Primetime Ratings: NBC Olympics Coverage Up on Vonn Medal

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NBC rated a 3.9 in viewers 18-49 across Tuesday’s prime, according to the Nielsen overnights, alongside a 15 share. That topped NBC’s Monday score for the Olympics, when the network tallied a 3.7/13.

NBC aired Olympic bobsledding, figure skating and alpine skiing Tuesday from Pyeongchang, with Lindsey Vonn claiming a bronze medal in the latter.  

ABC was runner-up at 0.7/3. Bachelor Winter Games went up 29% to 0.9 and Kevin (Probably) Saves the World did a 0.4.

CBS was at 0.6/2 with repeats throughout prime.

Fox too did a 0.6/2, also with repeats.

Telemundo and Univision were both at 0.5/2.

The CW scored a 0.2/1 with repeats on its air.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.