Watch the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games: TV Channels
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| Dates: | Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - Sunday, August 21, 2016 |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Category: | Sporting Events |
Rio 2016 will be the most live Olympics ever, find out how to catch all the action! With Rio just one hour ahead of the Eastern Time zone, the 2016 Summer Games will be the most live Olympics ever. NBCU will present 2,084 hours of Olympic programming across 11 networks, and online at nbcolympics.com.
The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics will air on Friday, August 5, on NBC. Competition begins two days earlier on Wednesday, August 3, with women’s soccer on NBCSN and USA Network, and the Games conclude on Sunday, August 21, with the Closing Ceremonies also on NBC.
The following channels will be broadcasting Olympic events: View the Complete Summer Olympics Schedule by Sport
NBC | Telemundo | Bravo | CNBC | Golf Channel | MSNBC | NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) | USA Network | NBC UNIVERSO
NBC
NBC’s 260.5 hours of coverage begins on Friday, August 5, and concludes on Sunday, August 21, with the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, respectively. Across NBC’s primetime, daytime and late night shows, coverage will feature many of the Games’ most popular sports, including swimming, gymnastics, track and field, diving, beach volleyball, volleyball, and the men’s and women’s basketball finals.
TELEMUNDO (Spanish language)
The network's unprecedented coverage from Rio de Janeiro will begin with women’s soccer on Wednesday, August 3, two days before the Opening Ceremony, and run through August 21.
Cable TV channels:
Bravo
Bravo will once again serve as the home of Olympic tennis, televising 94.5 hours of live coverage that begins on Saturday, August 6, and concludes on Sunday, August 14, with the men’s singles final. The women’s singles final airs on Saturday, August 13.
CNBC
CNBC’s coverage begins on Saturday, August 6, and concludes on Friday, August 19. On weekdays, the network’s Olympic coverage will take place from 5-8 p.m. ET, after it concludes its traditional business and financial programming.
Golf Channel
Golf Channel will present 115 hours of tournament programming, surrounded by in-depth analysis previewing and recapping the competition and highlighted by live coverage of the Men’s and Women’s Olympic Golf competition (Men’s: Thursday, Aug. 11 – Sunday, Aug. 14; Women’s: Wednesday, Aug. 17 – Saturday, Aug. 20).
MSNBC
MSNBC will cover of men’s basketball, beach volleyball, rugby, soccer, volleyball, and water polo, among other sports. Coverage begins on Saturday, August 6, and concludes on Saturday, August 20. Ten of the network’s 15 days of coverage take place from Noon ET to 5 p.m. ET
NBC Sports Network (NBCSN)
NBCSN will once again serve as the showcase network for Team USA women’s soccer, and Team USA men’s and women’s basketball, as well as track and field, archery, boxing, cycling, fencing, field hockey, judo, open water swimming, rugby, shooting, soccer, synchronized swimming, table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling and more.
TELEMUNDO and NBC UNIVERSO (Spanish language)
The network's unprecedented coverage from Rio de Janeiro will begin with women’s soccer on Wednesday, August 3, two days before the Opening Ceremony, and run through August 21.
USA Network
Its coverage begins two days before the Opening Ceremony with women’s soccer on Wednesday, August 3, and concludes on Sunday, August 21, the final day of the Games.
On most days, NBC primetime programming will air from 8 p.m. – midnight ET/PT; daytime from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET/PT; late night from 12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. ET/PT; and replays from 1:35 a.m. – 4:30 a.m. ET/PT.
Across NBC’s primetime, daytime and late night shows, coverage will feature many of the Games’ most popular sports, including swimming, gymnastics, track and field, diving, beach volleyball, volleyball, and the men’s and women’s basketball finals.
The network’s 18 days of coverage begins on Wednesday, August 3, two days before the Opening Ceremony, with women’s soccer, and concludes on Sunday, August 21, the final day of the Games. On most days, NBCSN will televise 16 hours of coverage, from 8 a.m. to midnight ET.
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