American Ice Dancers Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue Contend For Olympic Medals Tonight

By: Feb. 19, 2018
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American Ice Dancers Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue Contend For Olympic Medals Tonight

Tonight's primetime coverage live across all time zones on NBC begins at 8 p.m. ET, as medals are at stake in the ice dance competition. 2018 U.S. champions Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue are in medal position (third place) heading into the free dance. Three-time world medalists Maia and Alex Shibutani, currently fourth, are also in contention. Fellow Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates are in the top 10 (seventh). Gold medal favorites include Vancouver winners Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada, and two-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France.

Live coverage also features Maddie Bowman as she continues her quest to defend her 2014 Sochi Olympics victory in the women's ski halfpipe. Bowman will be joined by teammates Annalisa Drew and Brita Sigourney. Coverage also includes the finals runs of two-man bobsled.

Live at 10:10 p.m. ET on NBCSN, Team USA men's hockey faces Slovakia with the chance to advance to the quarterfinals. The loser of this game is eliminated from the Olympic tournament. The U.S. beat Slovakia 2-1 in preliminary round action last Friday.

"Primetime Plus" coverage starts at 12:05 a.m. ET, as defending Olympic gold medalist David Wise leads the U.S. in the men's freestyle halfpipe. Wise is joined by 2017 X GAMES winner and world champion Aaron Blunck, and 2014 Olympian Torin Yater-Wallace.

Today's daytime coverage on NBC begins at 3 p.m. ET, and showcases ski jumping's men's team event, followed by speed skating's men's 500m final and women's team pursuit competition. Coverage of speed skating also airs earlier in the day at 11 a.m. ET on NBCSN.

NBCSN's coverage continues at 7 p.m. ET with Liam McHugh and 2006 Olympic ice dance silver medalist Tanith White hosting Olympic Ice alongside analyst and 1984 Olympic FIGURE SKATING gold medalist Scott Hamilton. The hour-long studio show previews the day's Olympic FIGURE SKATING action while also providing viewers with analysis and highlights of the previous night's competition. Following Olympic Ice, NBCSN presents live coverage of the conclusion of the ice dance competition.

Following tonight's skating and ice hockey on NBCSN is men's CURLING at 12:30 a.m. ET between Canada and Japan.

CNBC continues its daily Olympic CURLING coverage, as Wisconsin-born skip Nina Roth leads the U.S. women's team against China at 5 p.m. ET.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA complements NBCUniversal's extensive coverage of the Winter Olympics, with wall-to-wall programming from the host city. Daily coverage includes 20 hours of highlights, news and features provided by Olympic Channel News; live Olympic medal ceremony coverage from the PyeongChang Medal Plaza; and a daily studio show hosted by 13-time Emmy Award winner Jimmy Roberts. The 30-minute Winter Olympics Daily studio show airs daily at Noon ET, and provides features, storytelling, commentary, and highlights, including a "Meet the Olympic Press" segment that will bring together contributing journalists to discuss all the daily news and storylines surrounding PyeongChang.



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