OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- The LIVE television schedule for the 2008 Olympic Softball competition was recently announced by NBC. The USA Softball Women’s National team will begin competition on August 12 on CNBC at midnight/ET as the 32-game slate spans from August 12-21 at the Fengtai Softball Field in Beijing, China.

The three-time defending Olympic Gold Medal winning team will look to defend its title by playing seven round robin games before looking to advance to the playoffs on August 20 and the grand final on August 21. Six of the seven round robin games for the U.S. will be brought to the U.S. LIVE from CNBC. On August 17, they will play the Netherlands at 7:30 p.m. local time and that will be LIVE on MSNBC. See below for complete schedule.

• PLEASE KNOW ALL TIMES AND NETWORKS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ** Log onto http://www.nbcolympics.com/ for the most  up-to-date T.V. schedule. </p>

*USA Television Schedule for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

NOTE: Beijing, China is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. *

  Tuesday, August 12

USA vs. Venezuela - Noon Local - (Midnight EST) – CNBC & CNBC HD

  Wednesday, August 13

USA vs. Australia – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

  Thursday, August 14

USA vs. Canada – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

  Friday, August 15

USA vs. Japan – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

  Saturday, August 16

USA vs. Chinese Taipei – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

  Sunday, August 17

USA vs. Netherlands – 7:30 p.m. Local - (7:30 a.m. EST) - MSNBC

  Monday, August 18

USA vs. China - Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

*Tuesday, August 19 – *OFF DAY

  Wednesday, August 20 - Playoffs

GM1: Seed 1 vs. Seed 2 – 9:30 a.m. Local - (9:30 p.m. EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

GM2: Seed 3 vs. Seed 4 – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

GM3: Loser of GM1 vs. Winner of GM2 – 5 p.m. Local (5 a.m. EST) - MSNBC & MSNBC HD

  *Thursday, August 21 – *Grand Final Game – 6:30 p.m. - (6:30 a.m. EST)  – USA &amp; USA HD