NBC’s primetime Olympic broadcast on Thursday, February 5, 2026 consisted of a one-hour special called Ice, Snow & Glory: The Winter Olympics which featured interviews, previews, and some footage from already started events.

On the men’s side, four events received more than one minute of coverage.  

Men’s Snowboarding clocked in just under 6 minutes with coverage of the Big Air prelim rounds.

Men’s Figure Skating had just over 3 minutes of airtime with a preview of the Team USA’s Ilia Malinin.

Men’s Speed Skating also had just over 3 minutes of coverage with a preview of Team USA’s Jordan Stolz.

Men’s Ice Hockey had just over 2 and a half minutes of airtime due to an interview with Team USA’s Charlie McAvoy.

Four women’s event also had more than one minute of coverage.

Women’s Alpine Skiing clocked in just under 10 minutes, primarily with coverage of Lindsay Vonn, her injury, and her decision to continue competing.

Women’s Figure Skating had just under 2 minutes of coverage with a preview of Team USA’s three skaters.

Women’s Ice Hockey had approximately 1 and half minutes of airtime, including coverage of Team USA’s win over Czechia.

Women’s Snowboarding was featured for just over 1 and half minutes of coverage with a preview of Team USA’s Chloe Kim.

Overall, coverage of men’s events accounted for 46.1% of NBC’s primetime Olympic broadcast on Thursday night. Women’s events received 48.8% of the coverage. Mixed sex events (e.g., ice dancing) received 5.1% of NBC’s coverage.

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When mixed sex events are excluded, men’s sports received 48.6% of NBC’s coverage compared to 51.4% for women’s sports.

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Method: The percentage of primetime devoted to men’s, women’s and mixed sex sports is calculated by a single researcher, utilizing a stopwatch and DVR or DVD time codes, measuring (to the millisecond) the total amount of time devoted to each event. Any time spent at the actual athletic site, on a profile about an athlete, promos about a specific athlete or sport, and host commentary about a specific sport or athlete is recorded. Split screens combining commercials and live coverage are included in the calculations, but commercial breaks are not included. The NBC broadcast network East Coast feed is used for the calculations. Olympic coverage on cable networks and live streaming are not included. Network overruns beyond 11:00pm up to the break for local news are included within the calculations.

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