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The 2016 Summer Olympics officially begins with — you guessed it! — the Opening Ceremonies.
And you won't be able to watch the events at Maracana Stadium live. Not on TV. Not on the internet.
That's also not a big surprise.
The Opening Ceremonies are scheduled to air from 6:30-11 p.m. on NBC/Ch. 5. That's an hour after they air in the Eastern and Central Time Zones; it's two hours after they actually take place.
There will, no doubt, be all sort of complaining about this on social media from those who believe they have a God-given right to watch the Opening Ceremonies live. But in this case, there's really nothing to complain about. It's not like there's competition involved in the Opening Ceremonies — except, perhaps, to see which nation has the best outfits — so it's not like we'll be missing anything by waiting until 6:30 p.m., when more of us will be home from work to watch TV.
This is a big entertainment special. And most of the entertainment we watch on TV is not live.
Here's a dirty little secret for those of us who live in the Mountain Time Zone — nothing we see on NBC will be live. Everying on KSL will be tape-delayed.
There will be live coverage on the various cable channels and, of course, online. But not on NBC in this time zone.
Friday on TV ...
• "The Great British Baking Show" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): The semi-finalists create chocolate tarts, chocolate soufflés and chocolate centerpieces.
• "Outcast" (8 and 11 p.m., Cinemax): Kyle goes looking for Allison; Megan gets shocking news.
• "Kitten Summer Games" (9 p.m., Hallmark): Adoptable kittens compete in a Olympic sports … sort of.
• "Killjoys" (10 p.m., Syfy): Dutch's search for the mysterious green plasma puts the team in danger.
• "Dark Matter" (11 p.m., Syfy): The crew follows Nyx's lead on an op, only to discover their target is a personal one.
Saturday on TV …
• "Rush Hour" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Carter and Lee investigate a hostage standoff at a concert hall.
• MLS (8 p.m., KMYU): Chicago Fire at Real Salt Lake
Saturday at the Olympics …
The first full day of competition at the Rio Games features a few gold-medal competitions and several American teams:
• Men's water polo — USA vs. Croatia (7 a.m., NBC/Ch. 5)
• Women's rugby — USA vs. Fiji (10 a.m., NBCSN)
• Women's volleyball — USA vs. Puerto Rico (3:15, NBC/Ch. 5.)
• Women's soccer — USA vs. France (2 p.m., NBCSN)
• Women's Rugby – Colombia vs. USA (3 p.m., CNBC)
• Men's basketball — USA vs. China (4 p.m., NBCSN)
• Women's field hockey — USA vs. Argentina (2 p.m., USA)
Other Saturday competition includes:
NBC/Ch. 5 • Rowing — qualifying heats; Men's cycling — road race (7-9:30 a.m.)
• Men's cycling — road race; Swimming — qualifying heats (9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)
• Rowing — qualifying heats; men's beach volleyball — Gibb-Patterson/USA vs. Jefferson Cherif/Qatar (1:30-3:15 p.m.)
• Men's gymnastics — team competition; Swimming — men's and women's 400m IM final; men's 400m freestyle final; women's 100m butterfly semifinals; men's 100m breaststroke semifinals; women's 4x100m freestyle relay final; Women's beach volleyball — Walsh Jennings-Ross/USA vs. Artacho del Solar-Laird/Australia (7-11 p.m.)
• Men's gymnastics – team competition (11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.)
NBCSN • Men's archery – team round of 16; Women's shooting – 10m air rifle gold medal final; Beach volleyball — prelim (7-10 a.m.)
• Women's rugby — prelim (10-11 a.m.)
• Men's basketball — Australia vs. France; Beach volleyball — prelim; Men's water polo — Italy vs. Spain (11 a.m.-2 p.m.)
• Judo — gold medal finals; Women's weightlifting — 48 kg gold medal final (6-7 p.m.)
• Women's soccer — Brazil vs. Sweden; Table Tennis — singles first and second rounds; Boxing — elimination matches (7-10 p.m.)
MSNBC • Beach volleyball — prelim; women's handball — Brazil vs. Norway (10 a.m.-1:15 p.m.)
• Table tennis — singles first round; Men's archery — team gold medal final (12:15-3 p.m.)
USA • Equestrian — eventing, dressage (1-2 p.m.)
• Beach volleyball — prelim (3:30-4:30 p.m.)
• Women's fencing — individual epee gold medal final (4:30-6 p.m.)
CNBC • Women's Rugby – prelim; Women's soccer — Australia vs. Germany (3-6 p.m.)
Bravo • Tennis competition (7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.)
Basketball Speciality Channel • Women — France vs. Turkey (9 a.m.)
• Men — Australia vs. France (11:15 a.m.)
• Men — China vs. USA (4 p.m.); Men — Serbia vs. Venezuela (7:30 p.m.)
Soccer Specialty Channel • Women — Canada vs. Zimbabwe (noon)
• Women — France vs. USA (2 p.m.)
• Women — China vs. Russia (4 p.m.)
• Women — Brazil vs. Sweden (7 p.m.)
Sunday on TV ...
• "Big Brother" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Nominations for eviction are revealed.
• "Inspector Lewis on Masterpiece" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Lewis and Hathaway search for a link between a body in a well and the death of a young artist. (Season premiere)
• "BrainDead" (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Laurel is questioned about her involvement in the strange happenings in Washington, D.C.
• "The Tunnel" (9:30 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): The police believe they finally have a lead on the serial killer.
• "The Night Of" (10 p.m., HBO): Box reconstructs Naz's whereabouts on the night of the murder.
• "Ray Donovan" (10 p.m., Showtime): A long-buried scandal leads Ray to an unexpected confrontation.
• "Power" (10 p.m., Starz): As the opportunity to expand the clubs evolves, Ghost i
• "Escaping Polygamy" (11 p.m., A&E): The women help a young man escape, but his mother makes an emotional plea for him to stay.
• "Ballers" (11 p.m., HBO): Spencer and Joe search for Andre's weakness.
• "Roadies" (11 p.m., Showtime): Bill, Reg and Phil set off on a quest to retrieve Christopher's stolen iPad.
• "Survivor's Remorse" (11 p.m., Starz): A scandal erupts after Cam's words during an interview are taken out of context, leading to the creation of the Calloway Philanthropic Trust.
• "The Jim Gaffigan Show" (11 p.m., TV Land): Jim's brother visits and makes life-changing decision.
• "Vice Principals" (11:30 p.m., HBO): Gamby (and Russell eye the homecoming football game as a way to further break Dr. Brown's spirit.
Sunday at the Olympics …
Tonight in prime time (6-11 p.m.), gold medals will begin being awarded in swimming. Among the highlights is defending gold medalist Dana Vollmer — a new mother — attemping to repeat in the women's 100m fly.
The women's gymnastics competition begins today (highlights 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m., NBC/Ch. 5), and the Americans — led by three-time world all-around champion Simone Biles — are heavy favorites.
NBC/CH. 5 • Women's beach volleyball — Fendrick-Sweat/USA vs. Kolosinska/Brzostek (Poland); Rowing — qualifying heats; Women's cycling — road race (9-11 a.m.)
• Women's cycling — road race; swimming — qualifying heats (11 a.m.-2 p.m.)
• Canoe/kayak — whitewater qualifying; Men's beach volleyball — Dalhausser-Lucena/USA vs. Naceur-Belhaj/Tunisia (2-3:15 p.m.)
• Men's Volleyball – USA vs. Canada (3:15-5 p.m.)
• Women's diving – springboard synchronized final; Women's gymnastics – team competition; Swimming — women's 100m butterfly final; men's 200m freestyle semifinals; women's 100m backstroke semifinals; men's 100m breaststroke final; women's 400m freestyle final; men's 100m backstroke semifinals; men's 4x100m freestyle relay final (6-11 p.m.)
• Women's Gymnastics – team competition (11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m.)
NBCSN • Beach Volleyball – prelim; Women's archery — team round of 16 (7-9 a.m.)
• Women's basketball — USA vs. Senegal (9-11 a.m.)
• Men's basketball ‚ Brazil vs. Lithuania (11 a.m.-1 p.m.)
• Men's soccer — Germany vs. South Korea (1-3 p.m.)
• Women's archery — final; Men's basketball — Croatia vs. Spain (3-6 p.m.)
• Weightlifting final; Table tennis — singles second and third rounds (6-7 p.m.)
• Men's soccer — Brazil vs. Iraq (7-9 p.m.)
• Judo — final; boxing — elimination matches (9-10 p.m.)
MSNBC • Beach volleyball — prelim; Men's fencing — individual foil quarterfinals; Men's handball — Croatia vs. Qatar (10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Beach volleyball — prelim; Men's fencing — individual foil semifinals and final; Equestrian — eventing, dressage (12:30-3 p.m.)
USA • Women's rugby — prelim; Men's volleyball — France vs. Italy (10 a.m.-noon)
CNBC • Women's rugby — quarterfinal; Men's soccer — Algeria vs. Argentina; Women's shooting — trap final (2-5 p.m.)
Bravo • Tennis competition (7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.)
Basketball speciality channel • Women — USA vs. Senegal (9-10:45 a.m.)
• Men — Brazil vs. Lithuania (11:15 a.m.-1 p.m.)
• Women — Croatia vs. Spain (4-5:45 p.m.)
• Men — Argentina vs. Nigeria (7:30-9:15 p.m.)
Soccer specialty channel • Men — Fiji vs. Mexico (10 a.m.-noon)
• Germany vs. South Korea (1-3 p.m.)
• Algeria vs. Argentina (3-5 p.m.)
• Brazil vs. Iraq (7-9 p.m.)