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Rio Olympics TV schedule for Saturday

With four gold medals already in Rio, Michael Phelps brings his historic Olympic career to an end Saturday night in the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay (9:04 p.m., KXAS/5). The most decorated Olympian ever, Phelps has 13 individual gold medals, nine relay golds and 26 total medals.
With four gold medals already in Rio, Michael Phelps brings his historic Olympic career to an end Saturday night in the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay (9:04 p.m., KXAS/5). The most decorated Olympian ever, Phelps has 13 individual gold medals, nine relay golds and 26 total medals. The Washington Post

HIGHLIGHTS: Michael Phelps calls it a career. His last career swim is as a member of the 4x100 freestyle relay. Fort Worth resident Vincent Hancock can win a third consecutive gold medal in skeet.

KXAS/5

9 a.m.-5 p.m.

9 a.m.-1 p.m., Track & Field (Qualifying Rounds; Men’s Discus - Gold Medal Final, 8:50 a.m.); Rowing (Gold Medal Finals); Women’s Water Polo (U.S. vs. Hungary, 11 a.m.); 1-3 p.m., Beach Volleyball (Round of 16); Men’s Trampoline (Gold Medal Finals); 3-5 p.m., Men’s Volleyball (U.S. vs. France)

KXAS/5

7-11 p.m.

7-11 p.m., Track & Field (Men’s Long Jump - Gold Medal Final, 6:50 p.m.; Women’s 100m - Semifinals, 7 p.m., and Final, 8:35 p.m.; Men’s 10k - Gold Medal Final, 7:25 p.m.; Women’s Heptathlon, 8:53 p.m.); Swimming (Women’s 50m Freestyle - Gold Medal Final, 8:03 p.m.; Men’s 1500m Freestyle - Gold Medal Final, 8:11 p.m.; Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay - Gold Medal Final, 8:49 p.m.; Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay - Gold Medal Final, 9:04 p.m.); Women’s Diving (Springboard Semifinals); Beach Volleyball (Round of 16)

KXAS/5

11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Track & Field (Semifinals)

NBCSN

7 a.m.-11 p.m.

7-11 a.m., Women’s Fencing (Team Sabre Round of 16); Track & Field (Men’s Discus - Gold Medal Final, 8:50 a.m.); 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Men’s Soccer (Portugal vs. Germany); Men’s Shooting (Skeet Gold Medal Final); 2-5 p.m., Men’s Soccer (Nigeria vs. Denmark); Beach Volleyball (Round of 16); 5-8 p.m., Men’s Basketball (Spain vs. Lithuania); Men’s Weightlifting (94kg Gold Medal Final); 8-11 p.m., Men’s Soccer (Brazil vs. Colombia); Boxing (Elimination Matches); Men’s Shooting (Pistol Gold Medal Final)

MSNBC

8 a.m.-5:15 p.m.

8 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Women’s Fencing (Team Sabre Quarterfinals, 8:15 a.m.); Women’s Water Polo (Russia vs. Italy, 8:20 a.m.); Women’s Table Tennis (Team Quarterfinal); 12:15-2 p.m., Badminton (Preliminary Round, USA vs. Cuba); Men’s Volleyball (Poland vs. Russia, 1 p.m.); 3-5:15 p.m., Women’s Fencing (Team Sabre Bronze and Gold Medal); Sailing

USA

9 a.m.-2 p.m.

9 a.m.-noon, Beach Volleyball (Round of 16); Men’s Handball (Slovenia vs. Germany); Noon-2 p.m., Men’s Basketball (Argentina vs. Brazil)

CNBC

4-7 p.m.

4-5:30 p.m., Women’s Field Hockey (U.S. vs. Great Britain); 5:30-7 p.m., Men’s Soccer (Korea vs. Honduras)

GOLF CHANNEL

5:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Men’s Golf (3rd Round); Encore coverage (10 p.m.-4 a.m.)

BRAVO

10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Tennis, Third-place matches (men, women singles, women’s doubles, mixed doubles)

OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

10:15 a.m.-10:15 p.m.

Women’s Basketball (Australia vs. Belarus, 10:15 a.m.; Turkey vs. Brazil, 3:30 p.m.; Japan vs. France, 6:45 p.m.); Men’s Basketball (Argentina vs. Brazil, noon; Argentina vs. Brazil replay, 2 p.m.; Spain vs. Lithuania, 5 p.m.; Croatia vs. Nigeria, 8:30 p.m).

OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

11 a.m.-11 p.m.

Men’s Soccer (Portugal vs. Germany, 11 a.m.; Encore, 1-2 p.m.); (Nigeria vs. Denmark, 2 p.m.; Encore, 4-5 p.m.); (Korea vs. Honduras, 5 p.m.; Encore, 7-8 p.m.); (Brazil vs. Colombia, 8 p.m.); (Game of the Day, 10-11 p.m.)

TELEMUNDO

11 a.m.-2 p.m.

11 a.m.-1 p.m., Men’s Soccer (Portugal vs. Germany); 1-2 p.m., Men’s Volleyball (Argentina vs. Cuba);

NBC UNIVERSO

4-10 p.m.

4-7 p.m., Boxing (Elimination Matches); 7-8 p.m., Men’s Volleyball (Canada vs. Mexico); 8-10 p.m., Men’s Soccer (Brazil vs. Colombia)

NBCSN is on DirecTV/220, Dish/159, U-verse/640, FiOS/90, Time Warner/31, Charter/80

MSNBC is on DirecTV/356, Dish/209, U-verse/215, FiOS/103, Time Warner/42, Charter/52

USA is on DirecTV/242, Dish/105, U-verse/124, FiOS/50, Time Warner/46, Charter/61

CNBC is on DirecTV/355, Dish/208, U-verse/216, FiOS/102, Time Warner/43, Charter/53

Golf is on DirecTV/218, Dish/401, U-verse/641, Time Warner/405, Charter/79

Bravo is on DirecTV/237, Dish/129, U-verse/181, FiOS/185, Time Warner/76, Charter/85

Olympic Soccer Channel DirecTV/205-1, or check local provider

Olympic Basketball Channel DirecTV/205-2, or check local provider

Telemundo is on DirecTV/407, Dish/836, U-verse/3007, KXTX/39 locally in North Texas

NBC Universo is on DirecTV/410, Dish/838, U-verse/192, FiOS/275, Time Warner/898, Charter/109

This story was originally published August 12, 2016 at 4:21 PM with the headline "Rio Olympics TV schedule for Saturday."

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