Weekend Olympic Viewing Guide

This is from NBC Sports. The viewing highlights on the networks of NBC for this weekend.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 – DAY 1

NBC and NBC HD
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Women's Volleyball – USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
Swimming
Men's Beach Volleyball – Rogers/Dalhausser (USA) vs. Samoilovs/Plavins (LAT)
Women's Beach Volleyball – Branagh/Youngs (USA) vs. Kadijk/Mooren (NED)
Men's Cycling – Road Race
Rowing

8:00 p.m. – Midnight
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
Men's 400m Freestyle, 400m Individual Medley
Women's 400m Individual Medley, 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Women's Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh vs. Saiki/Kusuhara (JPN)(LIVE)
Men's Gymnastics – Team Competition

*Note: LIVE Swimming Semifinals Men's 100 breaststroke & Women's 100m Butterfly

12:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Men's Volleyball – USA vs. Venezuela (LIVE)

USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Women's Soccer – USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
Canada vs. China
Women's Basketball – USA vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
Equestrian – Eventing Dressage (LIVE)
Men's Beach Volleyball – Nummerdor/Schuil (NED) vs. Laciga/Schneider (SUI)
Women's Beach Volleyball – Barnett/Cook (AUS) vs. Uryadova/Shiryaeva (RUS)
Women's Fencing – Women's Sabre Quarterfinals
Women's Shooting – Air Rifle Gold Medal Final
Women's Badminton – Lee (USA) vs. Rice (CAN)
Women's Weightlifting – Flyweight Gold Medal Final

CNBC and CNBC HD
2:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m.
Boxing – 75kg, 81kg Competition (LIVE)

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Boxing – 75kg, 81kg Competition

MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Women's Soccer – Nigeria vs. Germany (LIVE)
Brazil vs. North Korea (LIVE)
Women's Volleyball – Italy vs. Russia
Poland vs. Cuba
Women's Fencing – Individual Sabre Gold Medal Final
Women's Handball – France vs. Angola
Russia vs. South Korea
Badminton – Singles competition

TELEMUNDO
7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Women's Soccer – USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
Men's Beach Volleyball – Heyer/Heuscher (SUI) vs. Conde/Baracetti (ARG)
Boxing
Women's Volleyball – Poland vs. Cuba

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Beach Volleyball
Boxing

Midnight – 1:00 a.m.
TBA

UNIVERSAL HD
24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
2:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Women's Qualifying Round
2:30 a.m. - 4:15 a.m. Spain vs. China (LIVE)
4:45 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. Brazil vs. S. Korea (LIVE)
6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Belarus vs. Australia
8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. USA vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Russia vs. Latvia (LIVE)
12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Mali vs. New Zealand
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. USA vs. Czech Republic 2nd half re-air

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Women's Preliminaries
5:00 a.m. – 6:45 a.m. USA vs. Japan (LIVE)
7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Brazil vs. N. Korea (LIVE)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Nigeria vs. Germany
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. China vs. Canada
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Sweden vs. Argentina
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. New Zealand vs. Norway
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. USA vs. Japan (re-air)

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men's Archery
Women's Archery – Competition & Quarterfinals
Badminton
Women's Fencing – Individual Sabre Semifinal & Gold Medal Final
Men's Fencing – Individual Epee Competition
Women's Field Hockey
Men's Judo – 60kg Competition & Gold Medal Final, 66kg Competition
Women's Judo – 48kg Competition & Gold Medal Final, 52kg Competition
Sailing
Men's Shooting – 10m Air Pistol Gold Medal Final, Men's Trap Competition
Women's Shooting – 10m Air Pistol Competition & Gold Medal Final
Women & Men's Basketball
Equestrian – Team Dressage
Women's & Men's Handball
Rowing
Women's Soccer
Men's & Women's Tennis
Women's Weightlifting – 53kg
Men's Weightlifting – 56kg
Cycling – Road Race
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10- DAY 2 

