Gymnastics, swimming, basketball and cycling were all part of the winning team for the Olympics (11.4/31) on Sunday. NBC’s primetime coverage of the London Games was up 2% from comparable dates during the last summer Olympics in Beijing in 2008 and up 63% from Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics.
And, after a record-breaking Opening Ceremony and big first day, a lot of people are watching: TV usage was up 9.3% from 7-11 PM last night. NBC won the night in adults 18-49 and in overall viewers with 35.44 million.
Related: NBC Draws Biggest-Ever Audience For First Night Of Any Summer Games
Other than the Olympics, only CBS aired new shows Sunday. After starting off the night with a 60 Minutes (0.8/3) repeat, the network had Big Brother (1.8/5), which was down 10% from last Sunday’s broadcast, and the new reality show 3 (0.5/1), which was down 38% from its record-low debut last week. CBS ended the night with a repeat of The Mentalist (0.7/2).
Fox had all repeats with American Dad (0.8/3) The Cleveland Show (0.9/3), two episodes of The Simpsons at 8 PM (1.2/4) and 8:30 PM (1.3/3), followed by a double dose of The Family Guy at 9 PM (1.6/4) and 9:30 PM (1.5/4). ABC had encore broadcasts of America’s Funniest Home Videos (0.7/2), Secret Millionaire (0.6/2) and Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (0.5/1).
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I’m loving all of the Revolution promos. The show looks good. Very Hunger Games. But the comedies look terrible.
I wonder if the reason that Big Brother ratings seem to be consistently down this season is because the producers keep bringing back former contestants?
Supposedly in Boston, the Olympic coverage on Friday (July 27th) and Sunday (July 29th) nights got swamped in the local ratings by local baseball.
Those CBS reality shows, especially “3″ are finished, as ratings like that won’t justify a new season and even pulling the show off the schedule as a result.