Earlier this year, NBC Sports Group showed various Olympic Trials that lasted through May. Now with the London Olympics just a little more than a month away, the glamor events like Swimming & Diving, Track & Field and Gymnastics will all hold their trials starting this week.
Both NBC and NBC Sports Group will have live coverage including a lot of primetime hours devoted to the Olympic Trials. It begins with the Diving Trials starting at midnight Tuesday.
Starting this Friday, NBC will air the Track & Field Trials and then the Swimming Trials all live in primetime going all the way through to July 2. meaning 11 consecutive days of coverage on the air. A total of 15½ through that period.
NBC Sports Network will air the bulk of the trials with 39½ including live BMX, rowing, field hockey and exhibition water polo.
Covering the diving will be Ted Robinson, Cynthia Potter and new Olympics addition Alex Flanagan. The swimming will be called by the familiar crew of Dan Hicks, Rowdy Gaines and Andrea Kremer, holdovers from 2008. Gymnastics will be called by Al Trautwig, Tim Dagget and Elfi Schlegel. Track & Field will be led by Tom Hammond, Ato Boldon, Craig Masback and Dwight Stones with others included.
Here’s the NBC press release.
NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS MORE THAN 45 HOURS OF LIVE OLYMPIC TRIALS COVERAGE OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS
Includes 15.5 Hours on NBC in Primetime
14 Hours of Diving Trials Begins Tomorrow
12 Hours of Track & Field Trials Begins Friday
16.5 Hours, Including Every Night of Swimming Trials in Primetime on NBC, Begins Monday, June 25
8.5 Hours of Gymnastics Trials Begins Thursday, June 28NEW YORK – June 18, 2012 – NBC Sports Group continues its coverage of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials with live diving, track and field, swimming and gymnastics trials beginning tomorrow. In the next three weeks, NBC and NBC Sports Network will air more than 45 hours of live trials coverage (56 total hours) including, for the first time ever, every night of the swimming trials in primetime on NBC.
DIVING: NBC Sports Group’s 14 hours of live diving trials begins tomorrow at Midnight ET on NBC Sports Network and includes five hours of weekend afternoon coverage on NBC. NBC’s Olympic diving broadcast team of Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Cynthia Potter (analyst) and Alex Flanagan (reporter) will call the competition from Federal Way, Wash.
TRACK AND FIELD: NBC Sports Group’s 12 hours of live track & field trials coverage begins this Friday at 9 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. It includes eight days of coverage; with four nights in primetime on NBC. NBC’s Olympic track and field broadcast team of Tom Hammond, Ato Boldon, Craig Masback, Tim Hutchings, Dwight Stones and Lewis Johnson report from Eugene, Ore.
SWIMMING: For the first time, every night of the swimming trials will be in primetime on NBC. In all, NBC Sports Group will air a total of 16.5 hours of the swimming trials beginning on Monday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, immediately followed by the first of eight straight nights in primetime on NBC at 8 p.m. ET. NBC’s Olympic swimming broadcast team of Dan Hicks, Rowdy Gaines and Andrea Kremer report from Omaha, Neb.
GYMNASTICS: NBC Sports Group’s 8.5 hours of gymnastics trials coverage begins Thursday, June 28 at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network and includes four straight days of coverage ending with the women’s final in primetime on NBC on Sunday, July 1. NBC’s Olympic gymnastics broadcast team of Al Trautwig, Tim Daggett, Elfi Schlegel and Andrea Joyce report from San Jose, Calif.
Olympic Trials coverage highlights:
- More than 45 hours of live trials coverage on NBC and NBC Sports Network; including 15.5 hours on NBC in primetime;
- For the first time, every night of the swimming trials in primetime on NBC;
- Sunday, July 1: four hours primetime coverage including track & field, swimming and gymnastics on NBC;
- Rowing and BMX trials and live coverage of USA Women vs. Argentina in Field Hockey on Saturday, June 23;
- USA Women vs. China live water polo match on Sunday, July 8.
