NBC drew an average of 15.5 million prime-time viewers for the Tokyo Olympics, the lowest audience for the Summer Games since the network started broadcasting them in 1988
Olympic athletes like Caeleb Dressel, Suni Lee, and Sydney McLaughlin helped the U.S. win the most gold medals at the Tokyo Summer Games. For Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal, however, the size of the audience that watched was underwhelming.drew an average of 15.5 million prime-time viewers over their 17-day run, the company said, the lowest audience for the Summer Games since NBC started broadcasting them in 1988 and a 42% decline from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.
“When you look at the numbers in general and the impact that Covid has had on sports, we were prepared for these numbers,” said NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua. “For better or worse, I really do believe the pandemic and postponement impacted these games.” Still, he noted, NBC’s telecasts dominated the TV landscape night after night.
Mr. Bevacqua said the Tokyo Games “will be very, very profitable for NBCUniversal despite the challenges from the pandemic.”
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