Olympic Channel TV launch programming will include the FINA World Championships, Diamond League track and field and original series.
The Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will kick off its slate with a 30-minute preview show on Saturday at 6 a.m. ET with additional replays this weekend.
Check the Channel Finder to see how you can watch the Olympic Channel in your area.
The Olympic Channel will launch in more than 35 million homes, available to most subscribers of Altice, AT&T DirecTV, Comcast, Spectrum and Verizon.
It will also live stream on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Select replays and highlights will be available on those platforms and TeamUSA.org.
The FINA World Championships begin this weekend with Olympic Channel coverage of diving, synchronized swimming, open-water swimming and water polo.
The Olympic Channel will also air coverage of the FIVB World Grand Prix women’s volleyball, the ITU World Triathlon Series in Hamburg, the IPC World Track and Field Championships and the IAAF Diamond League track and field in Rabat.
Original programming will include the series “Against All Odds,” “Gold Medal Entourage” and “Heroes of the Future,” plus a “Return to Rio” show highlighting the best of Team USA.
Day | Program | Time (ET) |
Saturday | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA Launch Show | 6 a.m. |
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA Launch Show | 6:30 a.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Mixed Synchronized Platform Final | 7 a.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Synchronized Swimming: Solo Technical* | 8:30 a.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Women’s 1m Springboard Final | 10 a.m. | |
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA Launch Show | 11 a.m. | |
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA Launch Show | 11:30 a.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Men’s Synchronized Springboard Final | 12:30 p.m. | |
World Grand Prix Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Italy* | 2 p.m. | |
World Triathlon Series – Women’s and Men’s Sprint* | 4 p.m. | |
Against All Odds | 6 p.m. | |
Gold Medal Entourage | 6:30 p.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Men’s Synchronized Springboard Final** | 7 p.m. | |
World Grand Prix Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Italy** | 8:30 p.m. | |
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA Launch Show | 10:30 p.m. | |
IPC World Track and Field Championships – Day 2* | 11 p.m. | |
Sunday | FINA Worlds: Men’s Synchronized Springboard Final** | 12 a.m. |
Return to Rio – Best of Team USA | 1:30 a.m. | |
Against All Odds | 3:30 a.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Women’s Open-Water Swimming 10km | 4 a.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Women’s 1m Springboard Final** | 6:30 a.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Synchronized Swimming: Duet Technical* | 8 a.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Men’s 1m Springboard Final | 9:30 a.m. | |
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA Launch Show | 11 a.m. | |
Heroes of the Future | 11:30 a.m. | |
World Grand Prix Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. China* | 12 p.m. | |
Diamond League Rabat Track and Field | 2 p.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Women’s Water Polo, Italy vs. Canada* | 4 p.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Women’s Water Polo, U.S. vs. South Africa* | 5 p.m. | |
World Triathlon Series: Mixed Team World Champs* | 6 p.m. | |
FINA Worlds: Women’s Synchronized Platform Final* | 7:30 p.m. | |
Diamond League Track and Field Rabat** | 9 p.m. | |
IPC World Track and Field Championships – Day 3* | 11 p.m. |
*same-day delay
**encore presentation
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