How to Watch the Olympics on TV, Cable, Online, Roku, for Free

Gymnast Simone Biles, swimmer Katie Ledecky, sprinters Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles and a host of other athletes will compete in the 33rd Summer Olympics kicking off with Opening Ceremonies this Friday, July 26, in Paris, France.

Although some sports started two days earlier, the 2024 games will officially kick off with a spectacular opening ceremony on the Seine River.

The opening ceremony will air on NBC at 1:30 p.m. ET or 10:30 a.m. PT in the U.S.

Instead of the traditional parade of nations in a stadium, for the first time, each national athletes’ group will travel by boat down the Seine River through Paris, from the Austerlitz bridge to the Trocadéro, across from the Eiffel Tower.

Sports fans are looking forward to seeing the games brought back to their full glory, three years after the crowd-restricted 2021 COVID-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics.

NBCUniversal will be the exclusive network for the Summer Olympics for the 10th straight time and about 10,000 athletes from around the world will compete, including nearly 600 Americans.

Each day’s most popular contests will air live on NBC in the morning and afternoon in the United States. According to NBCUniversal, the Paris Games will have more programming hours on NBC than any previous Olympics.

Network viewers will see three main hosts—sports broadcaster Mike Tirico, singer and NBC talk show star Kelly Clarkson and football star Peyton Manning.

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NBC plans to air 5,000 hours of coverage across its broadcast, cable and streaming platforms so there’s no excuse for missing the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!

Read on to find out everything you need to know about how to watch the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

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Where are the 2024 Olympics taking place?

Paris, France is hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics. This the 100th anniversary of the city's last time hosting the Olympics. Paris also hosted the Games in 1900 and 1924.

When will the Olympics air?

While soccer, rugby, handball and archery events began Wednesday, July 24, the official Olympic dates started with the opening ceremony on Friday, July 26. The competitions continue through Sunday, August 11, with the last event before the closing ceremony being the women’s basketball final.

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Where can I watch the Olympics on TV?

NBC is set to air at least nine hours of daily live Olympics coverage and an Olympics primetime show every night. The daytime events will include live finals coverage of swimming, gymnastics, track and field, and more. The traditional NBC prime time show won’t carry sports live—instead, viewers will see highlights of the day on tape delay and feature segments.

Not to be missed is Simone Biles making her comeback attempt and her American teammate, reigning Olympic all-around gold medalist Suni Lee, attempting to defend her title during the women’s all-around gymnastics final on Aug. 1.

Where can I watch the Olympics on cable?

NBCUniversal network’s family of channels: USA Network, Golf Channel, CNBC and E! will cover various events.

USA Network will show U.S. team sports, including soccer, basketball and 3x3 basketball as well as swimming, track and field, beach volleyball, rugby, cycling, volleyball and water polo.

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The Golf Channel will air the men’s and women’s golf events.

CNBC will show boxing, cycling, rugby, skateboarding and more.

E! viewers will see track and field, gymnastics, canoeing, diving, equestrian, artistic swimming, break dancing (a new Olympic sport), fencing and water polo.

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How can I watch the Olympics without cable?

Peacock, NBC’s streaming platform, will stream every single Olympic sport this year. The streamer’s customers can also take advantage of an Olympics hub featuring "curated rails of live and upcoming events, dedicated in-depth hubs for nearly 40 sports, medal standings and an interactive schedule." You can purchase a Peacock plan starting at $7.99 a month.

An Olympics Discovery Multiview, allowing you to watch up to four events at once, will also be offered on Peacock, as well as several original shows covering the Games, including Gold Zone, Watch with Alex Cooper and a mobile-app Olympics recap show, using an AI-generated voice of legendary sportscaster Al Michaels.

The NBC Sports and Peacock apps are available for mobile devices, tablets, and connected-TV devices including Android TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Samsung TV and more.

What else can you see from NBC?

NBC will also offer two temporary Olympics channels. “Paris Extra 1” will show a mix of live and delayed events, featuring team sports such as basketball, handball and water polo. “Paris Extra 2” will focus mostly on fighting and racket sports, including boxing and table tennis. Both channels are available on DirecTV, Comcast, Cox, Dish/Sling, YouTube TV, Fubo and Hulu Live.

How can you watch on Roku?

You can live stream the 2024 Paris Olympics on the Roku platform. If you have a traditional TV subscription like cable or satellite, events from all of the NBCUniversal networks will be available through the NBC Sports app on your Roku device. Log in with a subscription from a participating pay TV provider to watch.

How else can you view the games under the NBC umbrella?

If you have a live TV streaming subscription or cable plan, simply authenticate yourself as a pay TV subscriber to watch live streams of every event on NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, the NBC app or the NBC Olympics app.

Are there other streaming options?

Yes. You can use Sling TV if it offers NBC in your market. Also, YouTube offers all five Olympics channels in its $73 base plan.

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Can you stream the Olympics on Hulu?

Yes. Hulu with Live TV costs at $75.99 a month and includes all five channels for watching the Olympics.

Where can I watch the Olympics in Spanish?

Spanish coverage will be presented on Universo and Telemundo.

According to NBCUniversal, Telemundo is celebrating 20 years of Olympic coverage with the biggest ever Spanish-language presentation of the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

Eli Velazquez, executive vice president, Sports, Telemundo is excited about “highlighting the most relevant and captivating stories of the Games for Latino audiences….”

Telemundo and Universo will present more than 315 hours of live competitions and daily recap specials. On most days, the network will offer at least six hours of daytime coverage of the Summer Games and up to 12 hours of programming on soccer days. In addition, Telemundo will present a two-hour recap show highlighting the best Olympic stories of the day, every weekday at midnight. ET beginning Friday, July 26 through Sunday, August 11.

Peacock will also livestream all Telemundo and Universo programming, offering the most extensive Spanish language streaming experience for the Olympics in U.S. media history.

What’s the time difference between Paris and the U.S.?

Don’t miss your favorite event. Sports fans need to remember that Paris is six hours ahead of American Eastern time, and nine hours ahead Pacific.

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