| NETWORK |
MORNING SHOW |
FIRST REPORT |
TOTAL COVERAGE |
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Today |
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| 7:00-7:30am -- Medal count; U.S. and Olympic results; live interviews with U.S. gymnasts Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin and Jonathan Horton |
| 7:30-8:00am -- Visit to the Great Wall of China; live interviews with U.S. women hurdlers Dawn Harper and Lolo Jones and U.S. wrestler Henry Cejudo |
| 8:00-8:30am -- U.S. results; Chinese language lesson; elderly Chinese women dancing to hip-hop music; U.S. basketball player Kobe Bryant talking about the Olympic experience |
| 8:30-9:00am -- Beijing weather report; U.S. softball team winning against Japan; report on the athlete’s Olympic Village; athlete to watch is U.S. taekwondo athlete Steven Lopez; report on the Lopez family, which has three members competing for the U.S.; sampling of exotic Asian fruits |
| 9:00-9:30am -- Medal count; U.S. and Olympic results; re-air of earlier interview with Johnson and Liukin; report on BMX racing; live interviews with family members of U.S. women’s water polo player Natalie Golda, BMX analyst Kenan Harkin |
| 9:30-10:00am -- Report on Chinese acrobatic troupe; preview of today’s events on NBC’s daytime coverage; images from the Beijing Games; live interview with former U.S. figure skater Michelle Kwan |
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The Early Show |
34:35 |
6:50 |
| Medal count; U.S. results; live interview with Henry Cejudo |
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GMA |
11:21 |
10:59 |
| U.S. results; profile of Nastia Liukin; live interview with Michael Phelps’ mother, Debbie |
| NETWORK |
EVENING SHOW |
FIRST REPORT |
TOTAL COVERAGE |
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Nightly News |
10:06 |
6:40 |
| Medal count; U.S. results; Michael Phelps on the cover of SI; report about the old part of Beijing; profile of U.S. BMX rider Donny Robinson |
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Evening News |
9:08 |
3:44 |
| U.S. results; medal count; Chinese government-sponsored sports training programs |
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World News |
21:45 |
2:49 |
| Medal count; U.S. results; profile of Chinese-American U.S. table tennis player Gao Jun |
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SportsCenter |
13:42 |
5:14 |
| Images of U.S. women’s basketball team defeating South Korea; U.S. and Olympic results; U.S. men’s basketball defeats Germany, interviews with players; comparing the Olympic accomplishments of Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz |
