Get Ready To Watch The Olympic Opening Ceremonies + Skateboarding Events!

The USA Olympic Skateboard Team ~ Photo Ian Logan

 

Get ready, because Tokyo Olympic's 2020 Opening Ceremonies happen this FRIDAY night and you'll want to watch all the athletes walk into the arena - but especially the skateboarders!

Next up will be Skateboard Street and the following week, Skateboard Park.

Use our easy watch guide so you don't miss any of the action go down.

WHAT TIME IS IT, HERE/THERE!?

Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time and 16 hours ahead of Pacific time, which means many events held in the evening in Tokyo will be in the early morning hours for U.S. viewers.

Photo Ian Logan

WHERE CAN I TUNE IN?

 NBC is home to the Olympics, so tune into your local NBC station for primetime coverage. 

Programing will also be featured on NBC Sports Network, USA, CNBC, the NBC Olympics channel, the Golf Channel and Telemundo. 

Or viewers can stream the Games at Peacock, NBCOlympics.com and NBCSports.com. 

Tokyo Olympics programming can also be seen on streamers that feature NBC such as Sling TV, Roku, Hulu Plus, FuboTV, AT&T TV, Xfinity and YouTube TV. 

WILL I BE ABLE TO SEE IT ALL?

The Tokyo Olympics will be broadcast and streamed in the U.S. on NBC Universal platforms, which will feature more than 7,000 hours of coverage.

I WANT TO WATCH THE OPENING CEREMONIES

For the first time ever, NBC will broadcast the opening ceremony live in the morning — that's 7:00 AM EDT (and 4:00 AM PDT!) for you super-early birds. 

But for folks who want to catch up later in the day, NBC will re-air the event Friday at 7:30 PM EDT, and then again for a third time overnight, so there's almost no chance that you will miss out. 

**(The network will air the closing ceremony on Aug. 8 at 7:00 AM EDT.) 

Photo Ian Logan

WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE TO WATCH SKATEBOARDING?

 (This is the schedule for watching in the USA - all times PDT)

USA Men's + Women's Olympic Street Skateboarding Team ~ Photo Ian Logan

MEN'S STREET  ON  JULY 24th

4:30 PM  PDT -  PRELIMS - Heats 1-4

8:25 PM  PDT - FINAL MEDAL RUNS

WOMEN'S STREET  ON JULY 25th

4:30 PM  PDT -  PRELIMS - Heats 1-4

8:25 PM  PDT - FINAL MEDAL RUNS

USA Men's + Women's Olympic Park Skateboarding Team ~ Photo Ian Logan

WOMEN'S PARK  AUGUST 3rd  

5:00 PM  PDT -  PRELIMS - Heats 1-4

8:30 PM  PDT - FINAL MEDAL RUNS

MEN'S PARK  AUGUST 4Tth  

5:00 PM  PDT -  PRELIMS - Heats 1-4

8:30 PM  PDT - FINAL MEDAL RUNS

Please keep checking your local stations -times are subject to change!