Ratings Reference

London 2012 Olympics — Opening Ceremony

Nielsen average audience: 40,700,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2012-07-27 Friday
Networks
NBC
40,700,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2012-07-28

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
40,700,000
The Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympics earned a 21.0 final rating and 40.7 million viewers on NBC Friday night … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider