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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony and Day 1 TV and Announcer Schedule

NBCUniversal presents full coverage of the Opening Ceremony, beginning with NBCU’s first-ever live morning presentation of a Winter Games Opening Ceremony at 6:30 a.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

NBC presents a first-ever Olympic Daytime show on the opening day of the Winter Games at noon ET, previewing the upcoming competition. The day-long coverage will culminate with an enhanced primetime broadcast of the Opening Ceremony featuring special coverage of Team USA, along with the performances, pageantry, and Parade of Nations — the heart of the Opening Ceremony – Friday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

Two-time gold medalist Jamie Anderson seeks her third straight gold medal in women’s slopestyle snowboarding and will compete in qualifying Friday night live at 10 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock.

The women’s short program portion of the figure skating team event is expected to be led by 2018 Olympian Karen Chen and will be presented Saturday live in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. 2018 Olympians Bryce Bennett and Ryan Cochran-Siegle, and 2014 Olympian Travis Ganong, are expected to headline the U.S. contingent in the men’s alpine skiing downhill event Saturday live in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

The 2018 gold medal-winning U.S. women’s ice hockey team continues its gold medal defense in opening round play against the Russian Olympic Committee tomorrow live at 8:10 a.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock. The team, featuring 13 players from the 2018 Olympic team, including Kendall Coyne Schofield, Hilary Knight, and Amanda Kessel, began Olympic competition with a 5-2 victory against Finland on Thursday. Coyne Schofield and Alex Carpenter scored a pair of goals in the win.

The women’s snowboarding slopestyle final, which is expected to include medal contender Jamie Anderson, will be presented Saturday live at 8:30 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock (encore at Midnight ET on NBC). In men’s snowboarding, 2018 Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard will headline American contenders in slopestyle qualifying Saturday live at 11:30 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock.

The following are the events including dates, start times, TV networks and announcers. All times Eastern unless otherwise noted.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2022

NBC

Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Opening Ceremony (LIVE) — Announcers: Mike Tirico, Savannah Guthrie, Andy Browne, Jing Tsu

Friday, February 4, 2022 @ Noon – 3 p.m.
Olympics Preview Show

Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Opening CeremonyAnnouncers: Mike Tirico, Savannah Guthrie, Andy Browne, Jing Tsu

USA Network

Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Figure Skating — Men’s Short Program Team Event — Announcers: Terry Gannon (play-by-play), Tara Lipinski or Tanith White (analyst), Johnny Weir (analyst), Andrea Joyce (reporter)
Figure Skating — Rhythm Dance Team Event — Announcers: Terry Gannon (play-by-play), Tara Lipinski or Tanith White (analyst), Johnny Weir (analyst), Andrea Joyce (reporter)
Figure Skating — Pairs’ Short Program Team Event — Announcers: Terry Gannon (play-by-play), Tara Lipinski or Tanith White (analyst), Johnny Weir (analyst), Andrea Joyce (reporter)
Mixed Doubles Curling — U.S. vs. Sweden — Announcers: Jason Knapp or Jim Kozimor or Kenny Rice (play by-play), Kevin Martin or Tyler George or Jamie Sinclair (analyst), Corey Robinson (reporter)

Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Mixed Doubles Curling — Switzerland vs. Sweden (LIVE) — Announcers: Jason Knapp or Jim Kozimor or Kenny Rice (play by-play), Kevin Martin or Tyler George or Jamie Sinclair (analyst), Corey Robinson (reporter)

Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 10 p.m. – 11:50 p.m.
Women’s Snowboard — Slopestyle Qualifying (LIVE) — Announcers: Todd Harris or Trace Worthington (play-by-play), Kelly Clark or Hannah Kearney or Todd Richards or Tom Wallisch or Seth Wescott or Tina Dixon (analyst), Tina Dixon or Hailey Hunter or Randy Moss (reporter)

Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 11:50 p.m. – 1:30 a.m.
Women’s Ice Hockey — Canada vs. Finland (LIVE) — Announcers: Kenny Albert or Brendan Burke or Chris Vosters or John Walton (play-by-play), Brian Boucher or Anson Carter or Keith Jones or Monique Lamoureux-Morando or AJ Mleczko or Dom Moore or Eddie Olczyk or Angela Ruggiero (analysis), Leila Rahimi (reporter)

Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 1:30 a.m. – 2:25 a.m.
Men’s Ski Jumping — Individual Normal Hill Qualifying (LIVE) — Announcers: Paul Burmeister (play-by-play), Johnny Spillane (analyst), Naoko Funayama (reporter)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022

NBC


Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Women’s Speed Skating — 3000m — Announcers: Bill Spaulding (play by-play), Joey Cheek (analyst)
Men’s Luge — First & Second Runs — Announcers: Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), Erin Hamlin (analyst), Lewis Johnson (reporter)
Women’s Cross-Country Skiing — Skiathlon — Announcers: Steve Schlanger (play-by-play), Chad Salmela (analyst), Kikkan Randall (analyst), Naoko Funayama (reporter)
Men’s Freestyle Skiing — Moguls Qualifying — Announcers: Todd Harris or Trace Worthington (play-by-play), Kelly Clark or Hannah Kearney or Todd Richards or Tom Wallisch or Seth Wescott or Tina Dixon (analyst), Tina Dixon or Hailey Hunter or Randy Moss (reporter)
Women’s Ski Jumping — Normal Hill Final — Announcers: Paul Burmeister (play-by-play), Johnny Spillane (analyst), Naoko Funayama (reporter)

Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. 
Figure Skating — Team Event (LIVE) — Announcers: Terry Gannon (play-by-play), Tara Lipinski or Tanith White (analyst), Johnny Weir (analyst), Andrea Joyce (reporter)
• Women’s Short Program
• Men’s Free Skate
Men’s Alpine Skiing — Downhill Run (LIVE) — Announcers: Dan Hicks (play-by-play), Ted Ligety or Steve Porino (analyst), Todd Lewis (reporter)
Short Track — Mixed Relay Final — Announcers: Ted Robinson (play by-play), Katherine Adamek (analyst), Andrea Joyce (reporter)

Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 8:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. PT
Men’s Snowboard — Slopestyle Qualifying (LIVE) — Announcers: Todd Harris or Trace Worthington (play-by-play), Kelly Clark or Hannah Kearney or Todd Richards or Tom Wallisch or Seth Wescott or Tina Dixon (analyst), Tina Dixon or Hailey Hunter or Randy Moss (reporter)

Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 12 a.m. – 1:30 a.m.
Women’s Snowboard — Slopestyle Final — Announcers: Todd Harris or Trace Worthington (play-by-play), Kelly Clark or Hannah Kearney or Todd Richards or Tom Wallisch or Seth Wescott or Tina Dixon (analyst), Tina Dixon or Hailey Hunter or Randy Moss (reporter)
Men’s Freestyle Skiing — Moguls Final — Announcers: Todd Harris or Trace Worthington (play-by-play), Kelly Clark or Hannah Kearney or Todd Richards or Tom Wallisch or Seth Wescott or Tina Dixon (analyst), Tina Dixon or Hailey Hunter or Randy Moss (reporter)


USA Network


Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Short Track — Mixed Relay Final — Announcers: Ted Robinson (play by-play), Katherine Adamek (analyst), Andrea Joyce (reporter)
Short Track — Women’s 500m Qualifying — Announcers: Ted Robinson (play by-play), Katherine Adamek (analyst), Andrea Joyce (reporter)
Short Track — Men’s 1000m Qualifying — Announcers: Ted Robinson (play by-play), Katherine Adamek (analyst), Andrea Joyce (reporter)
Men’s Luge — First & Second Runs — Announcers: Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), Erin Hamlin (analyst), Lewis Johnson (reporter)
Biathlon — Mixed Relay — Announcers: Bill Doleman (play-by-play), Chad Salmela (analyst), Tom Abbott (reporter)
Women’s Ski Jumping — Normal Hill Final — Announcers: Paul Burmeister (play-by-play), Johnny Spillane (analyst), Naoko Funayama (reporter)
Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Ice Hockey — U.S. vs. Russian Olympic Committee — Announcers: Kenny Albert or Brendan Burke or Chris Vosters or John Walton (play-by-play), Brian Boucher or Anson Carter or Keith Jones or Monique Lamoureux-Morando or AJ Mleczko or Dom Moore or Eddie Olczyk or Angela Ruggiero (analysis), Leila Rahimi (reporter)

Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m. – 2 a.m.
Women’s Snowboard — Slopestyle Final (LIVE) — Announcers: Todd Harris or Trace Worthington (play-by-play), Kelly Clark or Hannah Kearney or Todd Richards or Tom Wallisch or Seth Wescott or Tina Dixon (analyst), Tina Dixon or Hailey Hunter or Randy Moss (reporter)
Men’s Snowboard — Slopestyle Qualifying (LIVE) — Announcers: Todd Harris or Trace Worthington (play-by-play), Kelly Clark or Hannah Kearney or Todd Richards or Tom Wallisch or Seth Wescott or Tina Dixon (analyst), Tina Dixon or Hailey Hunter or Randy Moss (reporter)
Men’s Luge — First & Second Runs — Announcers: Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), Erin Hamlin (analyst), Lewis Johnson (reporter)
Biathlon — Mixed Relay — Announcers: Bill Doleman (play-by-play), Chad Salmela (analyst), Tom Abbott (reporter)


CNBC


Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Mixed Doubles Curling — U.S. vs. China — Announcers: Jason Knapp (play by-play), Kevin Martin (analyst), Corey Robinson (reporter)
Mixed Doubles Curling — U.S. vs. Canada — Announcers: Jim Kozimor (play by-play), Jamie Sinclair (analyst), Corey Robinson (reporter)

Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Mixed Doubles Curling — U.S. vs. Czech Republic (LIVE) — Announcers: Jason Knapp or Jim Kozimor or Kenny Rice (play by-play), Kevin Martin or Tyler George or Jamie Sinclair (analyst), Corey Robinson (reporter)