The 2026 Winter Olympics will kick off in Milano Cortina, Italy, beginning on Friday, Feb. 6. With more than 3,200 hours of winter sports coverage spread across broadcast, cable, and digital streaming platforms, finding what you want to watch can feel like a full-time job. So here's where and when you can watch the Olympics.
NBCUniversal has the exclusive rights to show the Olympics in the U.S. this year, and the network is practically going all-Olympics from the opening ceremony on Feb. 6 to the closing on Feb. 22. If you're watching the Olympics in the old-school "turn on the TV" way, the 2026 Winter Olympics are on broadcast channel NBC and cable channels CNBC and USA Network. If you're streaming the games, you'll be doing it from Peacock.
In the daytime, NBC will be broadcasting five hours of coverage daily focusing mainly on more popular Winter Olympics coverage like snowboarding, skiing, figure skating, and hockey. Daytime Olympics programming will begin at 7 a.m. ET most days, and continue through the early afternoon, depending on the daily lineup.
Cable television Olympics coverage
NBC-owned cable networks USA Network and CNBC will also feature Olympics content during the games.
CNBC: CNBC is devoted to curling (really). The cable network plans to broadcast a nightly "Best of Curling" show on weeknights at 5 p.m. ET, with long form coverage on weekends.
Where to stream the 2026 Olympics
"I want to be part of the conversation, but I don't need to watch biathlon at 4 a.m."
Pro tip: Subscribe to the Two Guys, Five Rings podcast; Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang's Olympics coverage is bound to be hilarious.
How to watch the Olympics if you're a single-sport fan
If you religiously follow a single sport in the Olympics, be it hockey or snowboarding, and you really don't care about, say, inspirational ice-dancer stories, your best bet is Peacock's Sports Hub, where you can watch every qualifying heat and every medal contest of only the sport you like, either live or on-demand.
"Half the fun of the Olympics is dishing about it."
Pro tip: Don't sleep on Reddit communities r/olympics and r/WinterOlympics2026.
How to watch the Olympics if you're curious
If you love to discover strange new sports, the Winter Olympics are going to be fun. Skip the mainstream coverage on NBC and browse through Peacock's Sports Hub catalog for sports you've never heard of.
"I absolutely cannot get enough Olympics and I want to watch as much as is humanly possible."
Pro tip: Go to the NBC Olympics Full Schedule and use the "My Stuff" feature to build a personalized calendar before the games start to plan your epic Olympic binge.
How to watch the Olympics if you're a tech-head
If you want the highest resolution, most immersive Olympic experience possible without traveling to Italy, do not miss 4K All-Day on NBC and Peacock on Sunday, Feb. 8 for 17 hours of 4K HDR coverage of both the Olympics and the Super Bowl. And download the Peacock app for your Meta Quest 3 or 3S headset to watch the Olympics in augmented reality, or check out the "spatial cinema" broadcast of the Olympics on your Apple Vision Pro.
Pro tip: NBC is rolling out a new streaming feature called Rinkside Live for Olympic hockey and figure skating. It lets viewers choose from multiple curated feeds of "immersive, never-before-seen views."
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