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Friday, August 5th, 2016

U.S. BEACH VOLLEYBALL STARS KERRI WALSH JENNINGS AND APRIL ROSS HEADLINE SATURDAY’S PRIMETIME COVERAGE ON NBC AT 8 P.M. ET/PT

Opening Ceremony for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Airs Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on NBC

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

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

Three-Time World All-Around Champion Simone Biles Leads U.S. in Sunday’s Women’s Gymnastics Team Competition on NBC at 7 p.m. ET/PT

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 5, 2016 – NBC Olympics’ primetime coverage tomorrow, Saturday, August 6, 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. Coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET/PT with the men’s gymnastics team competition, followed by gold medal finals in swimming.

Day 1 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games begins Saturday, August 6, on NBC at 8 a.m. ET/PT 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/PT, 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/PT. Daytime coverage concludes at 4:15 p.m. ET/PT as the U.S. women’s volleyball team begins preliminary-round action against Puerto Rico.

NBCSN’s live Saturday coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET with men’s beach volleyball and also features women’s soccer, as the top-ranked United States takes on France at 4 p.m. ET, followed by 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.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7

On Sunday, August 7, NBC’s primetime coverage at 7 p.m. ET/PT includes the women’s gymnastics team competition, as three-time world all-around champion Simone Biles leads the U.S. team’s pursuit of back-to-back women’s team titles. Also, during primetime, nine-time world champion Katie Ledecky looks to add to her medal count in the women’s 400m freestyle while Dana Vollmer competes in the women’s 100m butterfly.

Sunday’s live coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET on NBCSN with women’s beach volleyball. NBCSN’s coverage on Sunday continues when the U.S. women’s basketball team begins its quest for a sixth-consecutive gold medal, facing Senegal at 11 a.m. ET.

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Listings subject to change, any changes to the listings are italicized below.

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.

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. – 3 p.m.
Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)

3 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 Beach Volleyball – Doppler/Horst (Austria) vs. Rangheiri/Carambula (Italy) (LIVE)
Women’s Shooting – 10m Air Rifle Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Alison/Bruno (Brazil) vs. Binstock/Schachter (Canada) (LIVE)
Women’s Volleyball – Japan vs. South Korea

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

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Australia vs. France (LIVE)
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Agatha/Barbara (Brazil) vs. Hermannova/Slukoba (Czech Republic)
Women’s Table Tennis – Zhang (U.S.) vs. Arvelo (Venezuela)

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 Second Rounds
Boxing – Elimination Matches

MSNBC

Noon – 2:15 p.m.
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Elsa/Liliana (Spain) vs. Gallay/Klug (Argentina) (LIVE)
Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Brazil

2:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Archery Team Quarterfinal – U.S. vs. TBA (LIVE)
Men’s Table Tennis – Jha (U.S.) vs. Alamian (Iran)
Men’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Women’s Table Tennis – Wu (U.S.) vs. Odorova (Georgia)

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.
  • Women’s 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. men face defending champion Croatia in each team’s opener.
  • Swimming – Qualifying heats in swimming include the men’s 400m IM, 400m free and 100m breast, and the women’s 100m fly, 400m IM and 4x100m free relay.
  • Volleyball – The United States women, silver medalists at the past two Olympics, begin 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.

MSNBC 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.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 (DAY 2)

NBC

10 a.m. – Noon
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Fendrick/Sweat (U.S.) vs. Kolosinska/Brzostek (Poland) (LIVE)
Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)
Women’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)

Noon – 3 p.m.
Women’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE)
Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE)

3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Qualifying (LIVE)
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (U.S.) vs. Naceur/Belhaj (Tunisia) (LIVE)

4:15 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Canada (LIVE)

7 p.m. – Midnight
Women’s Diving – Springboard Synchronized Final
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition
Swimming (LIVE)
Women’s 100m Butterfly – Gold Medal Final
Men’s 200m Freestyle – Semifinals
Women’s 100m Backstroke – Semifinals
Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Gold Medal Final
Women’s 400m Freestyle – Gold Medal Final
Men’s 100m Backstroke – Semifinals
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Gold Medal Final

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m.
Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition

1:35 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
Primetime Encore

NBCSN

2 a.m. – 6 a.m.
NBCSN Primetime Encore

6 a.m. – 7 a.m.
NBC Late Night Encore

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Larissa/Talita (Brazil) vs. TBA (Russia) (LIVE)
Women’s Archery – Team Round of 16
Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil (LIVE)

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Senegal (LIVE)

1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Lithuania (LIVE)

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Germany vs. South Korea (LIVE)

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Women’s Archery – Team Gold Medal Final
Men’s Basketball – Croatia vs. Spain (LIVE)

8 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals
Table Tennis – Singles Second and Third Rounds

