Figure skating TV, live stream schedule for 2022-23 season

By OlympicTalkFeb 9, 2023, 5:30 AM EST

NBC Sports, USA Network, E! and Peacock combine to air live coverage throughout the figure skating season.

From October to April, the platforms combine to air more than 200 hours of coverage, including the Grand Prix Series (October to December), the U.S. Championships in January and the world championships in March.

Peacock will live stream coverage of every event at those major competitions throughout the season.

All NBC, USA and E! coverage also streams on NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app for subscribers.

Figure skating experienced more change last year than any other in recent history.

Russian skaters are banned indefinitely due to the war in Ukraine. None of the reigning Olympic gold medalists entered the fall Grand Prix Series. Yuzuru Hanyu, Alysa Liu and the ice dance couple of Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue retired.

Enter American Ilia Malinin, the world junior champion who in September became the first skater to land a clean, fully rotated quadruple Axel in competition.

The U.S. also has the top returning ice dance couple of Madison Chock and Evan Bates, reigning world pairs’ champions Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, plus Isabeau Levito and Lindsay Thorngren, who took gold and bronze at last season’s junior worlds.

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2022-23 Figure Skating Season Broadcast Schedule

Date	Competition	Time (ET)	Platform
Oct. 21	Skate America	7:20-8:45 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 21	Skate America	7:30-10:30 p.m.	USA Network
Oct. 21	Skate America	8:45-10:30 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 22	Skate America	2:40-4:15 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 22	Skate America	3-6 p.m.	NBC
Oct. 22	Skate America	4:15-6 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 22	Skate America	7:15-8:45 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 22	Skate America	8-11 p.m.	USA Network
Oct. 22	Skate America	9-11 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 23	Skate America	1-2:45 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 23	Skate America	3-5 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 23	Skate America	2-5 p.m.	E!
Oct. 28	Skate Canada	2-3:30 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 28	Skate Canada	3:45-5:15 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 28	Skate Canada	6:45-8 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 28	Skate Canada	8-9:45 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 29	Skate Canada	1:15-3:15 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 29	Skate Canada	3:25-5 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 29	Skate Canada	6-7:15 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 29	Skate Canada	7:30-9:30 p.m.	Peacock
Oct. 30	Skate Canada	Noon-1:30 p.m.	NBC*
Nov. 4	Internationaux de France	8-9:30 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 4	Internationaux de France	10-11:20 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 4	Internationaux de France	11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 4	Internationaux de France	1:45-3 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 5	Internationaux de France	8-10 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 5	Internationaux de France	10:10-11:45 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 5	Internationaux de France	Noon-2 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 5	Internationaux de France	2:10-3 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 6	Internationaux de France	10 a.m.-Noon	E!*
Nov. 12	Internationaux de France	2:30-4 p.m.	NBC*
Nov. 11	Grand Prix: England	1-2:05 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 11	Grand Prix: England	2:25-4 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 12	Grand Prix: England	8:45-10 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 12	Grand Prix: England	10:20 a.m.-Noon	Peacock
Nov. 12	Grand Prix: England	1:30-2:50 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 12	Grand Prix: England	3-5 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 13	Grand Prix: England	6:15-8:05 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 13	Grand Prix: England	8:20-10 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 13	Grand Prix: England	4-6 p.m.	NBC*
Nov. 17	NHK Trophy	10:30-11:40 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 18	NHK Trophy	12:15-1:50 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 18	NHK Trophy	2:15-3:35 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 18	NHK Trophy	5-6:35 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 18	NHK Trophy	10-11:20 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 19	NHK Trophy	11:50 p.m.-1:40 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 19	NHK Trophy	2:50-4:25 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 19	NHK Trophy	5:30-7:20 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 20	NHK Trophy	4-6 p.m.	NBC*
Nov. 25	Grand Prix: Finland	6-7:05 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 25	Grand Prix: Finland	7:50-9:20 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 25	Grand Prix: Finland	10:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 26	Grand Prix: Finland	12:40-2 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 26	Grand Prix: Finland	5:45-7:05 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 26	Grand Prix: Finland	7:20-9:10 a.m.	Peacock
Nov. 27	Grand Prix: Finland	11:15 a.m.-1:05 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 27	Grand Prix: Finland	1:25-3 p.m.	Peacock
Nov. 27	Grand Prix: Finland	4-6 p.m.	NBC*
Dec. 8	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	1:15-2:15 p.m.	Peacock
Dec. 8	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	2:30-3:30 p.m.	Peacock
Dec. 9	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.	Peacock
Dec. 9	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	1:45-2:45 p.m.	Peacock
Dec. 9	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	3-4 p.m.	Peacock
Dec. 10	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	7:30-8:30 a.m.	Peacock
Dec. 10	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	6:30-7:30 a.m.	E!*
Dec. 10	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	7:30-8:30 a.m.	E!
Dec. 10	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	8:30-9:30 a.m.	E!*
Dec. 10	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	1:40-2:40 p.m.	Peacock
Dec. 10	Grand Prix Final (Torino)	3-4 p.m.	Peacock
Dec. 11	Grand Prix: Final (Torino)	3:30-6 p.m.	NBC*
Jan. 26	U.S. Championships	7-9 p.m.	USA Network
Jan. 26	U.S. Championships	9:30 p.m.-Midnight	Peacock
Jan. 26	U.S. Championships	10 p.m.-Midnight	USA Network
Jan. 27	U.S. Championships	4:30-7 p.m.	Peacock
Jan. 27	U.S. Championships	5-7 p.m.	USA Network
Jan. 27	U.S. Championships	8-11 p.m.	NBC
Jan. 28	U.S. Championships	2:30-4:30 p.m.	NBC
Jan. 28	U.S. Championships	5-7 p.m.	Peacock
Jan. 28	U.S. Championships	7-8 p.m.	Peacock
Jan. 28	U.S. Championships	8-10 p.m.	USA Network
Jan. 29	U.S. Championships	2:15-6 p.m.	Peacock
Jan. 29	U.S. Championships	3-6 p.m.	NBC
Feb. 5	U.S. Championships	4-6 p.m.	NBC*
Jan. 25	European Championships	5:15-8:30 a.m.	Peacock
Jan. 25	European Championships	10:20 a.m.-4 p.m.	Peacock
Jan. 25	European Championships	2-4 p.m.	E!
Jan. 26	European Championships	5-11 a.m.	Peacock
Jan. 26	European Championships	9-11 a.m.	E!
Jan. 26	European Championships	Noon-3 p.m.	Peacock
Jan. 27	European Championships	5-10 a.m.	Peacock
Jan. 27	European Championships	11 a.m.-3 p.m.	Peacock
Jan. 27	European Championships	1-3 p.m.	E!
Jan. 28	European Championships	6-10 a.m.	Peacock
Jan. 28	European Championships	8-10 a.m.	E!
Jan. 28	European Championships	11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.	Peacock
Feb. 5	European Championships	2-4 p.m.	NBC*
Feb. 9	Four Continents Women’s Short	2:30-6 p.m.	Peacock
Feb. 9	Four Continents Men’s Short	8:45 p.m.-Midnight	Peacock
Feb. 10	Four Continents Women’s, Men’s Short	8 a.m.-Noon	USA Network*
Feb. 10	Four Continents Pairs’ Short	1:30-3:30 p.m.	Peacock
Feb. 10	Four Continents Rhythm Dance	4:25-7 p.m.	Peacock
Feb. 10	Four Continents Women’s Free	8 p.m.-Midnight	Peacock
Feb. 11	Four Continents Women’s Free	Noon-2 p.m.	E!*
Feb. 11	Four Continents Pairs’ Free	4:45-7 p.m.	Peacock
Feb. 11	Four Continents Men’s Free	8:15 p.m.-Midnight	Peacock
Feb. 12	Four Continents Men’s Free	11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.	E!*
Feb. 12	Four Continents Free Dance	3:15-6 p.m.	Peacock
Feb. 19	Four Continents Highlights	Noon-2 p.m.	NBC*
Mar. 21	World Championships	9 p.m.-1 a.m.	Peacock
Mar. 22	World Championships	1:45-8 a.m.	Peacock
Mar. 22	World Championships	6-8 a.m.	USA Network
Mar. 22	World Championships	9 p.m.-1 a.m.	Peacock
Mar. 23	World Championships	1:45-8 a.m.	Peacock
Mar. 23	World Championships	6-8 a.m.	USA Network
Mar. 23	World Championships	8-10 a.m.	USA Network*
Mar. 23	World Championships	9:45 p.m.-3:15 a.m.	Peacock
Mar. 24	World Championships	4:15-8:30 a.m.	Peacock
Mar. 24	World Championships	6:30-8:30 a.m.	USA Network
Mar. 24	World Championships	11:30 p.m.-3 a.m.	Peacock
Mar. 25	World Championships	4:15-8:30 a.m.	Peacock
Mar. 25	World Championships	6:30-8:30 a.m.	Peacock
Mar. 25	World Championships	8-10 p.m.	NBC*
Apr. 9	World Championships	3-6 p.m.	NBC*
Apr. 4	World Synchronized Skating Championships	Noon-2 p.m.	USA Network*
*taped coverage

Kaori Sakamoto wins figure skating worlds; top American places fourth

By OlympicTalkMar 24, 2023, 8:43 AM EDT

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Kaori Sakamoto became the first Japanese figure skater to win back-to-back world championships and the oldest women’s world champion since 2014.

Sakamoto, 22, totaled 224.61 points on home ice in Saitama, overcoming a late jumping error in Friday’s free skate to win by 3.67 over Lee Hae-In of South Korea. Belgium’s Loena Hendrickx took bronze, edging 16-year-old American Isabeau Levito for a medal by 2.77 points.

Sakamoto is the oldest women’s singles world champion since Mao Asada (2014), who is now the only Japanese skater with more world titles than Sakamoto.

She appeared en route to an easy victory until singling a planned triple flip late in her free skate, which put the gold in doubt. She can be thankful for pulling off the second jump of that planned combination — a triple toe loop — and her 5.62-point lead from Wednesday’s short program. It was the closest women’s margin of victory at worlds since 2011.

