NBC's RIO OLYMPICS Total Audience Delivery Averages 27.5 Million Viewers Per Night

With primetime competition completed Saturday night, NBC Olympics' Total Audience Delivery for the 15 nights of the 2016 Rio Olympics averaged 27.5 million viewers - ranking as the second-highest average audience on record for the primetime competition coverage for any non-domestic Summer Games.

NBC Olympics' Total Audience Delivery measures broader Rio Olympics consumption by calculating average minute viewing across broadcast, cable, and digital. The 2016 Rio Olympics is the first in U.S. media history with live primetime Olympic coverage on channels other than the primary broadcast network. It is also the first time that the broadcast network coverage, including primetime, has been streamed simultaneously on digital platforms.

Following are the average primetime audiences on record for the 15 nights of competition for non-U.S. Summer Games:

Summer Games	Total Audience Delivery	Network
2012 London Olympics	30.3 million viewers	NBC
2016 Rio Olympics	27.5 million viewers	NBC
2008 Beijing Olympics	27.2 million viewers	NBC
1992 Barcelona Olympics	26.4 million viewers	NBC
1988 Seoul Olympics	25.8 million viewers	NBC
2004 Athens Olympics	24.9 million viewers	NBC
2000 Sydney Olympics	21.5 million viewers	NBC

About NBC Olympics A division of NBC Sports Group, NBC Olympics is responsible for producing, programming and promoting NBCUniversal's Olympic Games coverage. It is renowned for its unsurpassed Olympic heritage, award-winning production, and ability to aggregate the largest audiences in U.S. television history. The London 2012 Olympic Games were watched by 217 million Americans across the networks of NBCUniversal, making it the most-watched event in U.S. television history.