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Telecasts · Olympics

Rio 2016 Olympics — Prime time

Nielsen average audience: 24,300,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2016-08-15 Monday
Networks
NBC
24,300,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2016-08-17

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
24,300,000
Primetime coverage of the Rio Summer Olympics earned a 14.1 final rating and 24.3 million viewers on NBC Monday night … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
blend1 figure
via pressaverage audience
combined / full telecast / TV + streaming · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
25,500,000
With streaming and cable included, Monday's primetime coverage earned a 14.9 and 25.5 million, still ranking as the lowest rated second Monday since at least '84. 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

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