Beach Volleyball – U.S. Qualifying Round

12:30 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Weightlifting – Gold Medal Final
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. Columbia (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Equestrian – Eventing Dressage
Women’s Fencing – Individual Foil Gold Medal Final
Shooting – Men and Women’s 10M Air Rifle Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final
Women’s Handball – Qualifying Round

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Handball – Qualifying Round
Badminton – Qualifying Round
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round

CNBC

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Australia vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Japan vs. Sweden (LIVE)
New Zealand vs. Brazil (LIVE)
U.S. vs. Columbia (LIVE)
France vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Canada vs. South Africa
Great Britain vs. Cameroon

TELEMUNDO

8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (ET/PT)
Opening Ceremony
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition

3D

5 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Opening Ceremony

SUNDAY, JULY 29 (Day 2)

NBC

7 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Women’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Montenegro (LIVE)
Rowing – Qualifying Heats

7 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming Gold Medal Finals –

• Women’s 100M Butterfly
• Women’s 400M Freestyle
• Men’s 100M Breaststroke
• Men’s 4 x 100M Freestyle Relay

Women’s Diving – Springboard Synchronized Gold Medal Final

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball –

• U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
• Spain vs. China (LIVE)

Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Germany (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Handball – Qualifying Round
Equestrian – Eventing Dressage
Women’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final
Women’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Belarus
Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates
Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round
Badminton – Qualifying Round

CNBC

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Brazil vs. Australia (LIVE)
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Spain vs. China (LIVE)
U.S. vs. France (re-air)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Egypt vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Belarus (LIVE)
Senegal vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates (LIVE)
Mexico vs. Gabon
Japan vs. Morocco
South Korea vs. Switzerland
Spain vs. Honduras

TELEMUNDO

7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round

• Mexico vs. Gabon
• Spain vs. Honduras
• Senegal vs. Uruguay

Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Early Rounds

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

3D

4 a.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

MONDAY, JULY 30 (Day 3)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Hungary (LIVE)
Rowing – Qualifying Heats
Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 200M Freestyle
• Men’s 100M Backstroke
• Women’s 100M Backstroke
• Women’s 100M Breaststroke

Men’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Men’s Diving – Platform Synchronized Gold Medal Final

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Semifinals
Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Angola (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Equestrian – Eventing Cross Country (LIVE)
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Men’s Shooting – 10M Air Rifle Gold Medal Final

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round
Badminton – Qualifying Round
Men’s Field Hockey – Qualifying Round
Women’s Handball – Qualifying Round

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Angola vs. U.S. (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Best of Soccer Qualifying Round

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Early Rounds
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Men’s Diving – Platform Synchronized Gold Medal Final

3D

5 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Springboard Synchronized Gold Medal Final

TUESDAY, JULY 31 (Day 4)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Germany (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Romania (LIVE)
Men’s Canoeing – Whitewater, C-1 Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Rowing – Semifinals

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 200M Butterfly
• Men’s 4 x 200M Freestyle Relay
• Women’s 200M Freestyle
• Women’s 200M Individual Medley

Women’s Diving – Platform Synchronized Gold Medal Final

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Semifinals
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. North Korea (LIVE)
Men’s Basketball –

• U.S. vs. Tunisia (LIVE)
• France vs. Argentina (LIVE)

Equestrian –

• Eventing, Team Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
• Individual Jumping Final (LIVE)

Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)
Men’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – (LIVE)
Singles Early Rounds
Doubles Quarterfinals

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Table Tennis – Semifinal
Men’s Handball – Qualifying Round
Badminton – Qualifying Round

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Australia vs. Spain (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)
France vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Tunisia vs. U.S. (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

9:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE)
U.S. vs. North Korea (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Japan vs. South Africa
France vs. Columbia
New Zealand vs. Cameroon

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Tennis – Qualifying Rounds

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Platform Synchronized Gold Medal Final

3D

5 a.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final
Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 (DAY 5)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE)
Cycling – Individual Time Trial
Rowing – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Canoeing – Whitewater, K-1 Gold Medal Final

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 200M Breaststroke
• Men’s 100M Freestyle
• Women’s 200M Butterfly
• Women’s 4 x 200M Freestyle Relay

Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Diving – Springboard Synchronized Gold Medal Final

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Semifinals
Women’s Table Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. Game (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Field Hockey – Qualifying Round
Women’s Shooting – 25M Pistol Gold Medal Final

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying (LIVE)
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)
Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Sabre – Gold Medal Final
Men’s Table Tennis – Singles Quarterfinals
Women’s Handball – Qualifying Round
Badminton – Qualifying Round

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Australia vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Russia (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Spain vs. Morocco (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Egypt vs. Belarus
Mexico vs. Switzerland
Japan vs. Honduras
South Korea vs. Gabon
Senegal vs. United Arab Emirates

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round

• Mexico vs. Switzerland
• Brazil vs. New Zealand
• Great Britain vs. Uruguay

Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Tennis – Early Rounds
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Men’s Diving – Springboard Synchronized Gold Medal Final

3D

7 a.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Platform Synchronized Gold Medal Final
Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Final

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 (Day 6)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Great Britain (LIVE)
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
Rowing – Gold Medal Finals
Canoeing – Whitewater, Men’s C-2 Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Women’s 200M Breaststroke
• Women’s 100M Freestyle
• Men’s 200M Backstroke
• Men’s 200M Individual Medley

Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Women’s Rowing – Eights Gold Medal Final

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Canoeing – Whitewater, K-1 Gold Medal Final
Men’s Table Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – U.S. Game (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Australia (LIVE)
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)
Men’s Table Tennis – Singles Semifinal
Men’s Shooting – Double Trap Gold Medal Final
Women’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – (LIVE)
Singles Quarterfinals
Doubles Semifinals

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Water Polo – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Field Hockey – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Handball – Qualifying Round
Badminton – Semifinals
Women’s Judo – Gold Medal Final
Equestrian – Dressage Qualifying

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Australia vs. China (LIVE)
Argentina vs. Tunisia (LIVE)
Spain vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Best of Soccer Qualifying Round

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis –

• Singles Quarterfinals
• Doubles Semifinals

Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

3D

5 a.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Springboard Synchronized Gold Medal Final
Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Final

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 (Day 7)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Track and Field –
Women’s 10,000M Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Track and Field — Qualifying Rounds
Beach Volleyball – Elimination Round (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
Men’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Rowing – Gold Medal Final

