The 2022 Olympic Winter Games will have their opening ceremony on Friday, Feb. 4 at 6:30 a.m. ET. The event will be televised live by NBC and Peacock.
The opening ceremony will take place at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, which is also referred to as “The Bird’s Nest.” The stadium previously hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in addition to that year's track and field competition and the men’s gold medal soccer game. However, the stadium will not be hosting any competitions during these Olympics.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Games will have seven new events: women’s monobob; men’s and women’s big air (freestyle skiing); mixed team snowboard cross; mixed team aerials; mixed team short track relay; and mixed team ski jumping. In total, there will be 109 medal events across 15 sports.
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Here’s everything you need to know about the Olympic opening ceremony including time, date, TV channel and live stream options:
Olympics opening ceremony start time
- Date: Friday, Feb. 4
- Time: 6:30 a.m. ET | 3:30 a.m. PT
- Encore: 8 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. PT
The opening ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games will begin at 6:30 a.m. ET. Beijing is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Time, meaning the ceremony will begin 7:30 p.m. local time.
NBC will re-air the broadcast at 8 p.m. ET for those unable to watch it live; it will also include special coverage of the U.S. national teams.
What channel is the opening ceremony on?
- TV channel: NBC
NBC will air the Olympic opening ceremony at 6:30 a.m. ET (3:30 a.m. PT) with Savannah Guthrie and Mike Tirico serving as hosts, and re-broadcast it at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on Friday before breaking up coverage of Olympic events across its family of networks. This marks the first time NBC will broadcast an Olympics opening ceremony live in the morning.
Here is NBC’s full television broadcast schedule for Friday, Feb. 4.
| Time (ET) | Broadcast |
| 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. | Live opening ceremony coverage |
| 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. | Special edition of "Today" |
| 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. | NBC Preview Show — Winter Olympics |
| 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. | Opening ceremony replay |
Opening ceremony live stream
- Live stream: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, fuboTV
Streaming options to watch the 2022 Beijing Olympics include NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, as well as NBCOlympics.com and fuboTV, which offers a free trial.
Olympics television schedule today
| Sport | Event | Time (ET) | Channel |
| Figure Skating | Pairs' Short Program Team Event | 12:35 a.m. | NBC |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | USA vs. Sweden (LIVE) | 1:30 a.m. | USA |
| Opening Ceremony (LIVE) | - | 6:30 a.m. | NBC |
| Olympics Preview Show | - | 12 p.m. | NBC |
| Figure Skating | Men's Short Program, Rhythm Dance, Pairs' Short Program Team Events | 2 p.m. | USA |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | USA vs. Sweden | 2 p.m. | USA |
| Opening Ceremony | - | 8 p.m. | NBC |
| Mixed Doubles Curling | Switzerland vs. Sweden (LIVE) | 8 p.m. | USA |
| Women's Snowboard | Slopestyle Qualifying (LIVE) | 10 p.m. | USA |
| Women's Ice Hockey | Canada vs. Finland (LIVE) | 11:50 p.m. | USA |