NBC & USA Network Combine to Broadcast 19 Hours of U.S. Olympic Trials Over 10 Straight Nights Live in Primetime
Phelps is Attempting to Qualify for Olympics in 9 Individual Events
NEW YORK - June 26, 2008 - Coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials, the pressure-packed competition held every four years to select the U.S. Olympic Team, continue on the networks of NBC Universal with nearly 20 hours of swimming and track & field trials over the next two weeks including 10 straight nights of live primetime coverage on NBC and USA. Additionally Universal Sports will present encore presentations of the trials.
U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS - SWIMMING: Michael Phelps, Aaron Piersol, Katie Hoff, Kate Ziegler, Dara Torres, Brendan Hansen and Natalie Coughlin are among the swimmers who take to the pool in Omaha, Neb., as they seek a spot on the U.S. Olympic team as NBC Sports and USA Network present eight straight primetime nights of the U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming. Phelps is attempting to qualify for the Olympic Games in nine individual events: 100, 200 and 400 meters freestyle, the 200 and 400 individual medley, the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 100 and 200 butterfly.
Bob Costas, Dan Hicks, Rowdy Gaines and Andrea Kremer report from the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb.
Sun., June 29
Swimming
8-9 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Men's 400m Individual Medley Final
Women's 400m Individual Medley Final
Mon., June 30
Swimming
8-9 p.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinal
Men's 100m Breaststroke Final
Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinal
Women's 400m Freestyle Final
Tues., July 1
Swimming
8-9 p.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Men's 200m Freestyle Final
Women's 100m Backstroke Final
Men's 100m Backstroke Final
Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinal
Wed., July 2
Swimming
8-9 p.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Men's 200m Butterfly Final
Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinal
Women's 200m Individual Medley Final
Thurs., July 3
Swimming
8-9 p.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Men's 200m Breaststroke Final
Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinal
Men's 200m Backstroke Semifinal
Fri., July 4
Swimming
8-9 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Men's 200m Backstroke Final
Men's 200m Individual Medley Final
Women's 100m Freestyle Final
Sat., July 5
Swimming
8-9 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Men's 100m Butterfly Final
Women's 800m Freestyle Final
Men's 50m Freestyle Final
Sun., July 6
Swimming
7-9 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Women's 50m Freestyle Final
Men's 1,500m Freestyle Final
U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS - TRACK AND FIELD:
Tyson Gay, Allyson Felix, Jeremy Wariner, Bernard Lagat, Reese Hoffa, Sanya Richards and Lauryn Williams are among the top competitors at the historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon looking to earn a trip to Beijing to represent the U.S. at the Olympic Games. Tom Hammond, Carol Lewis, Lewis Johnson, Ato Boldon, Dwight Stones, Ed Eyestone and Bob Neumeier report from Eugene, Ore.
Fri., June 27
Track & Field
Midnight-1a.m.ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Women's 10,000m Final
Women's 100m Quarterfinal
Sat., June 28
Track & Field
8-9 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Women's 100m Final
Men's Shot Put
Men's 100m Quarterfinal
Sun., June 29
Track & Field
7-8 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Men's 100m Final
Men's 400m Hurdle Final
Woman's 400m Hurdle Final
Men's 400m Quarterfinal
Men's Pole Vault
Mon., June 30
Track & Field
11 p.m.-1 a.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Men's 5,000m Final
Men's 400m Semifinal
Men's and Women's 800m Final
Women's 400m Semifinal
Thurs., July 3
Track & Field
11 p.m.-1 a.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Women's 400m Final
Men's 400m Final
Men's 1,500m Quarterfinal
Women's Steeplechase Final
Fri., July 4
Track & Field
11 p.m.-1 a.m. ET/PT
USA
Featured events:
Men's 1,500m Semifinal
Women's 5000m Final
Men's 10,000m Final
Sat., July 5
Track & Field
5-6 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Women's 200m Semifinal
Men's 200m Semifinal
Men's High Jump Final
Sun., July 6
Track & Field
7-9 p.m. ET
NBC
Featured events:
Women's 1500m Final
Men's 200m Final
Women's 200m Final
Women's Pole Vault Final
Men's Javelin
Men's 110m Hurdle Final
Women's 100m Hurdle Final
Men's 1,500m Final
UNIVERSAL SPORTS COVERAGE: Universal Sports, a recently announced joint venture between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners and formerly World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), will air encore presentations of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the following events: swimming, track and field, gymnastics, diving, softball (USA vs. China), whitewater canoeing, men's indoor volleyball (USA vs. Argentina), women's indoor volleyball (USA vs. Brazil), men and women's marathon, wrestling, judo, women's weightlifting, rowing, men's BMX, women's water polo (USA vs. Australia), men's water polo (USA vs. Croatia) and boxing. WCSN has been rebranded as Universal Sports. Go to NBCOlympics.com and UniversalSports.com for up-to-date schedule information.
NBCOLYMPICS.COM: NBCOlympics.com, the most compelling and comprehensive Web destination for the 2008 Beijing Games, will simulcast the NBC and USA Network coverage of the Swimming and the NBC coverage of Track and Field Trials and will provide extensive bonus coverage from Omaha immediately following each broadcast. Go to NBCOlympics.com for more details.
NBC OLYMPIC TRIALS ON MOBILE: NBC Olympics Mobile presents comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials for users on-the-go. The NBC Olympics Mobile Web site will include news, schedules, and slideshow galleries from the Trials. NBC Olympics Mobile will also provide alerts from the Trials, including breaking news, athlete alerts, and even free photo & video highlight alerts. NBC Olympics Mobile Video offers Trials highlights, daily news, and exclusive feature videos on-demand to mobile video users. Mobile TV simulcasts of featured Trials event coverage will also be available on NBC 2Go. For more information on NBC Olympics Mobile offerings, visit NBCOlympics.com/mobile.
NBC UNIVERSAL'S BEIJING GAMES COVERAGE: NBC Universal will present more than 3,600 hours of coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the most ambitious single media project in history and more than the combined total of every Summer Olympics ever televised in the United States. The Beijing Games begin August 8, with unprecedented around-the-clock coverage and, for the first-time ever in the U.S., live streaming Olympic broadband video coverage, 2,200 hours in all.
Over the 17 days of the Beijing Games (Aug. 8-24), NBC Universal networks will present more than 3,600 hours of coverage highlighted by NBC in primetime which will feature live swimming, gymnastics and beach volleyball, despite the 12-hour time difference from the U.S.'s eastern time zone to Beijing.
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