9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Iraq (LIVE)

11 p.m. – Midnight
Judo – Gold Medal Finals
Boxing – Elimination Matches

MSNBC

Noon – 2:30 p.m.
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Nicolai/Lupo (Italy) vs. Virgen/Ontiveros (Mexico)
Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Men’s Handball – Croatia vs. Qatar

2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Pavan/Bansley (Canada) vs. van Gestel/ van der Vlist (Netherlands) (LIVE)
Men’s Fencing – Individual Foil Semifinals and Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Equestrian – Eventing, Dressage

USA

Noon – 2 p.m.
Women’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE)
Women’s Rugby – U.S. vs. Australia (LIVE)
Men’s Volleyball – France vs. Italy

CNBC 

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Women’s Rugby – Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Algeria (LIVE)
Women’s Shooting – Trap 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 – U.S. vs. Senegal (LIVE)

1:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Lithuania (LIVE)

3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – Serbia vs. Spain

4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Senegal Encore

6 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Men’s Basketball – Croatia vs. Spain (LIVE)

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

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

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

SOCCER SPECIALTY CHANNEL

Noon – 2 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Fiji vs. Mexico (LIVE)

2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Fiji vs. Mexico Encore

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Germany vs. South Korea (LIVE)

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Algeria (LIVE)

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Sweden vs. Nigeria

9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Brazil vs. Iraq (LIVE)

11 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Honduras vs. Portugal

12:30 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Denmark vs. South Africa

2 a.m. – 3:30 a.m.
Men’s Soccer – Japan vs. Colombia

TELEMUNDO

3 a.m. – 5 a.m.
Late Night Encore

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Men’s Volleyball – Brazil vs. Mexico
Men’s Soccer – Fiji vs. Mexico

2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Honduras vs. Portugal
Olympic Athlete Special Encore

Midnight – 2 a.m.
Late Night Recap Show

NBC UNIVERSO

6 a.m. – 8 a.m.
Late Night Encore

4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Men’s Beach Volleyball – Nicolai/Lupo (Italy) vs. Virgen/Ontiveros (Mexico)

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Men’s Soccer – Argentina vs. Algeria (LIVE)
Boxing – Elimination Matches

8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Women’s Beach Volleyball – Larissa/Talita (Brazil) vs. Ukolova/Birlova (Russia)
Men’s Soccer – Japan vs. Colombia (LIVE)

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime): 

  • Swimming – Live coverage of swimming finals, featuring world record-holder Katie Ledecky in the women’s 400m free and Dana Vollmer in the women’s 100m fly; Vollmer (a new mother) returns to the event after taking gold in London. Also in the pool, the U.S. looks to avenge a 2012 second-place finish to France in the men’s 4x100m free relay.
  • Gymnastics – Women’s team competition in gymnastics begins with three-time world all-around champion Simone Biles at the helm of the U.S. squad.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):

  • Cycling – The women’s road race in cycling, where American Megan Gaurnier, who won a bronze medal at last year’s Worlds, takes on Rio’s mountainous course.
  • Volleyball – On the first day of men’s volleyball action, a young U.S. team on the rise faces Canada in a preliminary-round match. After winning gold in 2008, Team USA was eliminated in the quarterfinals in 2012 before winning the World Cup in 2015.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):

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

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Basketball – U.S. vs. Senegal: The United States women’s basketball squad takes on Senegal in a Group B preliminary-round game. Team USA seeks a sixth consecutive Olympic triumph, and for Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings, a gold in Rio would give each four. Brazil vs. Lithuania: Host Brazil faces Lithuania, which seeks a podium return after earning bronze at three straight Games in 1992, 1996 and 2000.
  • Soccer – Germany vs. South Korea: Germany, winner of the Brazil-hosted 2014 World Cup, faces South Korea (live) in a Group C men’s soccer prelim at Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador. Brazil vs. Iraq: The host nation’s pursuit of gold in men’s soccer continues as Brazil faces Iraq in a Group A preliminary-round match from Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia (live).
  • Judo – Brazil’s Erika Miranda, a medalist at the past three judo world championships, is a contender in the women’s 52kg class. Coverage also includes the men’s 66kg final.

TELEMUNDO HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Soccer – In live coverage of men’s soccer prelims, Fiji takes on Mexico and Honduras plays Portugal.
  • Swimming – Qualifying heats in swimming include world-record holder Katie Ledecky in the women’s 400m free, plus the men’s 200m free and the men’s and women’s 100m back.

NBC UNIVERSO HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Soccer – Argentina vs. Algeria: Live coverage of a Group D men’s soccer prelim between Argentina and Algeria at Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Japan vs. Colombia: Japan faces Colombia in a Group B men’s soccer prelim.

-RIO 2016-