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 100M Butterfly
• Men’s 50M Freestyle
• Women’s 200M Backstroke
• Women’s 800M Freestyle

Track and Field – Men’s Shot Put Gold Medal Final
Women’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Badminton – Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. Qualifying Game (LIVE)
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Elimination Round (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Men’s Archery – Individual Gold Medal Final
Men’s Shooting – 50M Prone Rifle Gold Medal Final

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Singles Semifinals (LIVE)

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Qualifying (LIVE)
Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Handball – Qualifying Round
Equestrian – Dressage Qualifying
Badminton –

• Men’s and Women’s Singles Semifinals
• Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal

Table Tennis – Team Competition

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Russia vs. Australia (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Quarterfinals

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Singles Semifinals
Beach Volleyball – Elimination Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying

3D

5 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Final

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 (Day 8)

NBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field –
Men’s 10,000M Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Track and Field — Qualifying Rounds
Women’s Tennis – Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Elimination Round (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Russia (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE)
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final
Rowing – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s and Women’s 4 x 100M Medley Relay
• Women’s 50M Freestyle
• Men’s 1500M Free

Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

• Women’s 100M
• Women’s Heptathlon
• Men’s Long Jump

Beach Volleyball – Elimination Round
Women’s Diving – Springboard Semifinals

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Final
Women’s Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – U.S. Qualifying Game (LIVE)
Women’s Triathlon (LIVE)
Men’s Tennis – Doubles Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Elimination Round (LIVE)
Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Equestrian – Jumping Qualifying Round
Cycling – Track Events
Men’s Weightlifting – Gold Medal Final

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – Qualifying Round
Women’s Badminton –

• Doubles Gold Medal Final
• Singles Bronze Medal

Men’s Track and Field – 20K Walk

CNBC

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Tunisia vs. France (LIVE)
China vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Australia (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinals

TELEMUNDO

7 a.m. – 6 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Quarterfinals
Beach Volleyball – Elimination Round
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Springboard Semifinals

3D

5 a.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 (Day 9)

NBC

6 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Marathon (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Men’s Tennis – Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Turkey (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – Quarterfinal (LIVE)
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final
Equestrian – Team Jumping Gold Medal Final, Round 1

7 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s Floor Exercise
• Men’s Pommel Horse
• Women’s Vault

Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 100M
• Women’s 400M
• Women’s Triple Jump

Women’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final
Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Tennis – Mixed and Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Women’s Weightlifting – Super Heavyweight Gold Medal Final
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Cycling – Track Events (LIVE)
Men’s Field Hockey – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Badminton –

• Singles and Doubles Bronze Medal
• Doubles Gold Medal Final

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Water Polo – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Wrestling – Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying Round
Men’s Field Hockey – Qualifying Round
Men’s Table Tennis – Team Quarterfinals
Women’s Handball – Qualifying Round

CNBC

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
The Quarterfinals Encore

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Marathon
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals
Men’s Tennis – Gold Medal Final
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final

3D

4 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Springboard Semifinal
Women’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final

MONDAY, AUGUST 6 (Day 10)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Tunisia (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Hungary (LIVE)
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Equestrian – Team Jumping Gold Medal Final
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying Round
Canoeing – Sprint Qualifying Heats

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s Still Rings
• Men’s Vault
• Women’s Uneven Bars

Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s 400M
• Men’s 400M Hurdles
• Women’s Pole Vault

Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinal
Men’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying

12:35 p.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Cycling – Track Events

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Women’s Soccer – Semifinals (LIVE)
Women’s Boxing – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. South Africa (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Weightlifting – Gold Medal Final
Men’s Shooting – 50M Three Positions Gold Medal Final
Men’s Shooting — Trap Gold Medal Final

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Men’s Basketball – Spain vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Wrestling – Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals
Table Tennis – Team Semifinals

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Great Britain vs. China (LIVE)
Spain vs. Brazil (LIVE)
Argentina vs. U.S. (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Noon – Midnight
Women’s Soccer – Semifinals

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying Round
Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying
Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals

3D

5 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Final
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying Round

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 (Day 11)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Beach Volleyball – Semifinals (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Quarterfinal (LIVE)
Men’s Diving – Springboard Semifinals
Women’s Water Polo – Semifinals (LIVE)
Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Canoeing – Sprint Qualifying Heats

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals

• Men’s Parallel Bars
• Men’s High Bar
• Women’s Balance Beam
• Women’s Floor Exercise

Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals

• Women’s 100M Hurdles
• Men’s 1500M
• Beach Volleyball – Semifinal
• Men’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Weightlifting – Super Heavyweight Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Semifinals (LIVE)
Men’s Triathlon (LIVE)
Cycling – Track Events (LIVE)
Equestrian – Team Dressage Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Gold Medal Final
Men’s Field Hockey – Qualifying Round

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Beach Volleyball – Semifinals (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Women’s Water Polo – Semifinals (LIVE)
Wrestling – Gold Medal Final
Women’s Table Tennis – Team Gold Medal Final

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Quarterfinals

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Noon – Midnight
Men’s Soccer – Semifinals

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Semifinals
Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals
Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds
Men’s Diving – Springboard Semifinals
Women’s Volleyball – Quarterfinals
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Gold Medal Final
Beach Volleyball – Semifinals

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final

3D

5 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Diving – Springboard Qualifying Round
Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying Round

When we get the complete schedule, it’ll be posted here.

NBCUniversal’s Olympic Programming Schedule From July 25 Through July 29

What I received from NBC Sports was part of its programming schedule press release for the month of July. I’ve culled the Olympic TV schedule for NBCUniversal and you’ll notice that for the cable networks, Bravo, CNBC, NBC Sports Network among others, everything will be live. On NBC, there will be tape delayed coverage in primetime. And even for the weekend daytime coverage, it’ll be live on the East Coast, but delayed out West.

I wish NBC wouldn’t pull this tape delayed crap for viewers on the West Coast, but they’ll argue that ratings out West for the Olympics will be higher on the West Coast than in the East. It still should be live all over no matter what time it starts.

Here’s the schedule.

NBCUNIVERSAL 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES LISTINGS

• These listings, which are subject to change, offer daily highlights of the 24-Hour 2012 London Olympic programming on NBC, NBC Sports Network, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC & Telemundo. During the Olympic Games, please consult NBCOlympics.com for the most complete daily listings.
• For NBC primetime, late night and weekend daytime, all times listed are ET/PT. For NBC Sports Network, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Olympic Basketball and Soccer Channels, Telemundo and 3D, all times listed are ET.
• The cable channels, NBC Sports Network, Bravo, MSNBC and CNBC, are live across. 3D programming is next-day coverage.
• NBC Olympic Basketball and Soccer Channels are available on most major cable, satellite and telephone companies and distributors.
• More specific information and more precise versions of these listings will become available as any new information or changes arise after Olympic Trials.
• During the Olympic Games, NBCOlympics.com will have the most up-to-date listings and information.
• NBCOlympics.com will live stream every event and sport for the first time ever. In all, the site will live stream more than 3,500 total programming hours, including simulcast of the cable channels and the awarding of all 302 gold medals. Please go to NBCOlympics.com/LiveExtra for more details.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 (Day -2)

MSNBC

10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

2:30 – 6 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE)

6 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Re-air

12:30 a.m. – 7 a.m.
Re-air

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

Noon – Midnight
Women’s Soccer –
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Columbia vs. North Korea (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. New Zealand
Japan vs. Canada
Cameroon vs. Brazil
Sweden vs. South Africa
U.S. vs. France (re-air)

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 10 a.m. (ET/PT)
Olympic Preview

THURSDAY, JULY 26 (Day -1)

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

6 p.m. – 5 a.m.
Re-air

MSNBC

9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Honduras vs. Morocco (LIVE)
Mexico vs. South Korea (LIVE)
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. Senegal (LIVE)
Spain vs. Japan
Gabon vs. Switzerland
Egypt vs. Brazil
Belarus vs. New Zealand

TELEMUNDO

6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Mexico vs. South Korea
Honduras vs. Morocco
Brazil vs. Egypt
United Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay

Midnight – 1 a.m. (ET/PT)
Soccer Highlights Show

FRIDAY, JULY 27 (Day 0)

NBC

7:30 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Opening Ceremony

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Soccer Re-air

SATURDAY, JULY 28 (Day 1)

NBC

5 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Women’s Basketball – U.S. Game (LIVE)
Rowing – Qualifying Heats

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s and Women’s 400M Individual Medley
Men’s 400M Freestyle
Women’s 4 x 100M Freestyle Relay
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Beach Volleyball – U.S. Qualifying Round

12:30 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Weightlifting – Gold Medal Final
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. Columbia (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Equestrian – Eventing Dressage
Women’s Fencing – Individual Foil Gold Medal Final
Shooting – Men and Women’s 10M Air Rifle Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final
Women’s Handball – Qualifying Round

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Women’s Handball – Qualifying Round
Badminton – Qualifying Round
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round

CNBC

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Australia vs. Great Britain (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Japan vs. Sweden (LIVE)
New Zealand vs. Brazil (LIVE)
U.S. vs. Columbia (LIVE)
France vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Canada vs. South Africa
Great Britain vs. Cameroon

TELEMUNDO

8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (ET/PT)
Opening Ceremony
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition

3D

5 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Opening Ceremony

SUNDAY, JULY 29 (Day 2)

NBC

7 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Women’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Montenegro (LIVE)
Rowing – Qualifying Heats

7 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming Gold Medal Finals –
Women’s 100M Butterfly
Women’s 400M Freestyle
Men’s 100M Breaststroke
Men’s 4 x 100M Freestyle Relay
Women’s Diving – Springboard Synchronized Gold Medal Final

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)
Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball –
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Spain vs. China (LIVE)
Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Germany (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Men’s Handball – Qualifying Round
Equestrian – Eventing Dressage
Women’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final
Women’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

MSNBC

7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Belarus
Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates
Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals
Table Tennis – Qualifying Round
Badminton – Qualifying Round

CNBC

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Brazil vs. Australia (LIVE)
U.S. vs. France (LIVE)
Spain vs. China (LIVE)
U.S. vs. France (re-air)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Egypt vs. New Zealand (LIVE)
Brazil vs. Belarus (LIVE)
Senegal vs. Uruguay (LIVE)
Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates (LIVE)
Mexico vs. Gabon
Japan vs. Morocco
South Korea vs. Switzerland
Spain vs. Honduras

TELEMUNDO

7 a.m. – 7 p.m. (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round
Mexico vs. Gabon
Spain vs. Honduras
Senegal vs. Uruguay
Swimming – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round
Boxing – Elimination Bouts
Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round
Tennis – Early Rounds

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

3D

4 a.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

When we get more listings, they’ll be posted on the site.

Doing Some Monday Linkage

Let’s bring out some Monday links today.

Starting with Michael Hiestand of USA Today, he talks with Fox’s Erin Andrews (weird to write that) about her decision to leave ESPN.

A.J. Perez of Fox Sports has Erin’s reaction to joining the network.

Jane Kellogg and Alex Ben Block of the Hollywood Reporter write about Erin Andrews leaving ESPN for Fox.

As for replacing Erin at ESPN, Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead seems to be in Samantha Steele’s corner.

Back to Hiestand at USA Today, he notes that the U.S. Olympic Trials scored for NBC this past weekend.

Michael says the CBS Sports golf crew did as best as they could in a difficult situation when heavy storms ravaged the Washington, DC area and affected the AT&T National PGA Tour stop.

John Ourand at Sports Business Daily talks with NBCUniversal’s CEO on how important the Olympics are important to the company.

Ryan Wilson at CBS Sports notes that the NFL has changed its blackout policy, reducing the requirements for local teams to ensure games will be seen in local markets.

Also at CBS Sports, Dennis Dodd writes that the Big 12′s TV contract has still yet to gain approval from the league’s presidents.

To Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report and he remembers the passing of Jack Buck ten years later.

Ed also looks at Erin Andrews leaving ESPN for Fox.

Scott Roxborough of the Hollywood Reporter notes that the EURO 2012 Final racked up the ratings in Europe.

Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News writes that Comcast SportsNet Chicago has entered the game show arena.

Anthony Crupi of Adweek says the broadcast networks are looking to sports and reality to attract viewers during the dead summer season.

Bill Cromwell of Media Life notes NBC’s plans for the London Olympics later this month.

Wayne Friedman of MediaPost writes that NBC is mostly sold for the Tour de France.

Kevin Iole at Yahoo’s Boxing Experts Blog writes about NBC Sports expanding its boxing portfolio.

Evan Weiner of Examiner.com says no matter how you look at it, the NFL is a monopoly.

Jason Dachman from Sports Video Group notes the amount of cameras ESPN is using at the X Games.

Phil Mushnick of the New York Post goes after college athletics once again.

Ken Schott at the Schenectady Gazette says a local minor league hockey announcer is moving on.

Ken McMillan from the Middletown (NY) Times-Herald Record talks with some area sports radio personalities about WFAN’s 25th anniversary.

The Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune notes that an announcer with local ties will be part of NBC’s Olympic broadcast team.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog notes that Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic’s Chick Hernandez was hit by a Tiger Woods drive this weekend.

Tom Jones of the Tampa Bay Times still yearns for the faulty BCS.

Gary Brown of the Canton (OH) Repository notes that a Golf Channel crew was in town to do a story on a local golf pro.

At the Denver Post, Dusty Saunders says the U.S. Olympic Trials serve as an appetizer for the main course later this month.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has the sports calendar for this week.

In the Toronto Globe and Mail, Bruce Dowbiggin pays tribute to a colleague who’s retiring this month.

Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing looks at the free agent frenzy among the TV networks over the last year.

Timothy Burke at Deadspin has the video of gymnast Nastia Liukin doing a horrific faceplant off the uneven bars during last night’s US Gymnastic Olympic Trials.

Paul M. Banks at the Sports Bank says a popular Comcast SportsNet Chicago reporter picked up a lot of Twitter love when she joined the service a few days ago.

MediaRantz notes that WFAN’s Boomer and Carton could be nationally syndicated on CBS Sports Radio in January.

Joe Favorito talks about the growth of American soccer.

And those are all of the links I could squeeze out today.

Providing Your Thursday Linkage

Looks like I’m going to be busy today so I’m going to do the linkage a bit early for me at least.

David Bauder of the Associated Press writes that even though he’s no longer NBC Sports Emperor, Dick Ebersol’s presence will still be felt at the London Olympics.

Michael Hiestand at USA Today says NBC will utilize Late Night’s Jimmy Fallon and Shaun White as guest commentators during the Olympics.

Reid Cherner of USA Today writes that ESPN the Magazine has released the roster for its annual “Body” issue.

Alex Sherman of Bloomberg says NBC Sports Network is the key to Comcast turning a profit when NBC’s new Olympic deal begins in 2014.

Marisa Guthrie of the Hollywood Reporter says NBC is hoping the Olympics will give its struggling Today show a ratings boost.

Scott Roxborough in the Reporter writes that the EURO 2012 semifinal between Spain and Portugal set a ratings record in Europe.

Neil Reynolds of Sky Sports in the UK has New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft lobbying for an NFL franchise in London and increasing the amount of regular season games in the UK from one to two.

George Winslow of Broadcasting & Cable reports NBC expects to lose money on the London Olympics.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says NBCUniversal is pushing people to authenticate in order to watch the Olympics online.

Anthony Crupi at Adweek looks at NBC’s nearly $1 billion take from Olympic ad sales.

Rocco Pendola of The Street wonders if NBC can make a run at ESPN.

Ed Sherman at the Sherman Report notes how polarizing Chris Berman can be.

Eric Goldschein of SportsGrid doesn’t quite understand the vitriol thrown Berman’s way.

Natan Edelsburg at Lost Remote says NBC is making the London Olympics a truly social media experience. That will make Bob Costas so happy to read Twitter and Facebook promos.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says NBC’s going all in online at the Olympics.

Jack Bell at the Times looks at ESPN’s EURO 2012 ratings.

Jerry Barmash of Fishbowl NY notes that the NBA Finals beat Mets-Yankees in New York.

Jerry talks with the first voice ever to be heard on WFAN when it launched 25 years ago.

Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette says Buffalo Sabres TV voice Rick Jeanneret will do the entire team’s schedule.

Ken McMillan at the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says even with a new playoff system, there will still be debates in college football.

In the Washington Examiner, Jim Williams talks with ESPN’s Jay Bilas about tonight’s NBA Draft.

Ron Green, Jr. of the Charlotte Observer also talks with ESPN’s Jay Bilas about the Bobcats’ choices at the Draft.

David Barron in the Houston Chronicle reports that the Rockets have changed flagship radio stations.

W. Scott Bailey of the San Antonio Business Journal says local native Michelle Beadle has come a long way from covering Professional Bull Riding.

Ryan Sharp at The Oklahoman has proof that the Big 12 pursued Notre Dame to increase its TV value.

Mel Bracht of The Oklahoman reviews the weekend’s TV ratings.

Paul M. Banks in Chicago Sports Media Watch wonders what will happen to the BCS brand now that a college football playoff is firmly in place.

Jay Posner of the San Diego Union-Tribune says Fox Sports San Diego will air November’s Syracuse-San Diego State college basketball game on board the USS Midway.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News says the West Coast is getting screwed again with NBC’s coverage of the Olympic Trials.

Sports Media Watch has some ratings news and notes.

Steve Lepore at Puck The Media says the viewership for the NHL Draft and NHL Awards Show was down.

The Brothers Yoder at Awful Announcing have some random sports that ESPN should televise and I totally agree with the number one choice.

And that’s going to do it for the linkage today.

Some Very Quick Friday Morning Sports Media Thoughts

I’m going to down a few quick thoughts as I’m going to busy during the day so I don’t know if I’ll be able to post much. I’ll give you some thoughts to tie you in the interim.

• I was saddened to hear that USA Today laid off reporters in its sports section. Those cut included media and business writer Mike McCarthy who became a friend to your humble blogger, Tom Weir of the extraordinary Game Om! blog and Tom Pedulla who described his surreal experienceof losing his job to Ed Sherman of The Sherman Report.A piece of disclosure here. Fang’s Bites is part of the USA Today Media Group, but is an independently-owned blog. I was not aware of the layoffs until they were reported. I certainly hate to see anyone lose a job, especially in this economy. Here’s hoping Mike and Tom W. will find new positions soon.
• The move by the New Orleans Times-Picayune to reduce printing its newspaper to three days a week this fall stinks to high heaven. I know we’re in a digital age, but journalism is not about how many clicks you can attract. It’s about serving the community and acting as a check on local government. I hope the Times-Picayune can find a balance that keeps the organization alive.
• With NBC announcing the amount of hours it will provide on its various platforms for the London Olympics it’s a step in the right direction. With some 272½ hours on the main network, plus another 5,262½ hours on cable and online combined, we’ll see a plethora of Olympic coverage this summer. I hope NBCUniversal will step up. I’m still dreading seeing Ryan Seacrest while looking forward to seeing Michelle Beadle in London.
• I heard through a couple of sources that Friend of Fang’s Bites Jen Royle was approached by ESPN for an unspecified role. Not sure if it means TV or radio. She nor ESPN are officially talking. I’ll let you know if anything develops.
• And congratulations to Steve Lepore of Puck The Media. He’s moved his site to SB Nation where he’ll continue to provide his quality work.

And that will end the thoughts. Enjoy your Friday.

Let’s Get To Some Linkage

Before the day is through, let’s do some linkage for you.

Steve Berkowitz from USA Today looks at the Pac-12′s TV contract which is the richest in college sports (for now).

Speaking of USA Today, Ed Sherman of The Sherman Report says the newspaper is restructuring its sports department and about a dozen staffers have been laid off. That includes Friend of Fang’s Bites Mike McCarthy and Game On! blogger Tom Weir. Very sad to see this. I met Mike a few years ago when we covered an event at ESPN. Good reporter and writer. I hope to be linking to him again soon.

Ed also writes about ESPN holding onto the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.

ESPN Ombudsman Jason Fry of the Poynter Institute watches ESPN’s interviewing guru critique the questioning style of some of its reporters.

Marisa Guthrie at the Hollywood Reporter looks at NBCUniversal’s plans to offer some 5,500 hours of coverage on the Olympics.

John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable says Golf Channel will have live coverage of U.S. Open qualifying on June 4.

Tim Baysinger at B&C recaps last night’s Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily’s Sports Business Awards.

Rich Thomaselli from Advertising Age says the NHL’s social media and traditional ad campaigns have helped bring casual fans to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

After being disrespected by its own local media last week, the Los Angeles Kings made this infographic giving a brief history on its logo, names of players and number of times the team has been in the postseason. This season, the Kings have stepped its social media campaign and website to provide fans with a very humorous, but also informative experience. Keep it up, Kings. You guys rock!

Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times, writing in the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center, notes the difficultly for women to find a proper role in sports television.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell says Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton’s past is preventing collectors from lining up at his doorstep.

Congratulations to Steve Lepore of Puck The Media who has become SB Nation’s NHL Media writer. Steve is a hard worker who has created a very good niche for himself. And his first column for SB Nation is about the ratings for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final clincher.

Steve also writes about the controversy over NHL on NBC charlatan Pierre McGuire’s withholding of information over an incident between the benches during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final.

Jerry Barmash of Fishbowl NY says MSG Network will air two specials on the upcoming Belmont Stakes in which I’ll Have Another will go for horse racing’s Triple Crown.

Ken Schott from the Schenectady Gazette says in addition, MSG Plus will air some horse races this summer.

Pete Dougherty at the Albany Times Union writes that ESPN has expanded its 3-D coverage of Wimbledon.

Ken McMillan from the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record says Al Jazeera will be launching two soccer channels this summer.

Keith Groller at the Allentown (PA) Morning Call looks at ESPN on ABC’s plans for Sunday’s Indianapolis 500.

Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog says former ESPN’er Dave Feldman is leaving the local market to go home to his native Northern California.

Dan says former DC NFL Team running back and sports radio host John Riggins will be hosting an outdoors show next year.

Jim Williams from the Washington Examiner says a deadline is fast approaching in which the Nationals will find out how much MASN will be paying them for TV rights.

Mark Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times says the Rays are paying tribute to Fox Sports MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal by wearing bow ties.

Tom Jones of the Times says MLB Network analyst Mitch Williams ripped Tropicana Field.

David Barron from the Houston Chronicle looks at the proposed uses for the abandoned Astrodome.

John Kiesewetter in the Cincinnati Enquirer says Fox Sports is on the Reds’ bandwagon.

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes that MLB Walking, Talking Conflict of Interest Bud Selig is holding firm to his retirement date.

Paul M. Banks at Chicago Sports Media Watch says the Big Ten Network has helped to expand the league and in part, raise Northwestern’s profile.

Gordon Monson of the Salt Lake Tribune says even though the Utah Jazz bought the sports radio station where he works, he’ll remain an independent voice.

Chris Jenkins from the San Diego Union-Tribune says Fox Sports San Diego’s Mark Sweeney is a natural fit as Padres analyst.

Tim Sullivan of the Union-Tribune says he enjoys listening to the Padres on the radio.

The Los Angeles Daily News’ Tom Hoffarth can’t believe he’s seeing a farmers dating service ad on NBC Sports Network.

Laura Stone of the Toronto Star writes that a new feature by CBC for the NHL Stanley Cup Final has some hardcore female sports fans hopping mad.

Timothy Burke at Deadspin looks at the Twitter police for college sports programs.

Sports Media Watch notes the increased ratings for the series-clinching game of the NHL Stanley Cup Western Conference Final on NBC Sports Network.

Joe Favorito examines the right way and the wrong way to attract Twitter followers.

Dave Kohl at The Broadcast Booth marvels at the LA media for getting the Kings logo and players wrong during local newscasts.

And I’ll end the linkage there for now. Enjoy the rest of your day.

NBC To Offer 800 Million Hours of Olympic Coverage

Ok, maybe that’s being facetious, but NBCUniversal between its cable, over the air and online platforms will offer over 5,500 hours of coverage of the 2012 London Olympics, or known to the International Olympic Committee as the XXX Olympic Summer Games.

For NBC, it’s the seventh consecutive Summer Olympics dating back to 1988 in Seoul, Republic of Korea and the seventh consecutive Olympiad it will broadcast Winter or Summer since 2000 in Sydney. It seems to be forgotten that CBS aired all three Winter Olympiads in the 1990′s.

The 5,535 combined hours to be offered this year surpass the number from the Communist China Games of 2008 which totaled 3,600. Here’s a breakdown of what the platforms of NBCUniversal will offer.

• NBC will air a record 272½ hours including daytime coverage beginning at 10 a.m. ET on weekdays, as early as 5 a.m. on weekends. Expect to see the glamor events that traditionally do well on NBC like Gymnastics, Swimming & Diving, Track & Field (a.k.a. Athletics) and Beach Volleyball. Hosts will be Bob Costas (primetime), Mary Carillo (late night), Al Michaels (daytime) and Dan Patrick (weekend & daytime).
• Bravo will carry 56 hours of tennis from the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon. Pat “You are so f&*kin’ hot!” O’Brien hosts.
• CNBC will provide 73 hours of men’s and women’s boxing coverage from the preliminary fights to the medal round. Fred Roggin is the host.
• MSNBC will offer 155½ hours of coverage with Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman as the host.
• NBC Sports Network will get the bulk of the cable coverage airing a total of 292½ hours focusing on basketball, soccer and other U.S. team sports. Hosts have not been announced, but expect to see NHL on NBC’s Liam McHugh and Bill Patrick to be part of the coverage.
• NBCOlympics.com will stream every event including medal rounds totaling 3,500 hours. Events to be aired on NBC in primetime will be archived after they air on the network.
• Telemundo will provide 173 hours focusing on boxing, swimming and soccer.
• NBC will also provide specialty channels on basketball and soccer to cable and satellite providers. And there will also be coverage in 3-D.

Got that? There will be a test later. Here’s the 2,555-word press release that adds to my 367-word wraparound.

NBCUNIVERSAL TO PROVIDE UNPRECEDENTED COVERAGE OF 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS

Record 5,535 Hours across NBC, NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Telemundo, NBCOlympics.com, Two Specialty Channels & 3D
NBC to Broadcast 272.5 Hours, Most-Ever for an Olympic Broadcast Network

NEW YORK – May 23, 2012 – NBCUniversal will provide 5,535 hours of coverage for the 2012 London Olympics across NBC, NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Telemundo, NBCOlympics.com, two specialty channels, and the first-ever 3D platform, an unprecedented level that surpasses the coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by nearly 2,000 hours. It was also announced today that NBC will broadcast 272.5 hours of coverage, the most ever for an Olympic broadcast network, largely attributable to an increase in daytime coverage.

“We are only able to provide this level of coverage to U.S. viewers because of the unmatched array of NBCUniversal assets,” said Mark Lazarus, Chairman, NBC Sports Group. “Whether on television or online, on broadcast or cable, in English or in Spanish, NBCUniversal has the London Olympics covered, providing the American viewer with more choices than ever to watch the Games.”

Following are highlights of NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2012 London Olympics (some of the following information has been previously announced):

· NBCUniversal is presenting its 13^th Olympic Games and seventh consecutive, both the most by any U.S. media company. ABC is second with 10 and four (twice), respectively.

o London will be NBCUniversal’s seventh consecutive Summer Games, having presented each one since Seoul in 1988.

· The 5,535 hours of Olympic coverage are the most ever and surpass Beijing’s coverage (3,600 hours) by nearly 2,000 hours.

o The 5,535 hours more than double the total amount of coverage of every Summer Games combined prior to Beijing (2,562 hours from 1960 Rome on CBS to 2004 Athens on NBC).

o The 5,535 hours are the equivalent of 231 days of coverage.

o NBCUniversal will average 291 hours of coverage per day over London’s 19 days (including two days of soccer competition prior to the Opening Ceremony).

· The networks of NBCU will provide coverage of all 32 sports and all 302 medal competitions.

· NBC will broadcast 272.5 hours of London Olympic coverage over 17 days, the most extensive coverage ever provided by an Olympic broadcast network, and nearly 50 hours more than the 225 hours for Beijing in 2008.

o Daytime coverage has increased significantly for London. Coverage will begin on most weekdays at 10 a.m. ET/PT, immediately following NBC News’ TODAY, which is originating from London.

o On weekends, NBC’s daytime coverage will begin as early as 5 a.m. ET/PT.

· NBC Sports Network will serve as the home to U.S. team sports, with 292.5 hours of total coverage from 2012 London Olympics this summer, including 257.5 hours of original programming – an average of more than 14 hours per day – the most-ever for an Olympic cable network.

· MSNBC will carry 155.5 hours of a wide variety of long-form Olympic programming over 19 days.

· CNBC will serve as the home of Olympic boxing this summer, including the debut of women’s boxing. The channel will televise 73 hours of boxing coverage over 16 days — from elimination bouts to the men’s and women’s finals.

· Bravo will act as the home of Olympic tennis this summer, televising 56 hours of long-form tennis coverage from July 28-August 3.

· NBCOlympics.com will live stream every event and sport for the first time ever. In all, the site will live stream more than 3,500 total programming hours, including the awarding of all 302 medals.

o NBCOlympics.com will live stream NBCU cable channels NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, CNBC and Bravo, which will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

o Two apps – one focused on live streaming, one on short-form highlights, schedules, results, columns, and more – will be available for mobile and tablet users. The vast majority of content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

· NBCUniversal announced the most extensive Spanish-language Olympic coverage in the company’s history, offering more than 173 hours of the upcoming London 2012 Olympics on Telemundo, “The U.S. Home of the Olympic Games in Spanish.”

o The 173 hours of Spanish-language coverage by Telemundo nearly equals the total coverage broadcast by NBC for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (176.5).

· Specialty channels for basketball and soccer are available to cable, satellite and telco providers, and will total 770 hours of coverage.

· Panasonic Corporation of North America and the NBC Sports Group announced in January that they will partner to make the London 2012 Olympic Games available in 3D to all U.S. distributors who carry Olympic coverage on cable, satellite and telco — nearly 100 percent of the multichannel industry.

o The effort will produce 242 hours of coverage and mark the first time that the Olympic Games will be distributed in the U.S. in 3D.

NBC

NBC will broadcast 272.5 hours of London Olympic coverage over 17 days this summer, the most extensive coverage ever provided by an Olympic broadcast network, and nearly 50 hours more than the 225 hours for Beijing in 2008. Swimming — including Michael Phelps’ quest to become the most decorated Olympian ever — track and field, gymnastics, diving, and beach volleyball, among other sports, will serve as the centerpieces of NBC’s coverage, which begins with the Opening Ceremony at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on Friday, July 27.

Olympic coverage on NBC will again be divided into three day parts: daytime, primetime and late night. NBC’s primetime program, featuring the traditional, award-winning Olympic storytelling coverage that viewers have come to expect, will air 8-11:30 p.m. or Midnight ET/PT on most nights.

Daytime coverage has increased significantly for London. Coverage will begin on most weekdays at 10 a.m. ET/PT, immediately following TODAY, which is originating from London. On weekends, NBC’s daytime coverage will begin as early as 5 a.m. ET/PT. A one-hour late night show will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of the primetime program. Primetime will be replayed following the late-night show.

It was announced in April that Bob Costas, a 22-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, returns as the primetime host for NBC’s coverage. For Costas, London marks his 10^th Olympic broadcast assignment and his ninth as the primetime host (Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Salt Lake City, 2002, Athens 2004, Turin 2006, Communist China 2008, Vancouver 2010).

Al Michaels, who hosted daytime coverage at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, and Dan Patrick, making his Olympic hosting debut, will host NBC’s weekday and weekend daytime coverage, and Mary Carillo will once again host the NBC late night show.

Additionally, top TV broadcaster Ryan Seacrest, tennis legend John McEnroe, famed gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, and Carillo, broadcasting her 11^th Olympic Games, will serve as Olympic correspondents during primetime coverage on NBC.

The majority of the following information about NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, NBCOlympics.com and Telemundo, has been previously announced:

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

NBC Sports Network will serve as the home to U.S. team sports, with 292.5 hours of total coverage from 2012 London Olympics this summer, including 257.5 hours of original programming – an average of more than 14 hours per day – the most-ever for an Olympic cable network. Coverage will begin on Wednesday, July 25, at 11:30 a.m. ET, two days before the Opening Ceremony, when Team USA takes on France in women’s soccer, live from Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

NBC Sports Network coverage, originating from Olympic Park in London, will air up to 20 medal rounds and 22 Olympic sports, including Team USA basketball, women’s soccer and field hockey.

NBC Sports Network, distributed in nearly 80 million homes – an increase of three million homes in the last year – will also carry soccer qualifying on Thursday, July 26. There will be no coverage on July 27 as there are no events scheduled on the same day as the Opening Ceremony. Coverage will conclude on NBC Sports Network on Sunday, August 12, the final day of competition. On most days, coverage will air from 4 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET, which covers the live Olympic day in London.

MSNBC

MSNBC, NBCUniversal’s 24/7 cable news channel that is fully distributed in roughly 100 million homes, will carry 155.5 hours of a wide variety of long-form Olympic programming over 19 days. The channel will air up to 18 medal rounds and 20 Olympic sports, from badminton to basketball to soccer to wrestling.

NBCUniversal’s 2012 London Olympic coverage begins on MSNBC on Wednesday, July 25 – two days before the Opening Ceremony — when Great Britain faces New Zealand in women’s soccer, the first official competition of the Games, live from Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Coverage begins at 10:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. PT.

The channel will also carry soccer qualifying on Thursday, July 26, but there will be no coverage on July 27 as there are no events scheduled on the same day as the Opening Ceremony. Coverage will conclude on MSNBC on August 12, the final day of competition.

On most weekdays, coverage will air from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET. There will be longer programming windows on Saturdays and Sundays.

Longtime Golf Channel commentator Kelly Tilghman will serve as MSNBC’s Olympic host, with London being her first-ever Olympic assignment. MSNBC has aired Olympic coverage for every Summer Games since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

CNBC

CNBC — NBCUniversal’s fully distributed cable business channel — will serve as the home of Olympic boxing this summer, including the debut of women’s boxing. The channel will televise 73 hours of boxing coverage over 16 days — every day from July 28-August 12 — from elimination bouts to the men’s and women’s finals. Same-day coverage will air from 5-8 p.m. ET during the week, with six hours of live coverage airing each day on the weekends. This marks the fourth consecutive Summer Games that CNBC has featured Olympic boxing.

Fred Roggin, the longtime lead sports anchor at NBC’s owned-and-operated station in Los Angeles, KNBC, will reprise his Beijing role as Olympic boxing host. This will be his seventh Olympics working for NBC and fourth working on Olympic boxing in some capacity.

BRAVO

Bravo, NBCUniversal’s fully distributed lifestyle cable channel, will act as the home of Olympic tennis this summer. The channel will televise 56 hours of long-form tennis coverage over seven days, from July 28-August 3. Live coverage will air from early morning until mid-afternoon (ET) on most days.

Pat O’Brien, a veteran of five Olympic Games as a commentator, will serve as host. London will be O’Brien’s fourth Olympics for NBC and sixth overall. He last worked for NBCUniversal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the same year Bravo last carried Olympic competition.

NBCOLYMPICS.COM

NBCOlympics.com will live stream every event and sport for the first time ever. In all, the site will live stream more than 3,500 total programming hours, including the awarding of all 302 medals. By comparison, NBCOlympics.com live streamed 25 sports and 2,200 hours for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The site will also feature rewinds of all event coverage, a steady stream of athlete profiles, event highlights, a tour of London as the host city, and more.

NBCOlympics.com will live stream the Olympic content that airs on the four NBCU cable channels — NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, CNBC and Bravo. In addition, two apps – one focused on live streaming, one on short-form highlights, schedules, results, columns, and more – will be available for mobile and tablets users. The vast majority of content will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers.

In another first, NBCOlympics.com will provide multiple concurrent streams for select sports, such as gymnastics (each apparatus), track and field (each event), and tennis (up to five courts). For example, during a session of track and field, instead of viewing only a single feed that moves from event to event, a user can choose to watch a stream dedicated to a specific event, such as the long jump or javelin.

TELEMUNDO

NBCUniversal announced the most extensive Spanish-language Olympic coverage in the company’s history, offering more than 173 hours of the upcoming London 2012 Olympics on Telemundo, “The U.S. Home of the Olympic Games in Spanish.” Telemundo’s comprehensive coverage will feature marquee disciplines such as boxing, swimming, basketball and soccer, which will be a major broadcast highlight.

Telemundo will deliver a complete 360° Olympic experience across its multiple platforms including its broadcast network, www.NBCOLYMPICS.COM.com/TELEMUNDO and its cable network mun2, which will offer a daily half-hour special featuring behind-the-scenes from the Games. Also, for the first time in the network’s history, Telemundo will offer live streaming of broadcast coverage together with exclusive digital-only content of Olympic events, news, announcements and information via www.NBCOLYMPICS.COM/TELEMUNDO, totaling more than 200 hours of digital content.

Deportes Telemundo’s Olympic team, headed by internationally acclaimed sportscaster Andrés Cantor, will include Jessi Losada, Mónica Noguera, Sammy Sadovnik, Edgar Lopez, René Giraldo, Karim Mendiburu, Kaziro Aoyama, Oscar Guzmán, Leti Coo and Verónica Contreras, as well as several former Olympic champions.

Coverage will be live from both London and the network’s studios, bringing the stories of Hispanics participating in the Olympics and the main events both on the field and around the Games to the homes of millions of U.S. Hispanic viewers. With soccer being one of the biggest passion points for U.S. Hispanics, the Olympics’ soccer tournament will represent a major focus of Telemundo’s broadcast, as already-qualified Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Spain and Honduras vie for the gold.

Features and storytelling will be a centerpiece of Telemundo’s Olympic programming, detailing the journey of Hispanic athletes on their quest for Olympic glory. Some of the top Hispanic hopefuls include Mexican diver and 2009 world champion Paola Espinosa, Cuban American multi-medal threat gymnast Daniel Leyva, Mexican American female boxer Marlén Esparza and Argentine NBA basketball player Manu Ginobili.

SPECIALTY CHANNELS

Specialty channels for basketball and soccer are available to cable, satellite and telco providers, and will total 770 hours of coverage. More information about these channels will be released soon.

3D

Panasonic Corporation of North America and the NBC Sports Group announced in January that they will partner to make the London 2012 Olympic Games available in 3D to all U.S. distributors who carry Olympic coverage on cable, satellite and telco — nearly 100 percent of the multichannel industry. The effort will produce 242 hours of coverage and mark the first time that the Olympic Games will be distributed in the U.S. in 3D. Panasonic is NBC’s exclusive Flat-Panel HDTV and Blu-ray Disc Player advertiser for the London Olympic Games.

Last year, Panasonic Corporation, a long time Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category, announced it would partner with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) to make the London 2012 Olympic Games the first ever 3D Olympic Games.

The 3D broadcasts, which will be produced by OBS and shown on next-day delay, will span multiple competitions throughout the London 2012 Olympic Games, including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, gymnastics, diving and swimming. OBS will produce more than 200 hours of 3D coverage during the London 2012 Olympic Games by utilizing Panasonic’s state-of-art 3D production technologies including the AG-3DP1, a P2HD professional fully-integrated twin-lens Full HD 3D camera recorder. Cable, satellite, and telco providers who receive the Olympics package may distribute the 3D broadcast via the Comcast Media Center.

That is all.

Some Wednesday Night Linkage

I’ll do some more linkage for you this evening. You’re owed it. Why not?

Thomas O’Toole from USA Today reports that Laurie Fine, the wife of ex-Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, is suing ESPN for libel saying a report ruined her reputation.

Barry Petchesky of Deadspin goes inside the lawsuit and notes that Fine is accusing ESPN of circling the wagons against her.

John Koblin from Deadspin says Fang’s Bites fave Charissa Thompson will replace the outgoing Michelle Beadle on ESPN2′s SportsNation.

Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch speaks with ESPN’s Prince of Darkness John Skipper who fires some shots at NBC Sports Network.

Mike McCarthy of USA Today has NBC’s response to Skipper.

Tom Weir of USA Today says ESPN’s Adam Schefter threw a G*d D*mned reference at Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio and ESPN2. That’s a lot of ESPN references in one sentence.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today says Pat O’Brien is back on the Olympic stage.

Mike Ozanian from Forbes says while sports TV advertising spending is up, the return of investment is not necessarily that good.

Andy Fixmer and Edmund Lee of Bloomberg Businessweek report that the networks are putting more sports programming in primetime to avoid DVR timeshifting.

Jon Lafayette of Broadcasting & Cable looks at NBCUniversal announcing Olympic coverage plans for three cable networks.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News reports that NBC Sports Network will air a cable TV record amount of Olympic coverage this summer.

Mike notes that ESPN is hoping to double its subscriber numbers for its WatchESPN app.

Meanwhile, Josh Lowensohn of CNET says hold the WatchESPN to Apple TV talk.

Billy Steele of Engadget reviews the new ESPN Radio iPad app.

Dan Fogarty at SportsGrid notes that Fox Sports West had an interesting “Key to the Game”.

Jim Williams of the Bleacher Report talks with Fox Soccer analysts on this Saturday’s Champions League Final.

Clare Atkinson from the New York Post reports that the networks are jacking up ad rates for the NFL including CBS for Super Bowl XLVII.

Ken Schott from the Schenectady Gazette notes that NBC Sports Network will cover the Indy 500 Time Trials this weekend.

Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union looks at the amount of Olympic coverage on three NBCUniversal cable networks.

Pete says NBC Sports golf reporter Dottie Pepper has co-authored a series of books bringing golf to kids.

Keith Groller at the Allentown (PA) Morning Call says a local cable TV sports reporter is fast becoming a regular on the high school scene.

Dan Steinberg from the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog says a sports radio producer put Icy Hot on his manjunk.

Barry Jackson at the Miami Herald writes that TNT’s Charles Barkley is not a fan of Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.

Paul M. Banks at Chicago Sports Media Watch can’t believe Mike Francesa’s anti-Twitter stance.

Kent Youngblood at the Minneapolis Star Tribune says the new TV voice of the Minnesota Wild comes with some controversy.

Tom Hoffarth at the Los Angeles Daily News says the national media is beginning to take notice of the Kings’ playoff run.

Bud Withers of the Seattle Times writes that ESPN has moved the coaching debut of Mike Leach with Washington State to a Thursday night primetime game.

Jeff Morrow of the Tri-City (WA) Herald notes that ESPN Radio has returned to the local area.

Annie Fowler of the Herald says NHL Network will air the Memorial Cup in its entirety.

Ryan Yoder of Awful Announcing is still buzzing over Mike Francesa’s anti-Twitter rant from this week.

Sports Media Watch has some various ratings news and notes.

Steve Lepore at Puck The Media says the NHL on NBC could be moved on Saturday if Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final goes into triple overtime.

Steve says the ratings Game 2 of the NHL Western Conference Final were down from last year.

Dave Kohl at the Broadcast Booth looks at various local radio ratings for baseball.

And that will be do it for tonight.