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You can watch Kaillie Humphries in her sixth Olympic appearance when bobsled coverage begins at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday, Feb. 7, on NBC and USA Network, and stream live on Peacock and NBC Olympics platforms.

Live Coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is Tomorrow, Feb. 6th on NBC and Peacock; Live Coverage Begins at 2 p.m. ET, with Primetime Coverage at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Here's what to know about NBC's "Gold Zone" coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Though some events have already gotten underway, the 2026 Winter Olympics officially kick off on Friday with the Opening Ceremony, with coverage on NBC and Peacock beginning at 1:40 p.m. ET (7:40 p.m.

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off with an opening ceremony on Friday that averaged 21.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

It’s hard to explain, but it’s like man on the moon-type stuff. I never thought I’d see a skater do what he does physically on the ice in my lifetime.” – Figure Skating Analyst Tara Lipinski on Ilia M

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games kicked off to a solid ratings start with its opening ceremony reaching seeing a 34% uptick from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony, which kicked off at 11 a.

A hot mic caught NBC broadcaster and former professional snowboarder Todd Richards sharing how unimpressed he was with the “boring” men’s snowboarding big air finals Saturday. Richards must’ve thought the Peacock broadcast cut to a commercial break or ended when he said,

Savannah Guthrie’s would-be co-anchors at the Olympics publicly supported her after she pulled out of co-hosting the Opening Ceremonies in Italy due to her mother’s disappearance. Terry Gannon and Guthrie’s replacement, Mary Carillo, acknowledged her absence during Friday’s telecast from the ceremony in Milan.

It was a rough day for the U.S. curling team. After a record-setting 4-0 undefeated start, Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin suffered back-to-back losses to undefeated Great Britain and the previously winless South Korea. Team USA is now 4-2.

NBC's 2026 Winter Olympics coverage began with love for Savannah Guthrie, the Today show host, who pulled out of the coverage amid her mother's disappearance.