1) Winter Olympics opening ceremony, 2-5 p.m. ET; also, 8 p.m. and 12:38 a.m. First, we can see the ceremony live, at what is 8 p.m. in Italy. Then it reruns in primetime and again after Jimmy Fallon. We’ll expect music (including Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli) and spectacle (shown here is the 2022 opening) with more than 3,500 athletes from 93 countries. Read more…
You may recall that life used to be simple. Even watching the Olympics was a breeze.
We just watched the one network, which decided when and what we’d see. Most of the events had already happened, but we didn’t know the results. We thought we were happy.
Now that’s changed and the Winter Olympics (shown here from 2022), on Feb. 6-22, bring dizzying choices. There are four channels; there’s live and not. Even the opening ceremony airs three times.
Not to worry. We’ll offer the specifics for one category (figure skating) and an overview for the others. First, some background: Read more…
