Ratings Reference
Telecasts · Olympics

Rio 2016 Olympics — Prime time

20,600,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2016-08-08

Published figures

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average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Primetime coverage of the Rio Summer Olympics earned an 11.4 final rating and 20.6 million viewers on NBC Saturday night, down 28% in ratings and viewership from London in 2012 (15.8, 28.7M) and down 18% and 14%, respectively, from Beijing in 2008 (13.9, 24.1M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
20,600,000
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider