NBC’s Coverage of Day 9 at the 2012 Olympics

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ Before we list the schedule, let’s go over the latest on NBC’s viewership at the 2012 Olympics. Through one week (8 nights), NBC is averaging 34.5 million viewers and a 19.2 household rating, The audience is 4.4 million more than 2008 and nearly 8 million more than 2004. The rating is 10% higher than 2008 and 20% higher than 2004. Both numbers are the highest for a non-U.S. hosted Olympics since 1976. NBC also announced that tonight at 7:00p.m. ET it will air Michael Phelps: America’s Golden Champion, a special, intimate look at 18-time gold medalist and 22-time overall Olympic medalist. Phelps sat down with Bob Costas for an exclusive interview. Here is the schedule for today’s action at the Olympics: NBC 6 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET 5 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT 4 a.m. – 4 p.m. MT 3 a.m. – 6 p.m. PT Men’s Tennis – Gold Medal Final: Roger Federer(Switzerland) vs. Andy Murray (Great Britain) (LIVE) Women’s Marathon (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic) (LIVE) Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Italy (LIVE) Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Turkey (LIVE) Cycling – Track Gold Medal Final Equestrian – Team Jumping Gold Medal Final, Round 1 7 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT) Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals Men’s Floor Exercise Men’s Pommel Horse Women’s Vault Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals Men’s 100M Women’s 400M Women’s Triple Jump Women’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings (U.S.) vs. Cicolari/Menegatti (Italy) 12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT) Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Badminton – Singles Gold Medal Final · Track and field’s top men go for the gold in the steeplechase, a nearly-two-mile run over barriers and water jumps, as well as the hammer throw. NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4 a.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball – France vs. Russia (LIVE) Tennis – Gold Medal Finals Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Final: Serena and Venus Williams (U.S.) vs. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) (LIVE) Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Final: Andy Murray and Laura Robson (Great Britain) vs. Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) vs. Goller/Ludwig (Germany) (LIVE) Women’s Weightlifting – Super Heavyweight Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round China vs. South Korea Italy vs. Russia Cycling – Track Events (LIVE) Synchronized Swimming – Duet Qualifying Men’s Shooting – Pistol Gold Medal Final MSNBC 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. Women’s Water Polo – Quarterfinals Hungary vs. Russia (LIVE) China vs. Australia (LIVE) Men’s Tennis – Singles Bronze Medal: Djokovic (Serbia) vs. Del Potro (Argentina) (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Zhang/Xue (China) vs. Schwaiger/SChwaiger (Austria) (LIVE) Wrestling – Greco Roman Gold Medal Finals Men’s Field Hockey – Great Britain vs. Australia (LIVE) Men’s Table Tennis – Team Quarterfinals Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Spain (LIVE) Fencing – Men’s Team Foil Quarterfinal: U.S. vs. France Badminton – Men’s Doubles Gold Medal Final Men’s Doubles Bronze Match CNBC 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Women’s Boxing –Elimination Bouts (LIVE) 3:30 p.m. – 5:30p.m. Men’s Boxing – Quarterfinals (LIVE) NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round U.S. vs. China (LIVE) France vs. Russia (LIVE) Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE) Canada vs. Australia (LIVE) Czech Republic vs. Angola (LIVE) Turkey vs. Croatia (LIVE) Brazil vs. Great Britain (LIVE) NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. The Quarterfinals Encore TELEMUNDO 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET/PT) Women’s Marathon Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round Beach Volleyball – Quarterfinals Men’s Tennis – Gold Medal Final Boxing – Elimination Bouts Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT) Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals Gymnastics – Individual Event Gold Medal Finals Women’s Diving – Springboard Gold Medal Final 3D 4 a.m. – 6 p.m. Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Track and Field – Gold Medal Finals Women’s Diving – Springboard Semifinal Women’s Gymnastics – Trampoline Gold Medal Final