Summer Olympic Games on NBC

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The following lists ratings for NBC's primetime coverage of the Beijing Games for each night through Tuesday.

	Beijing	Athens	Sydney	Atlanta
Opening Ceremony	18.6/33	14.6/27	16.2/29	23.6/45
Day Two	13.9/27	11.8/23	13.1/25	17.2/37
Day Three	17.9/31	15.4/26	14.6/24	22.9/42
Day Four	17.4/28	16.6/27	13.8/23	22.9/40
Day Five	19.9/34	18.3/30	15.5/26	27.2/40
Day Six	16.7/28	17.3/29	14.6/25	22.4/41
Day Seven	17.9/31	19.3/32	14.9/26	26.8/48
Day Eight	15.2/28	14.4/27	14.9/27	17.9/37
Day Nine	17.6/32	13.6/26	13.3/25	19.4/40
Day Ten	15.8/28	15.8/28	16.0/26	18.1/34
Day Eleven	15.8/26	16.4/27	15.8/26	26.4/47
Day Twelve	16.3/27	15.7/26	12.4/21	21.3/39
Day Thirteen	15.2/26	15.3/26	13.9/24	19.8/38
Day Fourteen	13.8/23	13.8/23	14.0/24	20.7/39
Day Fifteen	10.5/19	12.5/25	10.6/20	16.1/33
Day Sixteen	10.2/19	11.1/21	10.5/20	15.8/34
Day Seventeen	15.5/25	11.9/20	10.8/17	21.8/40
Seventeen-Night Average	16.2/28	15.0/26	13.8/24	21.6/41

The following lists a ratings and viewership trend for the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Olympic Games on NBC.

Site	Year	Rating	Viewers
Beijing	2008	18.6	34,200,000
Athens	2004	14.6	25,384,000
Sydney	2000	16.2	27,272,000
Atlanta	1996	23.6	39,767,000
Barcelona	1992	13.8	21,609,000

The following lists average primetime and total Olympic ratings for past Summer Olympics on NBC.

Site	Year	Primetime Average	Total Olympics Average	Telecasts
Athens	2004	15.0	7.0	68
Sydney	2000	13.8	8.9	51
Atlanta	1996	21.6	14.5	50
Barcelona	1992	17.5	11.4	45
Seoul	1988	17.9	11.2	66

Posted by: Staff / August 1, 2008 / 9:29 AM / Print Article