The 2022 Olympic Games will have their opening ceremony on Friday, Feb. 4 at 6:30 a.m. ET. The event will be televised by NBC and Peacock.
The opening ceremony will take place at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, which is also referred to as “The Bird’s Nest.” This location previously hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics, a track and field venue and the men’s 2008 gold medal soccer game. However, the stadium will not be hosting any competitions during these Olympics.
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The 2022 Beijing Winter Games will have seven new events: women’s monobob; men’s and women’s big air (freestyle skiing); mixed team snowboard cross; mixed team aerials; mixed team short track relay; and mixed team ski jumping. In total, there will be 109 medal events across 15 sports.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Olympic opening ceremony including time, date, TV channel and live stream options:
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What channel is the opening ceremony on?
- TV channel: NBC
NBC and CBC will air the Olympic opening ceremony beginning at 6:30 a.m. ET (3:30 a.m. PT) and re-broadcast it at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on Friday before breaking up coverage of Olympic events across its family of networks. This marks the first time NBC and CBC will broadcast an Olympics opening ceremony live in the morning.
Olympic opening ceremony start time
- Date: Friday, Feb. 4
- LIVE: 6:30 a.m. ET | 3:30 a.m. PT
- Encore: 8 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. PT
Savannah Guthrie and Mike Tirico will host NBC’s live-morning broadcast of the Olympics Beijing, which operates in China Standard Time, is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Time, meaning the ceremony will begin 7:30 p.m. local time. Scott Russell, Adrienne Arsenault and Andrew Chang lead CBC's coverage.
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Here is NBC’s full television broadcast schedule for Friday, Feb. 4.
| Time (ET) | Broadcast |
| 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. | Live opening ceremony coverage |
| 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. | Special Olympics edition of "Today" |
| 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. | NBC Preview Show — Winter Olympics |
| 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. | Opening ceremony replay |
| 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. | Opening ceremony replay |
Opening ceremony live stream:
- Live stream: Peacock, NBC Sports app, NBC Olympics, fuboTV
Cordless options to watch the 2022 Beijing Olympics include NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, as well as NBCOlympics.com and fuboTV, which offers a seven-day free trial.
How to watch the Olympics in Canada
- TV channels: CBC
- Hosts: Scott Russell, Adrienne Arsenault and Andrew Chang
- Live streams: CBC Gem, CBC's Beijing 2022 website, CBC Olympics app, fuboTV
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Olympic schedule 2022
Here is the schedule for the 2022 Olympics this weekend.
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Friday, Feb. 4
| Sport | Event | Time (ET) | Channel |
| Figure Skating | Pairs' Short Program Team Event | 12:35 a.m. | NBC |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | USA vs. Sweden (LIVE) | 1:30 a.m. | USA |
| Opening Ceremony (LIVE) | - | 6:30 a.m. | NBC |
| Olympics Preview Show | - | 12 p.m. | NBC |
| Figure Skating | Men's Short Program, Rhythm Dance, Pairs' Short Program Team Events | 2 p.m. | USA |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | USA vs. Sweden | 2 p.m. | USA |
| Opening Ceremony | - | 8 p.m. | NBC |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | Switzerland vs. Sweden (LIVE) | 8 p.m. | USA |
| Women's Snowboard | Slopestyle Qualifying (LIVE) | 10 p.m. | USA |
| Women's Ice Hockey | Canada vs. Finland (LIVE) | 11:50 p.m. | USA |
Saturday, Feb. 5
| Sport | Event | Time (ET) | Channel |
| Men's Ski Jumping | Individual Normal Hill Qualifying (LIVE) | 1:30 a.m. | USA |
| Men's Freestyle Skiing | Moguls Qualifying, Final (LIVE) | 2:45 a.m. | USA |
| Women's Speed Skating | 3000m (LIVE) | 2:45 a.m. | USA |
| Women's Cross-Country Skiing | Skiathlon (LIVE) | 2:45 a.m. | USA |
| Men's Ski Jumping | Individual Normal Hill Qualifying | 2:45 a.m. | USA |
| Women's Ice Hockey | U.S. vs. Russian Olympic Committee (LIVE) | 8:10 a.m. | USA |
| Short Track | Mixed Relay Final, Women's 500m Qualifying, Men's 1000m Qualifying | 10:30 a.m. | USA |
| Men's Luge | First and Second Runs | 10:30 a.m. | USA |
| Biathlon | Mixed Relay | 10:30 a.m. | USA |
| Women's Ski Jumping | Normal Hill Final | 10:30 a.m. | USA |
| Women's Speed Skating | 3000m | 2 p.m. | NBC |
| Men's Luge | First and Second Runs | 2 p.m. | NBC |
| Women's Cross-Country Skiing | Skiathlon | 2 p.m. | NBC |
| Men's Freestyle Skiing | Moguls Qualifying | 2 p.m. | NBC |
| Women's Ski Jumping | Normal Hill Final | 2 p.m. | NBC |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | U.S. vs. China, U.S. vs. Canada | 4 p.m. | CNBC |
| Women's Ice Hockey | U.S. vs. Russian Olympic Committee | 5 p.m. | USA |
| Women's Snowboard | Slopestyle Final (LIVE) | 7:30 p.m. | USA |
| Men's Snowboard | Slopestyle Qualifying (LIVE) | 7:30 p.m. | USA |
| Men's Luge | First and Second Runs | 7:30 p.m. | USA |
| Biathlon | Mixed Relay | 7:30 p.m. | USA |
| Figure Skating | Team Event (LIVE): Women's Short Program, Men's Free Skate | 8 p.m. | NBC |
| Men's Alpine Skating | Downhill Run (LIVE) | 8 p.m. | NBC |
| Short Track | Mixed Relay Final | 8 p.m. | NBC |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | U.S. vs. Czech Republic (LIVE) | 8 p.m. | CNBC |
Sunday, Feb. 6
| Sport | Event | Time (ET) | Channel |
| Women's Snowboard | Slopestyle Final | 12 a.m. | NBC |
| Men's Freestyle Skiing | Moguls Final | 12 a.m. | NBC |
| Men's Cross-Country Skiing | Skiathlon (LIVE) | 2 a.m. | USA |
| Men's Speed Skating | 5000m (LIVE) | 2 a.m. | USA |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | Norway vs. Sweden | 2 a.m. | USA |
| Women's Freestyle Skiing | Moguls Qualifying | 2 a.m. | USA |
| Women's Freestyle Skiing | Moguls Final (LIVE) | 6:30 a.m. | USA |
| Women's Ice Hockey | U.S. vs. Switzerland (LIVE) | 8:10 a.m. | USA |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | U.S. vs. Switzerland | 10:30 a.m. | USA |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | Italy vs. Sweden | 10:30 a.m. | USA |
| Men's Luge | Third and Final Runs | 10:30 a.m. | USA |
| Men's Ski Jumping | Normal Hill Final | 10:30 a.m. | USA |
| Men's Speed Skating | 5000m | 2 p.m. | NBC |
| Men's Cross-Country Skiing | Skiathlon | 2 p.m. | NBC |
| Men's Ski Jumping | Normal Hill Final | 2 p.m. | NBC |
| Women's Ice Hockey | U.S. vs. Switzerland | 5 p.m. | USA |
| Figure Skating | Team Event (LIVE): Pairs' Free Skate, Free Dance, Women's Free Skate | 7 p.m. | USA |
| Women's Alpine Skiing | Giant Slalom First Run (LIVE) | 7 p.m. | NBC |
| Women's Freestyle Skiing | Big Air Qualifying (LIVE), Moguls Final | 7 p.m. | NBC |
| Men's Luge | Third and Final Runs | 7 p.m. | NBC |
| Women's Alpine Skiing | Giant Slalom First Run (LIVE) | 7:30 p.m. | USA |
| Women's Freestyle Skiing | Big Air Qualifying (LIVE) | 7:30 p.m. | USA |
| Men's Cross-Country Skiing | Skiathlon | 7:30 p.m. | USA |
| Men's Ski Jumping | Normal Hill Final | 7:30 p.m. | USA |
| Women's Ice Hockey | Canada vs. Russian Olympic Committee (LIVE) | USA |