| NETWORK |
MORNING SHOW |
FIRST REPORT |
TOTAL COVERAGE |
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Today |
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| 7:00-7:30am -- Controversy over the ages of female Chinese gymnasts; Medal count; U.S. results; list of U.S. multiple medalists at the Beijing Games; live interview with NBCOlympics.com’s Alan Abrahamson |
| 7:30-8:00am -- “Olympic Moment” of women’s soccer team winning Gold Medal; Jamaica sprinter Usain Bolt being “Today’s Athlete to Watch”; live interviews with members of the U.S. women’s soccer team and U.S. beach volleyballers Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser |
| 8:00-8:30am -- Controversy over the ages of female Chinese gymnasts; U.S. results; Chinese language lesson; Chinese women having more opportunities in Chinese society to work and succeed |
| 8:30-9:00am -- Performance by beach volleyball dancers; report on ancient form of Chinese writing; Chinese cooking lesson; moments from the Beijing Games; live interview include members of the U.S. women’s water polo team |
| 9:00-9:30am -- Medal count; controversy over the ages of female Chinese gymnasts; U.S. results; list of U.S. multiple medalists; re-air of earlier interview with Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser; report on Chinese seals; profile of Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma; live interviews with BMX racers Mike Day, Donny Robinson and Jill Kintner and NBC staffers |
| 9:30-10:00am – Viewer e-mails asking Olympic-related questions; preview of today’s Olympic events on NBC’s daytime coverage; video clips from the show’s time in Beijing |
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The Early Show |
13:06 |
15:03 |
| Controversy over the ages of female Chinese gymnasts; Nastia Liukin returns to U.S.; U.S. results; counterfeit merchandise; live interviews with U.S. beach volleyballers Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh and U.S. tennis team members Serena and Venus Williams |
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GMA |
18:18 |
2:33 |
| Controversy over the ages of female Chinese gymnasts; U.S results; Medal count; Gold Medal-winning gymnast Nastia Liukin greeted by fans when she arrived in U.S. from Beijing |
| NETWORK |
EVENING SHOW |
FIRST REPORT |
TOTAL COVERAGE |
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Nightly News |
8:57 |
6:01 |
| Medal count; U.S. results; profile of U.S. women’s water polo players Brenda Villa and Patty Cardenas; profile of Lopez family competing in taekwondo |
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Evening News |
25:33 |
3:07 |
| U.S. results; profile of the U.S. men’s basketball team |
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World News |
22:11 |
2:56 |
| U.S. results; Medal count; profile of Jamaica sprinter Usain Bolt |
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SportsCenter |
29:23 |
4:26 |
| U.S. women’s soccer team wins Gold Medal; U.S. results; interview with U.S. G Kobe Bryant |
