TORINO: OLYMPIC TV SCHEDULE — TEXT FORMAT

TORINO: OLYMPIC TV SCHEDULE – TEXT FORMAT{mosimage}Olympic Winter Games TV schedule

Days 1 through 4

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

NBC
8:00 p.m. – Midnight
Opening Ceremony
Parade of Nations
Lighting of the Olympic Cauldron
2:39 a.m. – 6:00 a.m.
Primetime Replay

USA
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice

UNIVERSAL HD
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
The Torino Opening Ceremony promises a dramatic entrance of some 2500 athletes from 85 countries during the Parade of Nations as they gather in the Olympic Stadium in Torino to experience a high tech, high-energy spectacle with a uniquely Italian flare.

Four years ago, at the Opening Ceremony in Salt Lake City, the members of the
1980 'Miracle on Ice' hockey team reunited to light the Olympic Cauldron,
adding to the long tradition of memorable Olympic flame lightings. The question
still remains, who will add to the legacy and ignite the cauldron in Torino?
Note: The Olympic Stadium in Torino, the former Stadio Comunale, built in the
1930s, was used as the historic home of football matches by the Torino Calcio
and Juventus FC football teams until the 1980s.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:
'Olympic Ice' will provide a daily all-access pass inside the world of figure
skating – the Winter Games' most popular and intriguing sport. The one-hour
program, dedicated to an entertaining mix of breaking news, in-depth analysis
and exclusive athlete interviews, will present the most comprehensive skating
coverage in Olympic broadcast history.
'Olympic Ice' will be hosted by Mary Carillo and co-hosted by distinguished
skating analyst and two-time Olympic gold medalist Dick Button. 'Olympic Ice'
launches February 10 and airs nightly through the Games' figure skating
competition, 6-7 p.m. ET, on USA Network.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

NBC
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Luge – Men's Singles Competition
Nordic Combined – Individual Gold Medal Final
Alpine Skiing – Men's Downhill Final Timed Training
Figure Skating – Pairs Preview
8:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Figure Skating – Pairs Short Program
Freestyle Skiing – Women's Moguls Gold Medal Final
Speed Skating – Men's 5000m Gold Medal Final
Luge – Men's Singles Competition
Alpine Skiing – Men's Downhill Final Timed Training
Midnight – 1:00 a.m.
Ski Jumping – K95 Individual Competition
Figure Skating – Pairs Analysis
Medals Plaza – Award Ceremony
1:00 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
Primetime Replay

USA
7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Biathlon – Men's 20km Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Noon – 2:30 p.m.
Hockey – Women: USA vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice

CNBC
7:00 a.m. – Noon
Hockey – Women: Finland vs. Germany (LIVE)
Sweden vs. Russia (LIVE)
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hockey – Women: Canada vs. Italy (LIVE)

UNIVERSAL HD
7:00 a.m. – Noon
Hockey – Women: Finland vs. Germany (LIVE)

Sweden vs. Russia (LIVE)
Noon – 2:30 p.m.
Hockey – Women: USA vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hockey – Women: Canada vs. Italy (LIVE)
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Gold medal favorites in the 2006 Olympic pairs competition are Russia's Tatyana
Totmiyanina and Maxim Marinin, who live and train in Chicago. The two-time
reigning world champions are back after a scary crash at a competition in
Pittsburgh in October 2004 – Totmiyanina fell to the unforgiving ice headfirst. The
crash and her remarkably quick recovery received widespread media attention
last fall and an outpouring of fan support.

America's first look at Houston's Chad Hedrick, the two-time reigning world
champion in the men's 5000m makes his Olympic debut today. Hedrick, a
former in-line skating world champion, was inspired to switch to speed skating
just four years ago when he watched former in-line rival Derek Parra win gold in
Salt Lake City while playing blackjack in Las Vegas.

Reigning world champion in women's moguls Hannah Kearney makes her
Olympic debut tonight. Just two years ago, the 19-year-old New Hampshire
native was a high school star in soccer and track that also happened to be an up
and coming freestyle skier.

The men's downhill, final timed training helps determine the start order for
Sunday's downhill and offers a first look at the men who will make one daring
downhill dash for gold tomorrow night, including reigning world champion Bode
Miller (Bretton Woods, N.H.) and veteran Daron Rahlves (Sugar Bowl, Calif.) of
Team USA. Miller and Rahlves won gold and silver at the 2005 World
Championships in Bormio, Italy.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
The USA has never won a medal in Nordic Combined, in which athletes must
combine the power and agility of ski jumping with the endurance and
determination of cross-country skiing. Veteran U.S. Olympian Todd Lodwick
(Steamboat Sprongs, Colo.) has a chance to end that drought, if he can keep
pace with German world champion Ronny Ackermann, the gold medal favorite.

In the men's singles luge competition, defending Olympic champion Italian Armin
Zoeggeler begins his chase for a second straight gold, which could be the first
for the host country Italy at the Torino Games. Also watch for Minnesota's Tony
Benshoof, an emerging contender who's having his best season.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Latenight):
Ski Jumping begins as the world's best soar beyond the length of a football field
in pursuit of Olympic gold. Watch for Finnish star Janne Ahonen, who doubles
as a drag racer back home.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:
The puck drops for the first day of two scintillating weeks of Olympic hockey,
featuring LIVE coverage of the world champion U.S. women's hockey team
against Switzerland. Olympic veterans Angela Ruggiero ( Harper Woods, Mich.)
and Krissy Wendell (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Team USA as they attempt to
reclaim gold after falling to archrival Canada four years ago.

Be sure to set your alarm in time to catch LIVE coverage of the men's 20km gold
medal biathlon final, the Torino Winter Games' first medal event, featuring one of
stars of the Salt Lake Games, five-time Olympic gold medalist Ole Einar
Bjoerndalen of Norway in the first of five chances to strike gold in Torino.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12

NBC
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Speed Skating – Women's 3000m Gold Medal Final
Cross Country – Women's Pursuit Competition
Cross Country – Men's Pursuit Competition
Luge – Men's Singles Competition
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Alpine Skiing – Men's Downhill Gold Medal Final
Short Track Speed Skating – Men's 1500m Gold Medal Final
Ski Jumping – K95 Individual Gold Medal Final
Snowboarding – Men's Halfpipe Gold Medal Final
Ski Jumping – K95 Individual Gold Medal Final
Luge – Men's Singles Gold Medal Final
11:35 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 3000m Relay Competition
Women's 500m Competition
Medals Plaza – Award Ceremonies
12:30 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
Primetime Replay

CNBC
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Hockey – Women: Canada vs. Russia (LIVE)
USA
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hockey – Women: USA vs. Germany (LIVE)
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice

UNIVERSAL HD
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Hockey – Women: Canada vs. Russia (LIVE)
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hockey – Women: USA vs. Germany (LIVE)
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
Reigning World Champion Bode Miller (Bretton Woods, N.H.) makes his Torino
debut in the Men's Downhill, the most thrilling event in alpine skiing. Miller and
California's Daron Rahlves, who won gold and silver, respectively, at the 2005
World Championships in Bormio, Italy, will race two miles in two minutes in pursuit of
Olympic gold, and give the U.S. its most potent 1-2 punch ever in this event.

Another Salt Lake gold medalist returns to the Olympic stage, as electrifying Seattle
native Apolo Anton Ohno, who won the gold medal in the 1500m event four years
ago amid controversy (his South Korean rival was disqualified for interfering with
Ohno), looks to add to his collection of Olympic gold and his reputation as his sport's marquee star.

Four years ago, American snowboarders swept the men's halfpipe medals 1-2-3,
and Team USA once again fields a strong group, which could include defending gold
medalist Ross Powers (South Londonderry, Vt.), Salt Lake silver medalist Danny
Kass (Greenwich, Conn.), and crossover skateboarding star Shaun White
(Carlsbad, Calif.)

Janne Ahonen, the latest in a long line of 'Flying Finns', attempts to return his
nation to ski jumping's pinnacle and cement his reputation as a two-sport star
back home – he's also a champion drag racer in Finland.

