Ratings Reference
Telecasts · Olympics

Rio 2016 Olympics — Prime time

28,900,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2016-08-09

Published figures

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average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Primetime coverage of the Rio Summer Olympics earned a 16.4 final rating and 28.9 million viewers on NBC Monday night, down 9% in ratings and viewership from London in 2012 (18.0, 31.6M) and down 7% and 4%, respectively, from Beijing in 2008 (17.6, 30.2M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
28,900,000
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider