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NETWORK
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MORNING SHOW
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FIRST REPORT
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TOTAL COVERAGE
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Today |
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| 7:00-7:30am -- Michael Phelps winning 11 Gold Medals in his Olympic career; U.S. results; Russia and Georgia female beach volleyball players shaking hands and hugging before their match; young Chinese girl lip-synching during Opening Ceremony; live interviews with U.S. women’s gymnastics team, U.S. swimmer Ricky Berens |
| 7:30-8:00am -- Training the Olympic hostesses that present the medals to the athletes; live interviews with NBCOlympics.com’s Alan Abrahamson, gymnastics analysts Elfi Schlegel, Tim Daggett and Bela Karolyi |
| 8:00-8:30am -- Michael Phelps winning his fourth and fifth Gold Medals of Beijing Games; U.S. results; previous interview with China gymnast; Chinese language lesson; profile of the Peking Opera; live interview with NBC’s Jim Lampley |
| 8:30-9:00am -- Tour of China’s countryside; Chinese cooking; Olympic images; live interviews with family members of U.S. women’s gymnastics team, swimming analyst Rowdy Gaines, B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell |
| 9:00-9:30am -- Michael Phelps winning 11 Gold Medals in his career; U.S. results; Russia and Georgia female beach volleyball players hugging; Opening Ceremony lip-synching; excerpts from earlier interview with U.S. women’s gymnastics team; China’s efforts to win the most Gold Medals, highlighting some of the country’s more high profile athletes; profile of U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin; live interview with Newsweek’s Melinda Liu |
| 9:30-10:00am -- Chinese people minding their manners during the Olympics; preview of today’s Olympic coverage; live interview with Men’s Health’s Dave Zinczenko on Olympic innovations in shoes and apparel for the athletes |
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The Early Show |
5:53 |
11:41 |
| Michael Phelps winning 11 Gold Medals in his Olympic career; Mark Spitz’s comments on Phelps; U.S. results; Opening Ceremony lip synching; U.S. results; live interviews with U.S. swimmer Cullen Jones, former U.S. swimmer Gary Hall, Jr. and U.S. swimmer Ricky Berens |
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GMA |
7:00 |
5:40 |
| Michael Phelps winning 11 Gold Medals in his Olympic career; U.S. results; how do we cheer as fans using science; Medal count |
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NETWORK
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EVENING SHOW
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FIRST REPORT
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TOTAL COVERAGE
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Nightly News |
4:18 |
9:56 |
| Medal count; report on the Speedo LZR; live interview with Rowdy Gaines; Opening Ceremony lip synching; profile of U.S. gymnast Shawn Johnson |
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Evening News |
24:44 |
3:50 |
| Report on fireworks in Opening Ceremony being computer generated, Opening Ceremony lip synching; Medal count; Michael Phelps medal count and his Olympic performance |
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World News |
26:28 |
1:53 |
| Profile of U.S. shooter Elizabeth Callahan |
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SportsCenter |
Lead Report |
3:49 |
| Michael Phelps winning Gold Medal and setting world record in 200m butterfly and his total medal count this Olympics; U.S. men’s basketball team defeating Angola and analysis of their performance; Michael Phelps wins fifth Gold Medal; U.S. results; live report from Beijing on Phelps winning fifth Gold Medal |