NBC SPORTS GROUP 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Remaining Television Schedule
Date Time Network Event Tues., June 19 12-2 a.m. ET NBCSN Diving – Semifinals: Men’s 10-meter (live) Wed., June 20 10 p.m.-2 a.m. ET NBCSN Diving – Semifinals: Men’s 3-meter (live);Women’s 10-meter (live); Women’s 3-meter (next day coverage)
Thurs., June 21 10 p.m.-12 a.m. ET NBCSN Diving – Synchro Finals: Women’s 3-meter;Men’s 10-meter (live) Fri., June 22 9-11 p.m. ET NBCSN Track & Field – Finals (live) 11 p.m.-12 a.m. ET NBCSN Diving – Synchro Finals: Men’s 3-meter (live) Sat., June 23 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET NBCSN Field Hockey – USA Women vs. Argentina (live) 4-6 p.m. ET NBC Diving: Men’s 10-meter – Finals (live) 6-7:30 p.m. ET NBCSN Rowing (from June 11-14) and BMX (from June 16) 8-9 p.m. ET/PT NBC Track & Field – Finals (live) Sun., June 24 3-6 p.m. ET NBC Diving: Men’s 3-meter, Women’s 10-meter, Women’s 3-meter – Finals (live) 7-8 p.m. ET/PT NBC Track & Field – Finals (live) Mon., June 25 6:30-8 p.m. ET NBCSN Swimming – Qualifying Heats (same day coverage) 8-9 p.m. ET/PT NBC Swimming – Finals (live) 9-11 p.m. ET NBCSN Track & Field – Finals (live) Tues., June 26 6:30-8 p.m. ET NBCSN Swimming – Qualifying Heats (same day coverage) 8-9 p.m. ET/PT NBC Swimming – Finals (live) Wed., June 27 7-8 p.m. ET NBCSN Swimming – Qualifying Heats (same day coverage) 8-9 p.m. ET/PT NBC Swimming – Finals (live) Thurs., June 28 4:30-5:30 p.m. ET NBCSN Swimming – Qualifying Heats (same day coverage) 5:30-8 p.m. ET NBCSN Gymnastics – Men’s Competition (live) 8-9 p.m. ET/PT NBC Swimming – Finals (live) 9-11 p.m. ET NBCSN Track & Field – Finals (live) Fri., June 29 4:30-6 p.m. ET NBCSN Swimming – Qualifying Heats (same day coverage) 6-8 p.m. ET NBCSN Track & Field – Finals (live) 8-9 p.m. ET/PT NBC Swimming – Finals (live) 9-11 p.m. ET/PT NBC Gymnastics – Women’s Competition (live) Sat., June 30 4-6 p.m. ET NBC Gymnastics – Men’s Final (live) 6:30-8 p.m. ET NBCSN Swimming – Qualifying Heats (same day coverage) 8-9 p.m. ET/PT NBC Swimming – Finals (live) 9-10 p.m. ET/PT NBC Track & Field – Finals (live) Sun., July 1 6-7 p.m. ET NBCSN Swimming – Qualifying Heats (same day coverage) 7-8 p.m. ET/PT NBC Track & Field – Finals (live) 8-9 p.m. ET/PT NBC Swimming – Finals (live) 9-11 p.m. ET/PT NBC Gymnastics – Women’s Final (live) Mon., July 2 8-8:30 p.m. ET/PT NBC Swimming – Finals (live) Sun., July 8 6-7:30 p.m. ET NBCSN Water Polo – USA Women vs. China (live) Leading into the 2012 London Games, NBC Sports Group will have aired a record 67½ hours of event coverage – 43 on NBC Sports Network and 24½ on NBC – featuring 10 sports, including live primetime coverage of trials for diving, swimming, gymnastics and track & field, as well as events for field hockey. Trials coverage began in January and will conclude on Sunday, July 8, with the U.S Women’s Water Polo Olympic Team taking on the Chinese Olympic Team.
The 67½ hours of coverage on NBC and NBC Sports Network marks the most ever for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, topping the 49 hours of trials coverage in 2008 and 40½ hours in 2004. Additionally, NBC Sports Network and Universal Sports will re-air a combined 117 hours of trials coverage (74 hours on NBC Sports Network and 43 hours on Universal Sports).
There you have it.
