Day: February 5, 2026

Best-bets for Feb. 7: First full day of Olympics

1) Winter Olympics, NBC. The first full day has mostly-live coverage from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, then repackages it from 8-11. Figure-skating continues its team event, with men’s short program (1:45 to 3:15) and then the free dance finals — including U.S. leaders Madison Chone and Evan Bates (shown here) from 4-5 p.m.. Also: free-skiing (8 a.m.), speed-skating (10:05), luge (12:45 p.m.) and a snowboarding final (3:15 p.m.). Read more…

Week’s top-10 for Feb. 8: Olympics, love and Homer

1) Olympic figure-skating. The men — led by U.S. whiz Ilia Malinin — start at 12:30 p.m. ET Tuesday on USA, then 1:45 to 5 on NBC; their finals are 1 p.m. Friday, USA; 3-5 p.m,, NBC. Ice dancers are 1:20 p.m. today, USA; 2:40 to 5, NBC. Pairs start at 1:45 p.m. Sunday, USA, 3-5 p.m., NBC. And it’s all repackaged on NBC, from 8-11 p.m. nightly. Read more…