Primetime Ratings: NBC Sees Olympics Slip

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NBC took top honors in Wednesday prime ratings, posting a 3.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 13 share. The night before, NBC tallied a 3.9/15, representing a 15% ratings drop Wednesday. 

NBC’s Olympics offerings in Wednesday’s prime included figure skating and Alpine skiing. 

CBS was tops among the non-Olympics networks, scoring a 1.1/4. Big Brother: Celebrity Edition ticked up 8% to 1.4 while The Amazing Race did a flat 0.9 from 9 to 11 p.m. 

Fox did a 0.6/2. It aired repeats of The Resident and 9-1-1. 

ABC was at 0.5/2. Repeated comedies led into Match Game beingdown 20% to 0.4. 

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.5/2. 

The CW scored a 0.2/1 with repeats. 

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.