Lee, who had the top free skate, became the second South Korean to win a world medal in any discipline after six-time medalist Yuna Kim.

Hendrickx followed her silver from last year, when she became the first Belgian women’s singles skater to win a world medal.

FIGURE SKATING WORLDS: Results | Broadcast Schedule

Levito, last year’s world junior champion, had a chance to become the youngest world medalist since 2014. After a solid short program, she fell on her opening triple Lutz in the free skate and left points on the table by performing two jump combinations rather than three.

“I kind of just considered how you never know how things are going to play out,” Levito said on USA Network of her mindset after the Lutz, which she had planned to be the first half of a combination. “I thought that I’d just give myself as best of a chance that I could considering what already happened.”

Levito entered worlds ranked fourth in the field by best score this season. She matched the best finish for a U.S. woman in her senior global championships debut (Olympics and worlds) since Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan took silver and bronze at the 1991 Worlds. Sasha Cohen, to whom Levito is often compared, also placed fourth in her Olympic and world debuts in 2002.

“I feel very proud for myself and grateful for my coaching team for helping me get this far so far in my skating career, and I’m just very proud to be where I am,” Levito said.

American Amber Glenn was 12th in her world debut. Two-time U.S. champion Bradie Tennell was 15th. They had been 10th and eighth, respectively, in the short program.

The U.S. qualified two women’s spots for next year’s worlds rather than the maximum three because the top two Americans’ results added up to more than 13 (Levito’s fourth plus Glenn’s 12th equaled 16). The U.S. was in position to qualify three spots after the short program.

Glenn said after the short program that she had a very difficult two weeks before worlds, including “out-of-nowhere accidents and coincidences that could have prevented me from being here,” and boot problems that affected her triple Axel. She attempted a triple Axel in the free skate, spinning out of an under-rotated, two-footed landing.

Tennell, who went 19 months between competitions due to foot and ankle injuries in 2021 and 2022, had several jumping errors in the free skate.

“This season has been like one thing after another,” said the 25-year-old Tennell, who plans to compete through the 2026 Winter Games. “I’m really excited to get back and work on some stuff for the new season.”

Earlier, Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates topped the rhythm dance, starting their bid for a first world title in their 12th season together and after three prior world silver or bronze medals.

“We skated as best we possibly could today,” Bates said, according to the International Skating Union, after they tallied the world’s top score this season.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White are the lone U.S. ice dancers to win a world title, doing so in 2011 and 2013.

Worlds continue Friday night (U.S. time) with the free dance, followed Saturday morning with the men’s free skate, live on Peacock and USA Network.

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2023 World Figure Skating Championships results

By OlympicTalkMar 24, 2023, 8:22 AM EDT

2023 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan, top 10 and notable results …

Women
Gold: Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) — 224.61
Silver: Lee Hae-In (KOR) — 220.94
Bronze: Loena Hendrickx (BEL) — 210.42
4. Isabeau Levito (USA) — 207.65
5. Mai Mihara (JPN) — 205.70
6. Kim Chae-Yeon (KOR) — 203.51
7. Nicole Schott (GER) — 197.76
8. Kimmy Repond (SUI) — 194.09
9. Niina Petrokina (EST) — 193.49
10. Rinka Watanabe (JPN) — 192.81
12. Amber Glenn (USA) — 188.33
15. Bradie Tennell (USA) — 184.14

Men (Short Program)
1. Shoma Uno (JPN) — 104.63
2. Ilia Malinin (USA) — 100.38
3. Cha Jun-Hwan (KOR) — 99.64
4. Keegan Messing (CAN) — 98.75
5. Kevin Aymoz (FRA) — 95.56
6. Jason Brown (USA) — 94.17
7. Kazuki Tomono (JPN) — 92.68
8. Daniel Grassl (ITA) — 86.50
9. Lukas Britschgi (SUI) — 86.18
10. Vladimir Litvintsev (AZE) — 82.71
17. Sota Yamamoto (JPN) — 75.48
22. Andrew Torgashev (USA) — 71.41

FIGURE SKATING WORLDS: Broadcast Schedule

Pairs
Gold: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) — 222.16
Silver: Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier (USA) — 217.48
Bronze: Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA) — 208.08
4. Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN) — 199.97
5. Emily Chan/Spencer Howe (USA) — 194.73
6. Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud (CAN) — 193.00
7. Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN) — 190.67
8. Anastasia Golubova/Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (AUS) — 189.47
9. Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER) — 184.60
10. Alisa Efimova/Ruben Blommaert (GER) — 184.46
12. Ellie Kam/Danny O’Shea (USA) — 175.59

Ice Dance (Rhythm Dance)
1. Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) — 91.94
2. Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA) — 88.21
3. Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) — 87.34
4. Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR) — 86.56
5. Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN) — 85.59
6. Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA) — 78.74
7. Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU) — 78.70
8. Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN) — 76.97
9. Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler (CZE) — 76.56
10. Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA) — 75.24
11. Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) — 72.92

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