| NETWORK |
MORNING SHOW |
FIRST REPORT |
TOTAL COVERAGE |
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Today |
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| 7:00-7:30am -- Medal count; U.S. results; Michael Phelps’ cover photo on Sports Illustrated; live interview with former gymnasts Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner |
| 7:30-8:00am -- U.S. hurdlers; childhood obesity in China; U.S. discus thrower Stephanie Brown Trafton wins a Gold Medal; modern architecture in China; live interview with U.S. hurdlers Angelo Taylor, Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson |
| 8:00-8:30am -- U.S. results; Chinese language lesson; NBC’s Al Roker and Matt Lauer attempt a rhythmic gymnastics routine; NBC’s Tiki Barber reports on U.S. 400m runners Jeremy Wariner and LaShawn Merritt |
| 8:30-9:00am -- Shopping in Beijing; cooking demonstration by U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin; live interviews with Brown Trafton, Canadian-born Chinese TV personality Mark Rowswell and InStyle China correspondent Zhu Zhu |
| 9:00-9:30am -- Michael Phelps’ cover photo on SI; U.S. results; re-air of earlier interview with Comaneci and Conner; visit to the historic Chinese city of Lijing |
| 9:30-10:00am -- Beijing weather forecast; report on the efforts by actor Jet Li to create a charitable foundation; Chinese cooking demonstration; preview of today’s events on NBC’s daytime Olympic coverage; images from the Beijing Games |
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The Early Show |
9:04 |
13:43 |
| Gymnastics scoring controversy; newborn panda cub being named Olympic Games; medal count; interview with Michael Phelps and his coach Bob Bowman; Phelps’ cover photo on SI; Phelps answering children’s questions |
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GMA |
10:05 |
8:21 |
| Gymnastics scoring controversy; U.S. results; China hurdler Liu Xiang withdrawing from competition; Michael Phelps’ cover photo on Sports Illustrated; U.S. results; live interview with Phelps |
| NETWORK |
EVENING SHOW |
FIRST REPORT |
TOTAL COVERAGE |
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Nightly News |
9:23 |
12:04 |
| Lack of protest demonstrations in Beijing; medal count; U.S. results; Michael Phelps interview with NBC’s Brian Williams; report on USA Basketball men’s team |
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Evening News |
20:39 |
2:25 |
| Michael Phelps and Dara Torres career medal count; the success of U.S. swimmers helping to spark interest in swimming in the U.S. |
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World News |
19:40 |
3:01 |
| China hurdler Liu Xiang withdrawing from Beijing Games; medal count; performance of U.S. swimmer Dara Torres at the Beijing Games; Michael Phelps wanting to transform swimming |
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SportsCenter |
19:54 |
5:32 |
| U.S. defeats Germany in men’s basketball; U.S. results; Michael Phelps interview |
