NBC Sports has announced its coverage scheduled for the 2024 Olympic Trials which will take place from June 15-23 in Indianapolis within Lucas Oil Stadium.
TV coverage will begin on the first night of competition during finals at 6:30 pm EST on USA Network on Saturday, June 15th. Live coverage of finals will be available every night on NBC and Peacock beginning at 8 pm EST.
Prelims will be available live on Peacock. USA Network will have same-day delayed coverage of prelims. Peacock streaming costs $5.99 a month (plus tax) or $59.99 per year. A discount is available for students allowing Peacock to be $1.99/month.
The US Paralympic Trials will be shown live on CNBC and Peacock on Saturday, June 29th, at 6 pm EST.
Full TV Schedule
| Date | Coverage | Network | Time |
| Sat., June 15 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 6:30 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Sun., June 16 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 5 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Mon., June 17 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 7 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Tues., June 18 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 6 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Wed., June 19 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 7 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Thurs., June 20 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 7 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Fri., June 21 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 5:30 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Sat., June 22 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 6:30 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Sun., June 23 | Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. |
| Sat., June 29 | Paralympic Finals | CNBC, Peacock | 6 p.m. |
| Sun., June 30 | Paralympic Finals | CNBC* | 1 p.m. |
*Taped coverage
Less than a week ago, it was reported that USA Swimming has a goal of an average of 5 million TV viewers each night of Trials, almost twice the average from 2020(1) Trials. This will be the first time that the event is staged in a football field as Lucas Oil is home to the Indianapolis Colts.
Despite moving Trials to a larger stadium, ticket sales still continue to lag. Single-session tickets became available in early-March and are as low as $15 for a prelims session.
Is it just me or does Tokyo not feel that long ago?
I just realized that I, a Canadian, serendipitously planned a family trip to NYC during the first part of Trials. I know what I’m making everyone watch in the hotel room each evening!
could you watch the finals on peacock with a vpn if you re from europe?
Had to watch the tokyo trials on a Facebook live from a lady that was sitting on the stands, wish i wouldn t have to go through that again…
Yes i did that for the French open last yeae
Idk if swimming at 9 pm is the most optimal for the body but I guess it prepares them for Paris
We saw plenty of fast swims in Rio even though finals sessions started at 10 pm locally.
We’re trying to grow the sport of swimming, so yes we should schedule the most important meets to help maximize television viewership. There’s a reason every other major sport schedules their most important games of the season to air in prime time.
Finals sessions are at the same time for everyone who’s competing. As long as swimmers are given adequate notice, they should be able to prepare for it.
They can start practicing right now to swim fast at 8pm. Just like with rio, they were practicing fast swims at whatever times finals would be held.
That’s only 6pm for people from the West Coast, so I don’t think it’s a problem. East Coast swimmers have some time to prepare their bodies and adjust their sleep schedules.
It’s certainly better than morning finals.
If one of the drawbacks of moving Trials from Omaha to Indy was 8pm finals to attempt to draw more viewers, then the switch shouldn’t have happened. Conditions at trials should maximize chances of putting the best possible team together and races starting at 9:45 at night doesn’t do that.
USAS is going to have a stadium that’s 2/3rds empty for some finals sessions and they’re going to miss their viewership goals by a mile.
Yes, starting at 7pm in Omaha would be so much better for athletes. They really should have done it in California with finals starting at 5pm. /s
conditions at trials should maximize excitement and buzz around the sport leading into the olympics games. The athletes can adapt just fine; the average families’ nighttime schedules are pretty fixed and this strategy is presumably aimed to get the most possible eyeballs on our athletes
I won’t be able to watch if they continue to shine all those flashing, revolving, pulsating lights in a dark venue………gets me dizzy and makes me ill.
Save us Caeleb, you’re the men’s only hope.
May the Force be with you!
Wait so swimming finals can be held at 8 pm ET to help maximize the home viewing audience?
I was told that NCAA championship finals had to be at 6 pm ET because swimmers need to get sleep.
This is a TV event (as evidenced by the fact it’s being held in a football stadium). They’ll do whatever NBC tells them, just like we’ve learned at Tokyo and Rio and Beijing
We saw plenty of fast swims in Beijing, Rio, and Tokyo despite the “unusual” times for finals sessions.
Are you saying that we shouldn’t schedule NCAA championships to help maximize television viewership?
wait do we want people to watch the sport or no?
The rating for Iowa-LSU were just BONKERS and that was wrapping up by 9p Eastern time.
Half the US lives in that time zone, it makes way more sense to just start stuff at a “reasonable” time out east.
EDIT – Also yeah, sleep is nice, too.
So getting that all sessions package was a rip off?