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Telecasts · Olympics

Rio 2016 Olympics — Prime time

Nielsen average audience: 20,100,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2016-08-19 Friday
Networks
NBC
20,100,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2016-08-22

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full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
20,100,000
… had an 11.6 and 20.1 million on NBC — down 12% in ratings and 11% in viewership from London (13.2, 22.4M) but up 8% and 12%, respectively … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

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