Here’s your final Olympic Viewing Guide. This covers the weekend. If you know where to look, there is plenty of live action to watch. You may have to stay up late to do it, but I’m sure you can find it.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 – DAY 15
NBC and NBC HD
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Women's Basketball – Gold Medal Game USA vs. Australia (LIVE)
Women's Volleyball – Gold Medal Match USA vs. Brazil
Synchronized Swimming – Team Gold Medal Final
Canoeing – Gold Medal Finals
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Individual Gold Medal Final
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals
7:30 p.m. – Midnight
Men's Track & Field – Marathon (LIVE)
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men's 800m, 5000m, 4x400 Relay
Women's 1500m, 4x400 Relay, High Jump
Men's Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
**Pacific Coast Primetime begins at 6:30pm PT**
12:30 a.m. – 5:00 a.m.
Men's Basketball – Gold Medal Game USA vs. Spain (LIVE)
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men's Javelin Throw
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals
Men's Table Tennis – Singles Gold Medal Match
Men's Mountain Bike
CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight – 2:00 a.m.
Men's Soccer – Gold Medal Game Nigeria vs. Argentina (LIVE)
USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Baseball – Gold Medal Game Cuba vs. South Korea (LIVE)
Bronze Medal Game USA vs. Japan
Men's Water Polo – Semifinal USA vs. Serbia
Women's Handball – Gold Medal Game Norway vs. Russia
Bronze Medal Game South Korea vs. Hungary
Men's Field Hockey – Gold Medal Game Germany vs. Spain
Men's Table Tennis – Singles Semifinal
MSNBC
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
**Please note there will be no coverage on MSNBC** - Why put this up then? Fang's Bites
TELEMUNDO
6:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Baseball – Gold Medal Game (LIVE)
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men's Diving – Platform Semifinal
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Men's Volleyball - Semifinal
Midnight – 1:00 a.m.
TBA
UNIVERSAL HD
24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage
NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL
Midnight – Noon Men's Final
12:00 a.m. – 1:45 a.m. Men's Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
2:40 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Medal Ceremony (LIVE)
3:00 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Match Re-airs
5:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Match Re-airs
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Match Re-airs
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Men's Gold Medal Final (re-air)
NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Women's Final
7:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Bronze Medal Game (LIVE)
10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Medal Ceremony (LIVE)
12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Game Re-airs
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Gold Medal Final Re-air
NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Baseball – Gold Medal Final
Men's Field Hockey – Gold Medal Final
Men's Taekwondo - +80kg Gold Medal Final
Women's Taekwondo - +67kg Gold Medal Final
Women's Basketball – Gold & Bronze Medal Games
Men's Basketball – Bronze Medal Game
Canoeing – Flatwater Gold Medal Finals
Men's Mountain Bike
Women's Handball – Gold & Bronze Medal Games
Men's Handball – Classification & Bronze Medal Games
Men's Soccer – Gold Medal Match
Men's Table Tennis – Singles Gold & Bronze Medal Matches
Water Polo
NBC PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS:
Live coverage of the classic Olympic event, the Men's Marathon, as rising American star Ryan Hall of Big Bear Lake, California, looks to continue Team USA's distance running revival. Hall followed a strong marathon debut in 2007 with the fastest ever marathon time by an American-born runner at the 2008 London Marathon.
The competition on the track concludes , featuring gold medal finals in the men's and women's 4x400m Relays. On the men's side, Jeremy Wariner should lead a USA quartet that is among the biggest favorites in the entire Olympics, and American record holder Sanya Richards should pace the Team USA women.
At the 2007 World Championships, Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat completed an impressive double, winning gold in the 1500m and 5000m. Today Lagat races for Olympic gold in the 5000m. Also watch for gold medal finals in the men's 800m, the women's 1500m, the men's javelin throw and the women's high jump.
The diving competition concludes with the gold medal final in the men's 10m platform. China is expected to field two strong contenders, and Russia's Gleb Galperin is the reigning world champion, but in this wide-open event a trio of teenagers has a chance to challenge the favorites: Americans David Boudia (who performs among the most difficult sets of dives in the world) and Thomas Finchum, who train together in Indianapolis, and emerging British sensation Tom Daley, competing in his first Olympics at age 14.
NBC DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS:
It's gold medals galore on NBC: In live women's basketball, Team USA aims for its fourth consecutive gold, three of which were against Australia (with Lisa Leslie a standout on all four teams); plus finals in women's volleyball, rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming's team event, five boxing weight classes, and flatwater canoeing.
NBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:
Stay up late for special live coverage of the Men's Basketball Gold Medal Game. Will this edition of Team USA – featuring megastars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant – earn the nickname "Redeem Team" by capturing Olympic gold for the first time in eight years?
USA NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS:
Team sport gold medal games abound, with gold at stake in baseball, women's handball and men's field hockey.
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
Four years ago, Argentina won the men's soccer gold, igniting celebrations in the streets of Buenos Aires. The defending champions, now led by rising star Lionel Messi, will look to repeat in today's live gold medal match against Nigeria.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 – DAY 16
NBC and NBC HD
Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Gymnastics – Rhythmic Group Gold Medal Final
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals
Men's Water Polo – Gold Medal Match
The Best of Gymnastics, Swimming, Track & Field
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Men's Volleyball – Gold Medal Match
Closing Ceremony
Beijing Olympic Closing Party
CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight – 2:00 a.m.
Men's Basketball – Bronze Medal Game (LIVE)
USA and USA HD
5:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Men's Basketball – Gold Medal Final Game (re-air)
Men's Volleyball – Bronze Medal Match
Men's Water Polo – Bronze Medal Match
Men's Handball – Gold Medal Game
TELEMUNDO
4:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Men's Marathon
Track & Field – Gold Medal Finals
Men's Basketball – Gold Medal Game
Men's Diving – Platform Gold Medal Final
Olympic Wrap-Up
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Boxing – Gold Medal Finals
Midnight – 1:00 a.m.
TBA
UNIVERSAL HD
24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage
NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL
Midnight – Noon
Men's Basketball – Gold Medal Game
NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men's Basketball – Gold Medal Game
Men's Handball – Gold & Bronze Medal Games
Water Polo
NBC PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS:
At the Closing Ceremony, it's celebration time for the athletes, and the torch will be passed to London for the 2012 Summer Games. China's flair for the spectacular in its approach to these Olympics promises to make the Beijing Closing Ceremony one of the grandest in history.
Catch one more gold medal game in the high-flying men's volleyball final.
NBC DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS:
Several gold medals can be awarded on NBC, with gold medal finals in three sports: men's water polo, boxing (six finals), and rhythmic gymnastics.
USA NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS:
The gold medal game in men's handball, plus bronze medal matches in men's volleyball and men's water polo. Also, a same-day re-air of the gold medal game in men's basketball.
CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
LIVE on CNBC, two teams, only one medal, in the men's basketball bronze medal game.
