Rio 2016 Olympics — Prime time
Nielsen average audience: 26,700,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2016-08-14 Sunday
- Networks
- NBC
26,700,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2016-08-16
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
26,700,000
Primetime coverage of the Rio Summer Olympics earned a 14.9 final rating and 26.7 million viewers on NBC Sunday night …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
blend1 figure
via pressaverage audience
combined / full telecast / TV + streaming · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
28,100,000
Across all platforms, Sunday's primetime coverage delivered a 15.8 rating and 28.1 million viewers — still behind London, but mixed compared to Beijing.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · single source
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider