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Complete List of Winners for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards

Let’s go over the entire list of those who won hardware in the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The awards were handed out at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York.

Overall, NBC Sports Group has reason to crow with 23 Emmys, the most of any sports media group. Turner Sports was next with 7 followed by HBO with 6. The ESPN Family of Networks received five awards and MLB Network had three. The CBS consortium, Fox Sports Media Group and NFL Network won two and YouTube got one Emmy.

The entire list is below. It’s a long list so I give a jump break on the main page. Get ready to scroll for a while.

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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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Fang’s Bites Medals For 2012 London Olympics Coverage, Part I — Studio Hosts & Analysts

Time to hand out the medals for NBC’s coverage for the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London. This was a largely successful Olympics for NBC as it outdid its own expectations for ratings, profits and viewership. I’ll do the same as I did back in 2008 for Beijing and 2010 in Vancouver. For those not getting on the medal stand, they will get a horrid Bowl of Haggis. I guess some people in the UK like Haggis, but looking at that recipe, I don’t think I could eat it and I would challenge those who fail to medal here to eat it.

I will do hosts in this segment. I will follow up with play-by-play and analysts in the next installment.

So let’s do the medals for 2012. You may agree, you may not agree. Comment below.

HOSTS

Gold Medal

Bob Costas, NBC Primetime – I know, it’s easy to put him in this category, but even if there’s slippage, which there wasn’t, you can’t put him in any other place. Unlike in Beijing where he had live events to handle, London’s primetime was all taped including Costas’ own transitions in and out of events. His interviews mostly went well except when he tried a 1975 World Series Carlton Fisk home run reference on 19 year old gymnast Aly Raisman who had no idea what he was talking about. This year, Bob was more sarcastic and caustic in his comments. Maybe it was the hour he was taping, but overall, Costas was back in his element as host.

Michelle Beadle, NBC Sports Network Daytime — Michelle was an Olympic rookie, but she did a great job on the anchor desk. Quite often, she opened NBC Sports Network’s coverage and sent us right to live events. In addition, her interviews on the set gave us food for thought, especially when women’s 100 meter medalists Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells made news with Beadle criticizing Lolo Jones. Michelle showed her humor during the Olympics and it came across very nicely on the anchor desk. Here’s hoping we’ll see her in Sochi in 2014.

Dan Patrick, NBC Daytime – After appearing for just four days in Vancouver, Dan stayed for the entire duration of the London Games and did a spectacular job. As I previously wrote, Dan could step in for Bob if Costas ever chose to leave the primetime desk. Dan was very good on interviews, had very good chemistry with Al Michaels on the transitions and was very good as a nuts and bolts host. Patrick has firmly established himself as an upper echelon studio host with the 2012 Olympics.

Liam McHugh, NBC Sports Network Late Afternoon – Here’s a guy who has had a busy four month stretch for NBC Sports and he’s going to be busy again in September as he transitions to college football. Once part of The Daily Line on Versus, one of the few people to continue to NBC Sports Network under the Comcast transition, Liam has become one of the best young studio hosts on sports television. He’s gone from the NHL Postseason to hosting the Stanley Cup Final to the Tour de France and then the Olympics. In each case, he made hosting look easy when having to transition from sport-to-sport is hardly that way. Well done, Liam.

Silver Medal

Mary Carillo, NBC Late Night – The late night show is perfect for Mary. It’s a mix of events, humor and interviews and Mary was up to the task. Unlike the daytime and primetime shows, Late Night was able to stretch its wings. Plus John McEnroe made a few appearances and it made for some funny moments. Mary gets a well deserved silver.

Al Michaels, NBC Daytime – A much better showing from Vancouver. Al was more relaxed on the set this year as compared to Vancouver where he looked uncomfortable. Perhaps it was having his new BFF Dan Patrick around to loosen thing up, but Al was quite good. He mixed anecdotes, Olympic factoids and one liners where he could. Overall, a good job by Al and he’s on the podium in London.

Willie Geist, NBC Sports Network Midday — I wanted to dislike Willie as his shaky performances in Vancouver didn’t give me much hope for hosting duties, but I have to admit, he showed some humor and some strong interviewing skills in London. He and Michelle Beadle had some funny transitions on the set and they showed some decent chemistry. Willie gets a surprising silver.

Bronze Medal

Kelly Tilghman, MSNBC Daytime – After a strong start, Kelly faltered a bit like in the second week where she made up countries. I’d like to see Kelly in Sochi and Rio. She’s on the podium. As she was in New York, she was able to speak with several NBC analysts who didn’t make the trip to London. Interviews went well for the most part.

Rob Simmelkjaer, MSNBC Daytime – He’s on the podium.

BOWL OF HAGGIS

Pat O’Brien, Bravo Tennis – There was a time when having Pat O’Brien at your event meant a heavy hitter who could write, quip and conduct interviews. While Pat has been back in sports on Fox Sports Radio after his long stint covering entertainment news, he was amazingly unprepared to host Olympic tennis on Bravo. He made numerous mistakes, conducted awkward interviews and despite being on every day for the first week, he did not improve. Here’s a guy who brought us Rock ‘n Roll Highlights and irreverence to Olympic Late Night in the 1990′s, but instead, gave us nothing in 2012. Sad to see.

Fred Roggin, CNBC Boxing – Fred was based in New York after being a venue host in 2008 and 2010. Fred has not been a fave since his stint hosting boxing in Beijing and curling in Vancouver. He received an #NBCFAIL in 2010 and a bronze in Beijing. NBC gave Fred a studio complete with analysts BJ Flores and Laila Ali. It appeared both Flores and Ali wanted to hit Fred at various points. The studio transitions between Fred in New York and the boxing crew of Bob Papa and Teddy Atlas were awkward at times. Fred gets a Bowl of Haggis. Down it with some warm British beer while you’re at it.

ANALYSTS

Gold Medal

Bela Karolyi, Gymnastics – Was Bela hard to understand at times? Yes. But is he enthusiastic about his sport and does it come across on TV? Yes and yes. Once again, the Bela and Bob Show was entertaining television. His analysis was very biased, but Bela is not a journalist and we know this from the outset. The night his wife came on set to talk with Bob was quite funny as Bob tried to determine if both were going to be in Rio in 2016. And an interview on late night between Mary Carillo, Bela and Nastia Liukin turned out to be The Bela Show. We need more Bela in Rio.

Doc Rivers, Basketball – The Boston Celtics coach was once an analyst for TNT and ESPN and he stepped into the studio on NBC Sports Network/NBC and was fantastic. Doc explained replays and strategy concisely and he even stepped in during the transition between the women’s soccer semifinal and men’s basketball game last week. Liam McHugh asked him as a coach how he would handle the USA and Canada soccer squads after their emotional game and Doc gave great answers. And as the speculation grew for Doc as 2016 Olympic basketball coach, he answered the questions as best as he could. In addition, it was nice to see an NBA on ABC reunion between Doc and former partner, Al Michaels.

Silver Medal

Laila Ali, Boxing – Laila did an adept job in analyzing women’s boxing with Fred Roggin (see above). Like her dad, Laila is charismatic and if she ever decided to become an analyst, I’d watch.

Bronze Medal

BJ Flores, Boxing – The analyst for NBC Sports Network’s boxing coverage was ok. I couldn’t understand him at times, but maybe that was me.

REPORTERS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Gold Medal

John McEnroe, NBC Primetime and Late Night – John wanted to go outside his traditional tennis role and stretch his wings. I thought John did great. He filled two roles, one with NBC and another with BBC. McEnroe showed a general interest in the sports he attended whether it was track & field or swimming. I noticed that John’s feature on Usain Bolt ran on both networks over the weekend. And on Saturday, a feature on the proper way to behave was right up his alley.

Jimmy Roberts, NBC Daytime – Jimmy is a masterful writer and can find stories where others cannot. I would have liked to have seen him in primetime, bu we got to see Ryan Seacrest instead (more on him later).

BOWL OF HAGGIS

Ryan Seacrest, All-Around Hack – I know why NBC had him at the Olympics, he was there to draw viewers who don’t normally watch the Olympics. He had primetime segments where he talked with Michael and Debbie Phelps or discussed social media trends. On the Today Show, he interviewed athletes. Throughout, Seacrest showed a general lack of knowledge in sports and sometimes in the people he was interviewing. Then again, Seacrest is not a sportscaster nor does he pretend to be. I’m not a fan of Seacrest and I thought his primetime segments brought the proceedings to a halt. However, during the Closing Ceremony, he kept his talking to a minimum, introducing the musical acts and letting the pictures do the talking. For Sochi and Rio, let’s keep his Olympic appearances to the Today Show and off primetime where he can do the least damage.

Coming tonight, the medals for the play-by-play commentators, analysts and venue reporters.

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.

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.

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.