NBC and NBC HD
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball – USA vs. China (LIVE)
Swimming
Men's Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (USA) vs. Boersma/Ronnes (NED)
Men's Water Polo – USA vs. China
Women's Cycling – Road Race
Rowing

7:00 p.m. – Midnight
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
Men's 100m Breaststroke, 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Women's 100m Butterfly, 400m Freestyle
Women's Gymnastics – Team Competition
Women's Diving – Springboard Synchronized Gold Medal Final

*Note: LIVE Swimming Semifinals Men's 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke & Women's 100m Backstroke

12:35 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Women's Volleyball – USA vs. Cuba (LIVE)
Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals

CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight – 4:30 a.m.
Tennis (LIVE)
Boxing – 64kg, 69kg Competition (LIVE)

4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Boxing – 64kg, 69kg Competition

USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer – USA vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
Argentina vs. Australia (LIVE)
Men's Basketball – Lithuania vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Spain vs. Greece
Tennis (LIVE)
Women's Badminton – Lee/Mangkalakiri (USA) vs. Jiang/Li (SIN)
Equestrian – Dressage
Women's Archery – Team Gold Medal Final
Men's Weightlifting – 56kg Gold Medal Final
Women's Weightlifting – 53kg Gold Medal Final

MSNBC
5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer – Italy vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Men's Volleyball – Serbia vs. Russia
Bulgaria vs. China
Women's Field Hockey – USA vs. Argentina (LIVE)
Women's Beach Volleyball – Xue/Zhang (CHN) vs. Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani (GRE)
Men's Shooting – Trap Gold Medal Final
Men's Water Polo – Hungary vs. Montenegro
Croatia vs. Italy
Badminton
Men's Handball – Croatia vs. Spain
South Korea vs. Germany

TELEMUNDO
4:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer – Argentina vs. Australia (LIVE)
New Zealand vs. Brazil
Men's Volleyball – USA vs. Venezuela
Swimming – Gold Medal Finals
Men's Basketball – Spain vs. Qualifier
Men's Gymnastics
Women's Beach Volleyball – Talita/Renata (BRA) vs. Candelas/Garcia (MEX)

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 1:00 a.m.
TBA

UNIVERSAL HD
24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
2:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Men's Qualifying Round
2:30 a.m. – 4:15 a.m. Spain vs. Qualifier (LIVE)
4:45 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. Lithuania vs. Argentina (LIVE)
6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Russia vs. Iran
8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Australia vs. Qualifer (LIVE)
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. USA vs. China (LIVE)
12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Angola vs. Qualifer
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. China vs. USA (2nd half re-air)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
5:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Men's Preliminaries
5:00 a.m. – 6:45 a.m. Argentina vs. Australia (LIVE)
7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. USA vs. Netherlands (LIVE)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Italy vs. S. Korea
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. New Zealand vs. Brazil
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Serbia vs. Ivory Coast
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Nigeria vs. Japan
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Cameroon vs. Honduras
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. China vs. Belgium

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Women's Archery – Team Semifinal & Gold Medal Final
Men's Archery – Team Competition
Badminton – Qualifying Competition
Men's Fencing – Individual Epee (Semifinals & Gold Medal Final)
Women's Fencing – Individual Foil Competition
Men's & Women's Field Hockey
Men's Judo – 66kg Competition & Gold Medal Final, 73kg Competition
Women's Judo – 52kg Competition & Gold Medal Final, 57kg Competition
Sailing
Men's Shooting – Trap Gold Medal Final, Men's 10m Air Competition & Gold Medal Final
Women's Shooting – Trap Competition
Men's & Women's Basketball
Men's & Women's Handball
Rowing
Men's & Women's Tennis
Women's Weightlifting – 53kg, 58kg Competition
Men's Weightlifting – 56kg, 62kg Competition
Equestrian – Cross Country
Soccer
Water Polo


I'll provide you with a viewing guide every night for as long as the Olympics are on. They'll be separate from the Primetime and Late Night Viewing Picks and the Weekend Viewing Picks.

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