The opening ceremony kicked off the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games on Friday in a display that's sure to be mind-blowing.
This opening ceremony is simpler than in 2008, featuring 3,000 performers instead of the 15,000 at Summer Games. But the ceremony was held again at the wavy, latticed “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium and directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, who teased that he plans an innovative way of lighting the Olympic flame.
Whatever organizers have in store, it's never been easier to watch the Olympics, even if you don't have cable.
The opening ceremony airs for the first time at 6:30 a.m., live on NBC, Peacock, NBC Sports and NBCOlympics.com, hosted by Savannah Guthrie and Mike Tirico, and returns for a primetime presentation with all the pageantry, including Team USA and flagbearers John Shuster and Brittany Bowe (but no shirtless Tongan, alas.)
Here's how to watch the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 opening ceremony.
- 6:30 a.m. EST - The opening ceremony airs live on NBC and on the premium streaming service Peacock, and streams on the NBCSports app and NBCOlympics.com. (A cable subscription is required.) If you don't have cable, Peacock is airing highlights on its free Olympic Spotlight Channel, or you can catch NBC coverage on a live TV streaming service like the Olympic channel on Sling TV, YouTube TV, Fubo TV or Hulu + Live TV with a subscription or free trial.
- 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. EST - The opening ceremony is followed by a special edition of TODAY on NBC, featuring reaction to the ceremony and athlete interviews.
- 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST - On NBC and Peacock, NBCU will review the highlights of the opening ceremony and look ahead to the biggest storylines of the Beijing Olympics with its first-ever daytime show on the opening Friday of a Winter Games.
- 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. EST - An enhanced primetime presentation of the opening ceremony on NBC and Peacock features special coverage of Team USA, along with the performances, pageantry, and Parade of Nations.
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