By Martin Hammer
There won’t be a Summer Olympics this year, with the planned 2020 Tokyo Games moved to the summer of 2021 because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, but those stuck at home will have plenty of Olympic content to watch over the next two weeks.
NBC Sports will be airing nightly primetime programming from the 2016 (Rio), 2012 (London), and 2008 (Beijing) Games on NBCSN from April 13-21, then further programming on Team USA dynasties from April 22-26. Here are more details from their release
Here are some highlights we’ve selected from each night:
Monday, April 13: 2016 Rio Games: women’s gymnastics team final (9 p.m. ET) and individual all-around (11 p.m. ET)
Tuesday, April 14: 2016 Rio Games: track and field men’s sprinting events (featuring three medals from Usain Bolt, 7 p.m. ET) and an hour-long special on Michael Phelps’ performance in Rio (10 p.m. ET)
Wednesday, April 15: 2016 Rio Games: women’s swimming (featuring five medals and two world records from Katie Ledecky, 7 p.m. ET), women’s water polo (USA-Italy final, 2 a.m. ET)
Thursday, April 16: 2012 London Games: women’s gymnastics team final (7 p.m. ET) and individual all-around and apparatus finals (9 p.m. ET)
Friday, April 17: 2012 London Games: men’s swimming (featuring Phelps and Ryan Lochte, 10 p.m. ET), women’s soccer (USA-Canada semifinal, 12 a.m. ET), women’s beach volleyball (US-US final, 2 a.m. ET)
Saturday, April 18: 2012 London Games: track and field men’s (10 p.m. ET) and women’s (11 p.m. ET) sprinting events, women’s soccer (USA-Japan final, 12 a.m. ET)
Sunday, April 19: Olympic Films: Kon Ichikawa’s 1965 Tokyo Olympiad on the 1964 Tokyo Games (10:30 p.m. ET), First: The Official Film of the 2012 London Olympics (following the stories of 12 first-time Olympians, 1 a.m. ET)
Monday, April 20: 2008 Beijing Games: men’s beach volleyball (USA-Brazil final, 7 p.m. ET), a 90-minute special on Michael Phelps’ eight medals in Beijing (8:30 p.m. ET), women’s beach volleyball (USA-China final, 10 p.m. ET)
Tuesday, April 21: 2008 Beijing Games: women’s gymnastics team final (7 p.m. ET) and individual all-around final (8:30 p.m. ET), a 30-minute special on Usain Bolt’s three memorable races in Beijing (including his world record of 9.69 seconds in the 100m, 10:30 p.m. ET), women’s soccer (USA-Brazil final, 11 p.m. ET)
Wednesday, April 22: Olympic Classics: men’s basketball (including the 2008 USA-Spain final at 7 p.m. ET and the 1992 USA-Croatia final at 9 p.m. ET), plus Olympic Adventures with Mary Carillo: Summer Olympics (2:30 a.m. ET)
Thursday, April 23: Olympic Classics: women’s basketball (including the 1996 USA-Brazil final at 7 p.m. ET and the 2000 USA-Australia final at 8:30 p.m. ET), plus More Than Gold: Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympics (2 a.m. ET, narrated by Morgan Freeman)