In the luge men's singles gold medal final, defending Olympic champion Italian
Armin Zoeggeler, attempts to win Italy's first gold medal of the Torino Games.
Also watch for Minnesota's Tony Benshoof, an emerging contender who's
having his best season.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
In speed skating's 3000m gold medal final, expect a cross-Atlantic clash as
Germany's Anni Friesinger, whose model good looks have earned her the
nickname 'Sexy Anni' and made her one of the most popular winter athletes
back home, meets Canada's Cindy Klassen, who's thrived since making a
successful transition to the sport after she was cut from the Canadian hockey
team before the 1998 Games.
Comprehensive coverage of the men's and women's cross country pursuit
competitions.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Latenight):
The Winter Games' most frenetic sport will keep you awake as short track's
female stars look to advance toward gold medal finals in the relay and 500m
events. China's Yang Yang (A), double gold medalist from Salt Lake City, has
returned from retirement to lead China's charge, and up-and-coming skaters
Allison Baver (Reading, Pa.) and Hyo-Jung Kim (Fullerton, Calif.) pace Team
USA.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:
LIVE hockey coverage continues with Team USA in action against Germany.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13

NBC
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Luge – Women's Singles Competition
8:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Figure Skating – Pairs Free Skate Gold Medal Final
Snowboarding – Women's Halfpipe Gold Medal Final
Speed Skating – Men's 500m Gold Medal Final
12:05 a.m. – 1:30 a.m.
The Olympic Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Figure Skating – Pairs Free Skate Analysis
Medals Plaza – Award Ceremonies
1:30 a.m. – 5:00 a.m.
Primetime Replay

USA
3:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Curling – Men: USA vs. Norway (LIVE)
Biathlon – Women's 15km Gold Medal Final (LIVE)
Curling – Women: USA vs. Norway (LIVE)
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice

MSNBC
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Hockey – Women: Sweden vs. Italy (LIVE)
Women: Finland vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
CNBC
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Curling – Men: USA vs. Finland

UNIVERSAL HD
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Hockey – Women: Sweden vs. Italy (LIVE)
Women: Finland vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Olympic Ice

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
The gold medal favorites in the 2006 Olympic pairs competition are Russia's
Tatyana Totmiyanina and Maxim Marinin, who live and train in Chicago. The
two-time reigning world champions are back after a scary crash at a competition
in Pittsburgh in October 2004 – Totmiyanina fell to the unforgiving ice headfirst.
The crash and her remarkably quick recovery received widespread media
attention last fall and an outpouring of fan support.

The USA women's halfpipe team is as deep and talented as its male counterpart,
and also could win multiple medals. Watch for high-flyers Gretchen Bleiler
(Snowmass, Colo.) and Hannah Teter (Belmont, Vt.), newcomer Lindsey
Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, Vt.) who also happens to be the world champion in
the exciting new Olympic event called snowboard cross, and defending Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark (Mount Snow, Vt.)

The Men's 500m in speed skating is the fastest race on skates – two all out sprints
burning up the Italian ice to determine Olympic gold. Wisconsin native Casey
FitzRandolph struck gold at the Salt Lake Olympics, and in Torino he'll be tested by
standouts from Canada and Japan.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
The women's luge competition begins today with the first two runs. Germany's
all-world lugers swept the medals in this event at the Salt Lake Games and are
expected to dominate again, though young and improving Americans Ashley
Hayden (Westborough, Mass.) and Courtney Zablocki (Highlands Ranch,
Colo.) are determined to upend the German juggernaut.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Latenight):
Tonight an exclusive review of the pairs competition through the eyes of NBC
analysts Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, who were at the center of the judging
controversy four years in Salt Lake that eventually led to double gold medals for
them and a new scoring system for the sport.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:
Curling, the 'cult hit' of the 2002 Games, returns to the Olympic ice with LIVE
coverage of the U.S. men's and women's teams, each in action against Norway.
The USA women, led by sisters Cassie and Jamie Johnson of curling hotbed
Bemidji, Minnesota, took silver at the most recent World Championship.

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
LIVE coverage of women's hockey continues.