Winter Olympics 2018: TV Schedule, Live Stream

NBC begins its primetime coverage of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea Thursday with figure skating at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The opening ceremonies for the winter games aren’t until Friday, but qualifying rounds begin earlier.

From Thursday through closing ceremonies on Sunday, Feb. 25, NBC will broadcast marquee events during primetime. Keep in mind that Pyeongchang is 14 hours ahead of the Eastern time zone in the United States, so be sure to set your spoiler alerts if you want to wait until the broadcasts to learn the outcome.

Or, if you want to watch the competition live overnight, NBC will offer live streaming. The network offers several ways to watch the Olympic Games.

In all, NBC will offer 176 hours of live coverage; NBCSN will present 369 hours of coverage, including live primetime and 10 days of 24-hour coverage from Feb. 18-25, including mixed doubles curling at 11 p.m.; CNBC will present 46 hours of coverage; and USA Network will present 40 hours of ice hockey and curling coverage, mostly between 7-9:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

NBC Universal offers several ways to watch the Olympic Games.

Live streaming schedules can be found on NBCOlympics.com, where you can also find complete and detailed competition and schedules and TV listings. The Games will be broadcast on NBC, NBCSN and across the network of NBC Universal. Live streams of every Olympic event will be available, as will on-demand services and highlight videos. To watch on a mobile device, tablet or connected TV, download the NBC Sports app.

Here are some of the TV broadcasts (all times Eastern Standard Time, some times overlap, check listings at NBCOlympics.com to find which network to watch):

Thursday, Feb. 8
8 p.m.: Figure skating — team event

Friday, Feb. 9
6 a.m.: Opening ceremonies; this event was kept on South Korea’s primetime viewing schedule.
8 p.m.: Taped coverage of opening ceremonies

Saturday, Feb. 10
5 a.m., short-track speedskating — men’s 1,500 meters
7:10 a.m.: Women’s hockey, Switzerland vs. Korea
8 p.m.: Snowboarding — men’s slopestyle final
9 p.m.: Alpine skiing — men’s downhill

Sunday, Feb. 11
4:50 a.m.: Luge — men’s final uns
8 p.m.: Snowboarding — women’s slopestyle
8:15 p.m.: Alpine skiing — women’s giant slalom

Monday, Feb. 12
5:30 a.m.: Moguls — men’s
7:30 a.m: Speedskating — women’s 1,500 meters
7:50 a.m: Ski jumping — women’s
8 p.m.: Snowboarding — women’s halfpipe

Tuesday, Feb. 13
5 a.m.: Short-track speedskating — women’s 500 meters
8:15 p.m.: Alpine skiing — women’s slalom
8:30 p.m.: Snowboarding — men’s halfpipe

Wednesday, Feb. 14
1 a.m.: Nordic combined — individual, normal hill
6:20 a.m.: Luge — doubles
5 a.m.: Speedskating — women’s 1,000 meters
8:30 p.m.: Figure skating — pairs free skate

Thursday, Feb. 15
1:30 a.m.: Cross-country skiing — women’s spring, freestyle
6 a.m.: Biathlon — men’s 20K individual race
7:10 a.m.: Men’s hockey, Czech Republic vs. South Korea
7:30 p.m.: Skeleton — men’s
8 p.m: Figure skating — men’s short program
8 p.m.: Snowboarding — women’s snowboard cross

Friday, Feb. 16
6 a.m.: Freestyle skiing — women’s aerials
8 p.m.: Figure skating — men’s long programs
8 p.m.: Freestyle skiing — women’s slopestyle
9 p.m.: Alpine skiing — women’s Super-G

Saturday, Feb. 17
7:10 a.m.: Men’s hockey — United States vs. Russia
8 p.m.: Freestyle skiing — men’s slopestyle
8:15 p.m.: Alpine skiing — men’s giant slalom

Sunday, Feb. 18
8 p.m.: Figure skating — ice dance, short dance

Monday, Feb. 19
8 p.m.: Figure skating — ice dance, free dance
8:30 p.m.: Freestyle skiing — women’s halfpipe

Tuesday, Feb. 20
8 p.m.: Figure skating — women’s short program
9 pm.: Alpine skiing — women’s downhill

Wednesday, Feb. 21
6:40 a.m.: Bobsled — women’s final runs
9:30 p.m.: Freestyle skiing — men’s halfpipe
11:10 p.m.: Women’s hockey — gold medal game

Thursday, Feb. 22
7:30 p.m.: Snowboarding — women’s big air final
8 p.m.: Figure skating — women’s long program

Friday, Feb. 23
5 a.m.: Speedskating — men’s 1,000 meters

Saturday, Feb. 25
Midnight: Cross-country skiing — men’s 50K mass start
6 a.m.: Speedskating — men’s and women’s mass start
7:05 p.m.: Curling — women’s gold medal match
7:30 p.m.: Bobsled — four-man final runs
11:10 p.m.: Men’s hockey — gold medal game

Sunday, Feb. 25
6 a.m.: Closing ceremony
8 p.m.: Taped coverage of closing ceremony

Photo: A taekwondo performer demonstrates a cultural performance during the opening ceremony of the 132nd IOC session ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 5, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)