Winter Olympics 2026 Schedule, NBC TV Coverage and Live Stream Features

Competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics begins on Wednesday.

The opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Games takes place on Friday, but before the Olympic torch is lit, competition in curling and hockey gets underway.

The next two weeks will be filled with incredible Olympic moments from the ice to the snow to the slopes.

The full event-by-event schedule can be found here on the Olympics' official website.

NBC will have wall-to-wall coverage of every event on its variety of networks and streaming platforms.

NBC's full Olympics TV and streaming schedule can be found here.

The opening ceremony is the first big draw of the Milan Olympics. That begins on Friday at 2 p.m. ET with live coverage on NBC and Peacock.

Most of the Olympic sports get underway on Saturday. Once that begins, NBC will go all-out with its streaming coverage of the Games.

The highlight of the streaming coverage is the Gold Zone program that features whip-around coverage of events during the day in the style of NFL RedZone. Scott Hanson is one of the hosts of Gold Zone.

Peacock's live-stream capabilities also allow you watch multiple events at once, so you could watch alpine skiing, snowboarding, hockey and curling among other sports all at once throughout each day of the Olympics.

A handful of other features, including a live medal count, will also be available on Peacock throughout the Games.

The TV coverage will carry all events live throughout the day. The six-hour time gap to Milan is perfect for American viewers, as most of the marquee events take place in the early afternoon eastern time.

NBC's primetime coverage will recap the day's top events and highlight some of the top American performances of the day.