While the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics was NBCUniversal’s second most-viewed non-domestic Olympics ever with an average of 27.5 million viewers thru 16 nights (Source: NBC Sports Group), its conclusion — the Closing Ceremony — dipped to its lowest ratings ever (on record) for a Summer Olympics (previous mark was Sydney’s 10.8 in 2000) and was […]
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Saturday Final Nationals: Rio 2016 Summer Olympics on NBCUniversal Sinks to its Lowest Nightly Marks
by Douglas Pucci Comments are off
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Saturday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 16.3 million viewers with an 9.6 household rating. Despite a successful night for the U.S. men’s and women’s track team in the respective 4×400-meter […]
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by Douglas Pucci Comments are off
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Friday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 21.1 million viewers with an 12.3 household rating. The night was down 6 percent in viewership and down 7 percent in household rating from […]
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by Douglas Pucci Comments are off
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Thursday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 22.9 million viewers with an 13.6 household rating; the same viewership and household rating from the second Thursday in London 2012 (on August 2, […]
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by Douglas Pucci Comments are off
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Wednesday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — averaged a 13.3 household rating with 22.1 million viewers, down 24 percent in total viewers and down 21 percent in household rating from the second Wednesday in London […]
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by Marc Berman Comments are off
What follows are the fast affiliate results for Wednesday, August 17 broken out by network and by each half-hour: -Total Viewers: NBC: 20.54 million, CBS: 3.73, ABC: 2.00, Fox: 1.94, CW: 1.02 -Adults 18-49: NBC: 5.8 rating/21 share, CBS: 0.9/ 3, Fox: 0.6/ 2, ABC: 0.5/ 2, CW: 0.2/ 1 ———- 8:00 p.m. ABC – […]
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by Marc Berman Comments are off
What follows are the metered market (overnight) results in households by network and by half-hour for Wednesday, : Household Rating/Share NBC: 14.4 rating/24 share, CBS: 2.5/ 4, ABC and Fox: 1.4/ 2 each, CW: 0.7/ 1 Note: The year-to-year overnight comparisons are not included due to the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics on NBC. 8:00 p.m. […]
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by Douglas Pucci Comments are off
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Tuesday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — averaged a 15.2 household rating with 25.6 million viewers. The night was off 15 percent in total viewers and 14 percent in household rating from the second Tuesday […]
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by Douglas Pucci Comments are off
From NBC Sports Group (full press release): For Monday’s primetime coverage, NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery — calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital — had an average of 25.5 million viewers with an 14.9 household rating. NBC’s Monday primetime Rio Olympics broadcast was by far the most-watched show of the night – […]