NBC Olympic coverage, continued

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NBC Olympic coverage, continued

More information coming out this week about NBC’s (TV and online) coverage of the Beijing Olympics: live coverage of every swimming final (nice) and live coverage of both men’s and women’s marathons (nice).

They’re reiterating that the 7-channel NBCU network will somehow average 212 hours of programming per day, which is more than 30 hours per day per network - somebody needs to explain this to me.

By-channel coverage:
NBC: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.***
8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.**
Midnight – 1:30 a.m.**
MSNBC: 5 a.m. – 5 p.m.*
CNBC: Midnight – 4:30 a.m.*
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.*
USA: 2 a.m. – 12 p.m.*
OXYGEN: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.**
TELEMUNDO: 2:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m.**
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.**
Midnight – 1:00 a.m.**

*ET
**ET/PT
***All time zones

As I mentioned before, this weird partly-synchronized, partly-not schedule means that there wil be gaps and overlaps for us West-Coast viewers.

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NBC Olympic coverage, continued