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NBC Scores with the Olympics

It seems as if Michael Phelps isn't the only one scoring big with the Olympics.
NBC is reported to have spent around $900 million for the US broadcast rights of the 2008 Olympics and another $300 mill in production costs.The Games are expected to generate at least $1.7 billion in revenue from advertising time and sales of GE industrial products that have been incorporated into Olympic venues.


NBC is presenting its 11th Olympics which includes a record 3,600 hours of coverage on the Beijing Games, plus additional material on the Web. NBC also boasts about it's Beijing Olympics website, offering streaming coverage even of minor sports such as archery and fencing and working for months on technical improvements.

Putting it all in perspective, last February 's Super Bowl smashed records with 97.5 million total viewers. Now, NBC estimates that 157 million viewers watched at least some of the coverage spread across its various TV, online or wireless platforms during the first four days in Beijing. An average of 30.4 million viewers watched nightly in prime time, according to Nielsen.

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The ratings according to Neilsen, tell the story.


Rank Season average Show name Network Viewers in millions
1. X Olympics Opening Ceremony NBC 34.9
2. X Olympics NBC 32.3
3. X Olympics NBC 24.1
4. 13 America's Got Talent NBC 12.6
5. 17 Two and a Half Men CBS 10.0
6. 20 So You Think You Can Dance (Thurs.) Fox 9.7
7. 54 Criminal Minds CBS 9.1
8. 13 So You Think You Can Dance (Wed.) CBS 9.0
9 47 NCIS CBS 8.7
10 17 CSI: Miami CBS 7.9
11 47 New Adventures of Old Christine CBS 7.6
*. X America's Got Talent (Thurs.) NBC 7.6
13 29 Wiipeout ABC 7.3
14. 47 CSI: NY CBS 7.0
15. 20 Big Brother CBS 6.4
* 82 How I Met Your Mother CBS 6.4
17. 93 60 Minutes CBS 6.3
* 82 The Big Bang Theory CBS 6.3
* 40 Flashpoint CBS 6.3
20. 82 Nashville Star NBC 6.2


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Broadcast: Tops among 18-49-year-olds
Rank Season average Show name Network Viewers in millions
1. 14 Olympics NBC 14.6
2. 40 Olympics Opening Ceremony NBC 13.5
3. 48 Olympics NBC 10.5
4. 17 American's Got Talent (Tues.) NBC 4.6
5. 54 So You Think You Can Dance (Thurs.) Fox 4.3
6. X So You Think You Can Dance (Wed.) Fox 4.0
7. 48 Two and a Half Men CBS 3.9
8. 30 Wipeout ABC 3.7
9. X Big Brother (Tues.) CBS 3.3
10. n/a Old Christine CBS 3.1
11. 123 American's Got Talent (Thes.) NBC 3.0
12. 123 How I Met Your Mother CBS 2.9
13. n/a The Big Bang Theory CBS 28
14. n/a CSI: Miami CBS 2.7
* n/a Feugo en la Sangre (Mon.) Univision 2.7
* n/a Al Diablos/Guapos (Tues.) Univision 2.7
* n/a Feugo en la Sangre (Tues.) Univision 2.7
* n/a American Gladiators NBC 2.7
19. 84 Criminal Minds CBS 2.6
* 84 House Fox 2.6








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