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Thursday, August 4th, 2016

MATT LAUER, MEREDITH VIEIRA AND HODA KOTB HOST THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE 2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES, FRIDAY, AUG. 5, ON NBC AT 7:30 P.M. ET/PT

Opening Ceremony Also Features Reports from David Feherty, Michele Tafoya and Ros Gold-Onwude

Live Coverage of Day 1 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Begins Saturday, August 6, on NBC at 8 a.m. ET

Team USA Women’s Soccer and Men’s Basketball Highlight NBCSN’s Saturday Coverage

All Events Live Streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app

Most Up-To-Date Olympic TV Listings on NBCOlympics.com

STAMFORD, Conn. – August 4, 2016 – NBC Olympics presents coverage of the Opening Ceremony for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad tomorrow, Friday, August 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, and Hoda Kotb serve as hosts, while Bob Costas, NBC’s primetime Olympics host, opens the telecast on Friday night. Michele Tafoya and Ros Gold-Onwude report from Maracana Stadium.

NBC Olympics correspondent David Feherty joins the show to discuss golf’s return to the Games after a 112-year absence and airs a portion of his interview with President Barack Obama. An extended interview will run on Golf Channel’s Morning Drive this Saturday morning and will be available via NBCOlympics.com and GolfChannel.com.

From the Parade of Nations to the lighting of the Olympic cauldron, Matt, Meredith and Hoda guide viewers through the spectacle and pageantry that occurs when the world comes together at the Olympic Games.

NBC’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony will be streamed on the NBC Sports app and on NBCOlympics.com simultaneously with the local over-the-air telecast.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

Day 1 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games begins Saturday, August 6 on NBC at 8 a.m. ET with live coverage of rowing, men’s cycling, and men’s water polo as the U.S. faces 2012 Olympic champion Croatia. Live coverage continues on NBC with swimming qualifying heats at 10:30 a.m. ET, followed by men’s beach volleyball when Casey Patterson and Jake Gibb of the U.S. take on Jefferson Pereira and Cherif Younousse of Qatar at 3:30 p.m. ET. Daytime coverage concludes at 4:15 p.m. ET as the U.S. women’s volleyball team begins preliminary-round action against Puerto Rico.

NBC’s primetime coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET/PT with the men’s gymnastics team competition, followed by gold medal finals in swimming. Primetime coverage also features women’s beach volleyball as Kerri Walsh Jennings and new partner April Ross of the United States make their debut as an Olympic team against Mariafe Artacho Del Solar and Nicole Laird of Australia.

NBCSN’s live Saturday coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET with men’s archery and also features women’s soccer as the top-ranked United States takes on France at 4 p.m. ET, and men’s basketball as Kevin Durant and the U.S. face China in preliminary action at 6 p.m. ET. Please see the below listings for additional information regarding Saturday’s coverage.

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For NBC daytime, primetime and late night during the 2016 Rio Games, all times listed are ET/PT unless otherwise noted. For NBCSN, Golf Channel, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, USA, Telemundo and NBC UNIVERSO all times listed are ET.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 (DAY 0)

NBC

7:30 p.m. – Midnight
Opening Ceremony

1:37 a.m. – 5 a.m.
Primetime Encore

TELEMUNDO

5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Olympic Preview Special

NBC UNIVERSO

5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Olympic Preview Special

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):

  • Opening Ceremony – Brazil’s iconic Maracana Stadium plays host to the Opening Ceremony for the 2016 Rio Games – the first Olympics held in South America.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 (DAY 1)

NBC

8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Croatia (LIVE)

10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)

2:30 p.m. -4:15 p.m.
Rowing – Qualifying Heats
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (U.S.) vs. Jefferson/Cherif (Qatar) (LIVE)

4:15 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Puerto Rico (LIVE)

8 p.m. – Midnight
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming (LIVE)
Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final
Men’s 400m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final
Women’s 400m Individual Medley – Gold Medal Final
Women’s 100m Butterfly – Semifinals
Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Semifinals
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Gold Medal Final
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Walsh Jennings/Ross (U.S.) vs. Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia) (LIVE)

12:30 a.m. – 1:30 a.m.
Men’s Gymnastics – Team Competition

1:30 a.m. – 5 a.m.
Primetime Encore

NBCSN

9 a.m. – Noon
Men’s Archery – Team Round of 16 (LIVE)
Women’s Shooting – 10m Air Rifle Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Japan vs. South Korea

Noon – 1 p.m.
Women’s Rugby – U.S. vs. Fiji (LIVE)
Women’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE)

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France (LIVE)
Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round
Men’s Water Polo – Spain vs. Italy

4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE)

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)

8 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Judo – Gold Medal Finals
Women’s Weightlifting – 48kg Gold Medal Final

