2021 Olympic Games

How to watch Biles, Chiles, and all the Tokyo Olympic Gymnastics action at home in Dallas

Gymnastics fans can Yurchenko double pike for joy: The Tokyo Olympic Games finally have landed.

The first Artistic Gymnastics event — Men's Qualifying — begins mere hours after Opening Ceremony on Friday, July 23. Then the women — starring G.O.A.T. Simone Biles, her Texas training mate Jordan Chiles, and the rest of top-ranked Team USA who stole North Texas hearts at the National Championships last month — start their quest for gold.

Thanks to modern technology, watching each and every Olympic Gymnastics event from Tokyo is both easy (so many options!) and complicated (that 14-hour time difference!) — but entirely possible.

Whether you're a digital streamer or a traditional TV watcher, know this first: NBC owns coverage. NBC and its affiliate channels and sites, such as NBCSN and Peacock, alone are broadcasting the Games.

You can stream competitions live and watch replays via Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, and NBC Sports on the web or by downloading the apps to your SmartTV or digital device. (Most Tokyo Olympics programming will be free.)
You can also tune in to Olympic channels on Sling TV, YouTube TV, and access coverage with a Hulu + Live TV subscription.
Locally, all Gymnastics TV coverage will air on NBC 5.

Below is the daily schedule of Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics events, when to stream them live, and when to watch later as part of NBC's TV broadcast. All times are CDT.

Get to know Team USA here.

(Note: For the initial Qualifying Rounds, Team USA will compete in Subdivision 3, but because we like to scope out the competition, we’re listing all teams here.)

Friday, July 23

Men's Qualifying (Team competition for a spot in the final; gymnasts also compete for spots in the all-around and apparatus finals.)
Subdivision 1 - Mixed Group 1 (Romania, Croatia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Belarus, Ireland), Ukraine, Russian Olympic Committee, China, Mixed Group 3 (Netherlands, Israel, Cyprus, Egypt), Spain
Stream live: 8 pm
Watch later: NBC, Saturday, July 24, 1:45-5 pm and 7-10:30 pm

Saturday, July 24

Men's Qualifying
Subdivision 2 - Switzerland, Brazil, Great Britain, Mixed Group 6 (Hong Kong, Mexico, Armenia, Canada, Bulgaria, Nigeria, Greece), Japan, Mixed Group 4 (Vietnam, Australia, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Albania, Cuba)
Stream live: 12:30 am
Watch later: NBC, 1:45-5 pm and 7-10:30 pm

Men's Qualifying
Subdivision 3 - United States, Germany, Chinese Taipei, Mixed Group 5 (Turkey, Italy, Philippines), Mixed Group 2 (France, Uzbekistan, Norway, Lithuania, Azerbaijan), South Korea
Stream live: 5:30 am
Watch later: NBC, 1:45-5 pm and 7-10:30 pm

Women's Qualifying (Team competition for a spot in the final; gymnasts also compete for spots in the all-around and apparatus finals.)
Subdivision 1 - Italy, Mixed Group 3 (Ukraine, Croatia, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Azerbaijan), Japan, Mixed Group 6 (Argentina, India, Singapore, Cayman Islands, Czech Republic)
Stream live: 8 pm
Watch later: NBC, Sunday, July 25, 6-8:30 pm

Women's Qualifying
Subdivision 2 - China, Great Britain, Mixed Group 7 (South Africa, Ireland, Austria, Sri Lanka), Russian Olympic Committee
Stream live: 9:50 pm
Watch later: NBC, Sunday, July 25, 6-8:30 pm

Sunday, July 25

Women’s Qualifying
Subdivision 3 - United States, Mixed Group 8 (Jamaica, Peru, Poland, Chile, Turkey), Netherlands, Mixed Group 1 (Australia, Romania, Portugal, Slovakia)
Stream live: 1:10 am
Watch later: NBC, Sunday, July 25, 6-8:30 pm

Women's Qualifying
Subdivision 4 - Canada, Mixed Group 4 (Israel, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Costa Rica, Malaysia), France, Spain
Stream live: 3:05 am
Watch later: NBC, Sunday, July 25, 6-8:30 pm

Women’s Qualifying
Subdivision 5 - Mixed Group 5 (South Korea, Norway, Mexico, Hungary), Germany, Mixed Group 2 (Egypt, Brazil, Sweden, Belarus), Belgium
Stream live: 6:20 am
Watch later: NBC, Sunday, July 25, 6-8:30 pm

Monday, July 26

Men's Team Final (Top eight teams from Qualifying Rounds; medals awarded.)
Stream live: 5 am
Watch later: NBC, 7-8:30 pm

Tuesday, July 27

Women's Team Final (Top eight teams from Qualifying Rounds; medals awarded.)
Stream live: 5:45 am
Watch later: NBC, 7-11 pm

Wednesday, July 28

Men's Individual All-Around Final (Top 24 gymnasts from Qualifying Rounds compete in the men's individual all-around final; medals awarded.)
Stream live: 5:15 am
Watch later: NBC, 7-10:30 pm

Thursday, July 29

Women's Individual All-Around Final (Top 24 gymnasts compete in the women's individual all-around final; medals awarded.)
Stream live: 5:50 am
Watch later: NBC, 7-10:30 pm

Sunday, August 1

Men’s and Women’s Event Finals (Men: Floor Exercise and Pommel Horse, Women: Vault and Uneven Bars; medals awarded.)
Stream live: 3 am
Watch later: NBC, 9:45 am-5 pm, 6-10:30 pm

Monday, August 2

Men’s and Women’s Event Finals (Men: Rings and Vault, Women: Floor Exercise; medals awarded.)
Stream live: 3 am
Watch later: NBC, 11 am-4 pm, 7-10:30 pm

Tuesday, August 3

Men’s and Women’s Event Finals (Men: Parallel Bars and High Bar, Women: Balance Beam; medals awarded.)
Stream live: 3 am
Watch later: NBC, 11am-4 pm, 7-10:30 pm

Sources: NBCOlympics.com, Today.com, Olympics.com

USA Women's Gymnastics team, from left: Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Grace McCallum.

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USA Women's Gymnastics team, from left: Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Grace McCallum.

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Movie Review

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is better than the first but not by much

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Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Blumhouse Productions first made their name with the Paranormal Activity series, establishing themselves as a leader in the horror genre thanks to their relatively cheap yet effective movies. In recent years, they’ve added on “soft” horror films likeM3GAN and Five Nights at Freddy’s to draw in a younger audience, with both films becoming so successful that each was quickly given a sequel.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 finds Mike (Josh Hutcherson) and his sister Abby (Piper Rubio) still recovering from the events of the first film, with Abby particularly missing her “friends.” Those friends just so happen to be the souls of murdered children who inhabit animatronic characters at the long-defunct Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, children who were abducted and killed by William Afton (Matthew Lillard).

A new threat emerges at another Freddy Fazbear’s location in the form of Charlotte, another murdered child who inhabits a creepy large marionette. Mike, distracted by a possible romance with Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail), fails to keep track of Abby, who makes her way to the old pizzeria and inadvertently unleashes Charlotte and her minions on the surrounding town.

Directed by Emma Tammi and written by Scott Cawthon (who also created the video game on which the series is based), the film tries to mix together goofy elements with intense scenes. One particular sequence, in which the security guard for Freddy Fazbear’s lets a group of ghost hunters onto the property, toes the line between soft and hard horror. That and a few others show the potential that the filmmakers had if they had stuck to their guns.

Unfortunately, more often than not they either soft-pedal things that would normally be horrific, or can’t figure out how to properly stage scenes. The sight of animatronic robots wreaking havoc is one that is simultaneously frightening and laughable, and the filmmakers never seem to find the right balance in tone. Every step in the direction of making a truly scary horror film is undercut by another in which the robots fail to live up to their promise.

It doesn’t help that Cawthon gives the cast some extremely wooden dialogue, lines that none of the actors can elevate. What may work in a video game format comes off as stilted when said by actors in a live-action film. The story also loses momentum quickly after the first half hour or so, with Cawthon seemingly content to just have characters move from place to place with no sense of connection between any of the scenes.

Hutcherson (The Hunger Games series), after being the true lead of the first film, is given very little to do in this film, and his effort is equal to his character’s arc. The same goes for Lail, whose character seems to be shoehorned into the story. Rubio is called upon to carry the load for a lot of the movie, and the teenager is not quite up to the task. A brief appearance by Skeet Ulrich seems to be a blatant appeal to Scream fans, but he and Lillard only underscore how limited this film is compared to that franchise.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is better than the first film, but not by much. The filmmakers do a decent job of making the new marionette character into a great villain, but they fail to capitalize on its inherent creepiness. Instead, they fall back on less effective elements, ensuring that the film will be forgettable for anyone other than hardcore Freddy fans.

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Five Nights at Freddy's 2 opens in theaters on December 5.

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