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MORNING SHOW |
FIRST REPORT |
TOTAL COVERAGE |
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Today |
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| 7:00-7:30am -- Medal count; U.S. results; live interviews with U.S. swimmers Michael Phelps and Jason Lezak |
| 7:30-8:00am -- Live interviews with U.S. swimmers Rebecca Soni, Aaron Peirsol, Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin, Michael Phelps and his Phelps’ coach Bob Bowman, |
| 8:00-8:30am -- China hurdler Liu Xiang withdraws from competition; U.S. results; Michael Phelps wins eight Gold Medals; Chinese language lesson; Olympic moment; excerpts from taped interview with Phelps’ mother, Debbie, and his sisters, Hillary and Whitney |
| 8:30-9:00am -- NBC’s Meredith Vieira playing table tennis with U.S. table tennis player David Zhuang; report on what the Olympic athletes are listening to on their iPods; live interviews with U.S. women’s rowing team |
| 9:00-9:30am -- Medal count; China hurdler Liu Xiang withdraws; U.S. results; Michael Phelps wins eight Gold Medals; Olympic results; excerpt from earlier interview with Phelps; silk shopping in China; video of Phelps winning eight Gold Medals; Dara Torres’ Olympic performance |
| 9:30am-10:00am -- China’s nightlife; Chinese food cooking demonstration; preview of today’s Olympics events on NBC’s daytime coverage; images of Olympic action; live interviews with U.S. diver Laura Wilkinson, U.S. men’s fencing team |
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The Early Show |
17:42 |
5:55 |
| Medal count; China hurdler Liu Xiang withdraws; U.S. results; Michael Phelps wins eight Gold Medals; interview with U.S. volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon in the aftermath of the knife attack on his in-laws; U.S results |
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GMA |
18:07 |
5:24 |
| Michael Phelps winning eight Gold Medals; Phelps interview; Dara Torres interview |
| NETWORK |
EVENING SHOW |
FIRST REPORT |
TOTAL COVERAGE |
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Nightly News |
Lead Report |
14:22 |
| Michael Phelps winning eight Gold Medals; Phelps interview; medal count; legacy of Tiananmen Square massacre; Dara Torres interview |
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Evening News |
10:06 |
2:28 |
| Medal count; Michael Phelps having the perfect body for swimming and winning eight Gold Medals; Dara Torres’ Olympic performance |
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World News |
13:12 |
3:36 |
| Michael Phelps wins eight Gold Medals; Dara Torres’ Olympic performance; U.S. results; medal count |
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SportsCenter |
6:34 |
15:56 |
| Michael Phelps wins eight Gold Medals; Olympic results; report on U.S. volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon in the aftermath of the knife attack on his in-laws; report on Brazil marathoner Vanderlei De Lima being accosted during ’04 Athens Games marathon; Michael Phelps’ Olympic performance |