9 p.m. – Midnight
Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Sweden (LIVE)
Table Tennis – Singles First and Second Rounds
Boxing – Elimination Matches

MSNBC

Noon – 2:15 p.m.
Beach Volleyball – Preliminary Round (LIVE)
Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Brazil

2:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Table Tennis – Singles First Round
Men’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

USA

3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Equestrian – Eventing, Dressage

4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)

5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Australia (LIVE)

6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Water Polo – France vs. Montenegro (LIVE)

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Rugby – U.S. vs. Colombia (LIVE)
Women’s Rugby – Preliminary Round
Women’s Soccer – Germany vs. Australia (LIVE)
Women’s Fencing – Individual Epee Gold Medal Final

BRAVO

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Tennis (LIVE)

12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Tennis (LIVE)

3:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Tennis (LIVE)

5:45 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Tennis (LIVE)

BASKETBALL SPECIALTY CHANNEL

11 a.m. – 12;45 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Turkey vs. France (LIVE)

1:15 p.m.- 3 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France (LIVE)

3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – China vs. Canada

4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France Encore

6 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – China vs. U.S. (LIVE)

7:45 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Australia

9:30 p.m. – 11:15 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Venezuela vs. Serbia (LIVE)

11:15 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Women’s Basketball – Belarus vs. Japan

SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Canada vs. Zimbabwe (LIVE)

4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. France (LIVE)

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – South Africa vs. China (LIVE)

8 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Germany vs. Australia

9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Women’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Sweden (LIVE)

11 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Women’s Soccer – Colombia vs. New Zealand

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Opening Ceremonies Recap

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Boxing – Elimination Matches
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Elsa/Liliana (Spain) vs. Gallay/Klug (Argentina)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats

2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball – Brazil vs. Cameroon
Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Puerto Rico

Midnight – 2 a.m.
Late Night Recap Show

NBC UNIVERSO

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)
Boxing – Elimination Matches

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):

  • Swimming – Finals feature American Connor Jaeger against a stacked field in the men’s 400m free, plus the men’s and women’s 400m IM events, the latter featuring U.S. contenders in 2012 Olympic silver medalist Elizabeth Beisel and 2015 Worlds silver medalist Maya DiRado.
  • Beach Volleyball – Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings and new partner April Ross make their Rio debut, with Walsh Jennings seeking a fourth consecutive gold.

 

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):

  • Cycling – Coverage includes the men’s individual road race in cycling, featuring Americans Taylor Phinney and Brent Bookwalter.
  • Water Polo – The U.S. faces defending champion Croatia in each team’s opener.
  • Volleyball – The United States, silver medalists at the past two Olympics, begins preliminary-round action against Puerto Rico, which qualified a women’s volleyball team to the Olympics for the first time.

 

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):

  • Gymnastics – Coverage includes the men’s team competition in gymnastics.

 

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Shooting – The first medals of the Rio Olympics will be awarded in women’s air rifle, a shooting event for which China returns reigning Olympic champion Yi Siling and Du Li, who won the April test event in Rio.
  • Rugby – The United States women face Fiji in a preliminary-round match as rugby returns to the Olympic program.
  • Basketball – Australia vs. France: In a preliminary-round men’s basketball game, two San Antonio Spurs teammates meet as Patty Mills and Australia face Tony Parker-led France. U.S. vs. China: Kevin Durant and Paul George lead the United States men’s basketball team in a Group A prelim against China, anchored by former NBA player Yi Jianlian. The Americans are a perfect 16-0 over the past two Olympics, including a 31-point victory over China when the squads met at the 2008 Beijing Games.
  • Soccer – Live coverage as the United States women’s national team faces France in a Group G prelim. Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan lead Team USA’s pursuit of a fourth straight Olympic gold, while France seeks to build on its fourth-place finish in 2012.
  • Judo – Coverage includes the men’s 60kg and women’s 48kg classes; in the latter, reigning Olympic champion Sarah Menezes of Brazil could deliver the host nation’s first gold of the 2016 Games.

 

MBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Archery – In the men’s archery team event, the Brady Ellison-led United States target a return to the podium after earning silver at the 2012 London Games.

 

USA HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Field Hockey – A live women’s field hockey preliminary-round match features Team USA against Argentina, a medalist at the past four Olympics.
  • Fencing – Sisters Courtney and Kelley Hurley join Kat Holmes in representing Team USA in the women’s individual epee event.

 

NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Basketball – Kevin Durant and Paul George lead the United States men’s basketball team in a Group A prelim against China, anchored by former NBA player Yi Jianlian. The Americans are a perfect 16-0 over the past two Olympics, including a 31-point victory over China when the squads met at the 2008 Beijing Games.

 

-RIO 2016-