In its most ambitious effort ever, NBCUniversal will be presenting a record 1,200 hours of Tokyo Paralympic Games coverage, beginning with live coverage of the Opening Ceremony in one week on Tuesday, August 24, @ 7AM ET on NBCSN. NBCU’s unprecedented coverage will include more than 200 hours of television coverage, the first-ever primetime hours on NBC, live coverage of the Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony on NBCSN, and exclusive streaming coverage on NBC Sports digital platforms and Peacock. Click here for more details.
Programming highlights include:
· Throughout the Tokyo Paralympics, NBCSN will provide daily live coverage totaling over 135 hours, commonly between 9PM – 9AM ET (see schedule below for more details). Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.
· NBCSN will present live coverage of the Opening Ceremony in one week on Tuesday, August 24, @ 7AM ET, and live coverage of the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, September 5 @ 7AM ET. Additional live competition coverage and extensive encores will be televised on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.
· There will be six windows of coverage on NBC. Three of the windows will air in primetime, a Paralympics first, and be presented as a docu-follow series that will showcase the incredible back stories of the athletes and teams competing in Tokyo.
· More than 1,000 hours of Tokyo Paralympic coverage will stream across NBCOlympics.com, the NBC Sports app and Peacock. NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app will live stream all television coverage as well as coverage of Archery, Badminton, Boccia, Canoe, Track Cycling, Equestrian, Goalball, Judo, Marathon, Rowing, Shooting, Sitting Volleyball, Soccer 5-a-side, Swimming, Table Tennis, Track & Field, Triathlon, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby, and Wheelchair Tennis.
· Peacock will feature medal round action in multiple sports, including men’s and women’s Wheelchair Basketball and Women’s Sitting Volleyball, all three of which were won by Team USA at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, plus Wheelchair Rugby and Marathon races. All Peacock coverage will also air on television.
· Telemundo Deportes will present two special highlights shows, titled Lo Mejor de los Paralimpicos Tokyo 2020 por Telemundo, centered on Hispanic athletes and accomplishments by women. Both shows will be hosted by Emmy Award nominee Ana Jurka and Emmy Award winner Miguel Gurwitz. The specials will air on Telemundo and Telemundo digital platforms, encore on Universo later on the same day, and also be available on Peacock.
· Accessibility features for all television and Peacock coverage include closed captioning (CC) and audio description (AD) to ensure viewers enjoy the accomplishments and stories of the Paralympic athletes. Audio description is provided by Descriptive Video Works. Digital live streams with closed captions and audio description will also be available on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. More details are available here.
The 16 commentators who will anchor NBCU’s record coverage features NBC Paralympic hosts Ahmed Fareed and Carolyn Manno, play-by-play commentators including Todd Harris and Bill Spaulding, reporters Lewis Johnson, Alana Nichols and Heather Cox, and five analysts with Paralympic experience, including Chris Waddell and Paul Schulte, who collectively have won 30 Paralympic medals. Click here for the full commentator roster.
Below is NBCUniversal’s Tokyo Paralympic Games programming schedule (subject to change):
Date Event(s) Time (ET) Network/Streaming
Tuesday, August 24
Opening Ceremony 7-10AM NBCSN
Opening Ceremony 7-10PM* NBCSN
Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby, Track Cycling 10PM-3AM NBCSN
Wednesday, August 25
Swimming, Wheelchair Rugby, Track Cycling 3-9AM NBCSN
Swimming, Wheelchair Rugby, Track Cycling 3-9PM* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby, Track Cycling, Goalball 8PM-3AM NBCSN
Thursday, August 26
Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby, Track Cycling 3-9AM NBCSN
Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby, Track Cycling 3-9PM* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Track & Field, Wheelchair Tennis, Wheelchair Rugby, Track Cycling, Goalball 9PM-3AM NBCSN
Friday, August 27
Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby, Judo 3-9AM NBCSN
Triathlon, Track & Field 5:30-9:30PM Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Saturday, August 28
Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby Midnight-3AM NBCSN
Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Goalball 3-9AM NBCSN
Triathlon, Table Tennis, Rowing 5:30PM-1AM Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Sunday, August 29
Wheelchair Rugby Final, Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Tennis, Rowing 1-8:30AM NBCSN
Wheelchair Rugby Final 5-7AM NBCSN, Peacock
Highlights Show 12-1:30PM NBC, Peacock
Lo Mejor de los Paralimpicos Tokyo 2020 por Telemundo 2-3PM Telemundo
Lo Mejor de los Paralimpicos Tokyo 2020 por Telemundo 4-5PM Universo
Primetime Highlights Show 7-8PM NBC, Peacock
Wheelchair Rugby Final (encore), Wheelchair Tennis, Table Tennis 9PM-3AM NBCSN
Monday, August 30
Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Sitting Volleyball 3-9AM NBCSN
Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Sitting Volleyball 3-9PM* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Wheelchair Basketball, Road Cycling, Sitting Volleyball 9PM-3AM NBCSN
Tuesday, August 31
Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Road Cycling 3-9AM NBCSN
Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Road Cycling 3-9PM* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Road Cycling 9PM-3AM NBCSN
Wednesday, September 1
Wheelchair Tennis Final, Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball 3-9AM NBCSN
Wheelchair Tennis Final, Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball 3-9PM* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Track & Field, Road Cycling, Wheelchair Tennis, Table Tennis 9PM-3AM NBCSN
Thursday, September 2
Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Road Cycling 3-9AM NBCSN
Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Road Cycling 3-9PM* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Track & Field, Road Cycling, Wheelchair Tennis, Canoe 9PM-3AM NBCSN
Friday, September 3
Goalball Final, Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball 3-9AM NBCSN
Goalball Final, Swimming, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball 3-9PM* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
Men’s Sitting Volleyball Team Bronze Medal Match, Track & Field, Wheelchair Tennis, Canoe 10PM-3AM NBCSN
Saturday, September 4
Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Final, Sitting Volleyball Final, Track & Field 3-9AM NBCSN
Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Final 7-8:45AM NBCSN, Peacock
Marathon 5:30-9:30PM Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, Peacock
Primetime Highlights Show 8-9PM NBC, Peacock
Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Final, Women’s Sitting Volleyball Final 9PM-3AM NBCSN
Women’s Sitting Volleyball Final 9-11PM NBCSN, Peacock
Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Final 11:15PM-1AM NBCSN, Peacock
Sunday, September 5
Closing Ceremony 7-9AM NBCSN
Lo Mejor de los Paralimpicos Tokyo 2020 por Telemundo Noon-1PM Telemundo
Lo Mejor de los Paralimpicos Tokyo 2020 por Telemundo 2-3PM Universo
Primetime Highlights Show 7-9PM NBC, Peacock
Saturday, September 11
Highlights Show 3-5PM NBC, Peacock
Sunday, September 12
Highlights Show 1:30-3PM NBC, Peacock