NBC Sports and U.S. Figure Skating announced today the schedule for the 2021-22 figure skating season. From October to April, NBC Sports and Peacock will provide more than 175 hours of coverage, in addition to NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics in February.
Beginning with Skate America, NBC Sports will present more than 30 hours of figure skating coverage on NBC, with an additional 50 hours airing on NBCSN, USA, and E!. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will present original programming plus encores of figure skating coverage of several events. Coverage will showcase the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series (including Skate America), ISU World Championships, ISU Four Continents Championships, and the ISU European Championships.
As the exclusive streaming home of U.S. Figure Skating, Peacock will stream coverage of every skate throughout the 2021-22 season, beginning with exclusive coverage of the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series.
NBC Sports will kick off its Grand Prix Series coverage with 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America, set for October 22-24 in Las Vegas. The entire competition will be covered live on Peacock, with more than 10 hours of live coverage on NBC and NBCSN. Every stop on the Grand Prix Series will feature coverage on NBC and will conclude with Grand Prix Final recap show on December 12.
NBC Sports’ four-day coverage of the 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which will be held January 6-9, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee, features live coverage of every discipline, including live coverage of the women’s short program and free skate on Thursday, January 6 (USA Network) and Friday, January 7 (NBC), respectively. The men’s competition will feature two live shows on NBC on Saturday, January 8, and Sunday, January 9. The Prevagen Skating Spectacular will air Sunday, January 15 on NBC.
Additionally, NBC and E! will televise 10 hours of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships, as well as 13 hours of the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
NBC and USA will cover 17 hours of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, which are set for March 21-27, in Montpellier, France. The pairs’ and women’s free skate will be featured in primetime on Thursday, March 24, and Friday, March 25.
Coverage on NBC, USA, and E! is live-streamed on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is available on Olympics.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app.
In addition to U.S. Figure Skating coverage, Peacock features even more live sports including Sunday Night Football, all Notre Dame football home games, Premier League, NASCAR, and much more. In 2022, Peacock will continue to offer an array of live sports coverage including Superbowl LVI and the Beijing Winter Olympics. To learn more about sports on Peacock and how to sign up, visit peacocktv.com/sports.
NBC Sports and U.S. Figure Skating are in the midst of a long-term media rights agreement that will run through 2026.
2021-22 Figure Skating Series Broadcast Schedule
All times Eastern, check local listings, subject to change.
Date Competition Time (ET) Network
Friday, October 22 Guaranteed Rate Skate America 9PM – Midnight NBCSN (Live)
Saturday, October 23 Guaranteed Rate Skate America 5:30 – 8PM NBCSN (Live)
Saturday, October 23 Guaranteed Rate Skate America 10PM – 1AM NBCSN (Live)
Sunday, October 24 Guaranteed Rate Skate America 3 – 6PM NBC (Live)
Saturday, October 30 Skate Canada International 4 – 6PM NBC
Saturday, November 13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Italy 4 -6PM NBC
Sunday, November 14 NHK Trophy 4 -6PM NBC
Sunday, November 21 Internationaux de France 4 – 6PM NBC
Saturday, November 28 Rostelecom Cup 3 – 6PM NBC
Saturday, December 11 ISU Grand Prix Final 10PM – 12AM NBCSN
Sunday, December 12 ISU Grand Prix Final 4 – 6PM NBC
Thursday, January 6 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Pairs’ Short 5 – 7PM USA (Live)
Thursday, January 6 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Women’s Short 8:30 – 10:30PM USA (Live)
Friday, January 7 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Rhythm Dance 4 – 6PM USA (Live)
Friday, January 7 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Women’s Free 8 – 11PM NBC (Live)
Saturday, January 8 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Men’s Short 4 – 6PM NBC (Live)
Saturday, January 8 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Pairs’ Free & Free Dance 7 -10PM USA (Live)
Sunday, January 9 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Men’s Free 2 – 4PM NBC (Live)
Thursday, January 13 ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022: Men’s Short 1 – 3AM E!
Thursday, January 13 ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022: Women’s Short 6 – 8PM E!
Friday, January 14 ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022: Men’s Free 10PM – 12AM E!
Saturday, January 15 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Free Dance: Women’s Free 3 – 4PM NBC
Saturday, January 15 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Prevagen Skating Spectacular 4 – 6PM NBC
Saturday, January 15 ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022: Women’s Free 9 -11PM E!
Sunday, January 16 ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022: Women’s and Men’s Free 4 – 6PM NBC
Thursday, January 20 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2022: Women’s Short 5 – 7PM E!
Friday, January 21 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2022: Men’s Short 3 – 5PM E!
Saturday, January 22 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2022: Pairs’, Women’s Men’s Free 3:30 – 9PM E!
Sunday, January 23 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2022: Free Dance 11:30PM – 1AM E!
Sunday, January 30 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2022: Women’s & Men’s Free 4 – 6PM NBC
Wednesday, March 23 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022: Women’s Short 5 – 7PM USA
Thursday, March 24 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022: Pairs’ Free 2 – 4PM USA (Live)
Thursday, March 24 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022: Men’s Short 4 – 6PM USA
Friday, March 25 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022: Women’s Free 2 -4PM USA (Live)
Saturday, March 26 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022: Men’s Free 4 – 6PM USA
Saturday, March 26 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022: Free Dance 6 -8PM USA
Saturday, March 26 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022: Women’s Free 8 – 10PM NBC
Sunday, April 17 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022: Recap 3 – 6PM NBC
Below is a full listing of the remainder of NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2021-22 figure skating season.
Date Competition Network/Platform
October 4-November 20, 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series presented by Toyota Peacock
October 22-24, 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America NBC NBCSN Olympic Channel Peacock
October 29-31 Skate Canada International NBC Olympic Channel Peacock
November 5-7, 2021 Grand Prix Italy NBC Olympic Channel Peacock
November 12-14, 2021 NHK Trophy NBC Olympic Channel Peacock
November 19-21, 2021 Internationaux de France NBC Olympic Channel Peacock
November 26-28, 2021 Rostelecom Cup NBC Olympic Channel Peacock
December 9-12, 2021 Grand Prix Final NBC NBCSN Olympic Channel Peacock
January 3-9, 2022 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships NBC USA Peacock
January 10-16, 2022 ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022 NBC E! Olympic Channel Peacock
January 17-22, 2022 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2022 NBC E! Olympic Channel Peacock
March 21-27, 2022 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022 NBC USA Olympic Channel Peacock
