Nielsen Ratings: NBC Sweeps with Olympics

By now it will surprise few to know that NBC is killing its competitors in the prime time ratings with its Olympics programming.  The network took the top seven slots in last week's rankings with viewerships topping 27.9 million on each night of prime time.  That's way more than any network gets, even during the regular season.

The only other original programming to make the top 15 has been Big Brother on CBS, which was on three nights last week.

On cable, The Closer, with only one episode left, was the top program, followed by Rizzoli & Isles.  The WWE continues to do well as do a few other cable dramas - Burn Notice, True Blood, Perception, Longmire and Suits.

BROADCAST:

RANK	PROGRAMS	ORIG	SHARE	VIEWERS
1	SUM OLYM TUE PRIME 1(S)	NBC	35	38.7 million
2	SUM OLYM THU PRIME 1(S)	NBC	36	36.8 million
3	SUM OLYM MON PRIME 1(S)	NBC	29	31.5 million
4	SUM OLYM WED PRIME 1(S)	NBC	30	30.8 million
5	SUM OLYM SUN PRIME 2(S)	NBC	29	31.2 million
6	SUM OLYM FRI PRIME 1(S)	NBC	29	28.5 million
7	SUM OLYM SAT PRIME 2(S)	NBC	29	27.9 million
8	NCIS	CBS	8	6.8 million
9	60 MINUTES	CBS	8	6.4 million
10	BIG BANG THEORY, THE	CBS	7	5.5 million
11	NCIS: LOS ANGELES	CBS	5	5.2 million
12	BIG BROTHER 14-SUN	CBS	6	5.7 million
12	BIG BROTHER 14-WED	CBS	6	5.3 million
14	BIG BROTHER 14-THU	CBS	5	5.4 million
15	TWO AND A HALF MEN - THU	CBS	5	4.7 million

CABLE:

RANK	PROGRAMS	NET	Share	Viewers
1	THE CLOSER	TNT	3.8	5.7 million
2	RIZZOLI & ISLES	TNT	2.9	4.4 million
3	NASCAR SPRINT CUP	ESPN	2.9	4.4 million
4	WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW)	USA	2.8	4.7 million
5	WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW)	USA	2.8	4. 7 million
6	BURN NOTICE	USA	2.7	4.3 million
7	TRUE BLOOD	HBOM	2.5	4.4 million
8	PERCEPTION	TNT	2.5	3.7 million
9	TOY STORY 3	DSNY	2.4	4.1 million
10	TOY STORY 3	DSNY	2.4	4.4 million
11	WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW)	USA	2.4	4.0 million
12	LONGMIRE	AEN	2.3	3.9 million
13	SUITS	USA	2.3	3.4 million
14	FAMILY GUY	ADSM	2.2	3.0 million
15	FAMILY GUY	ADSM	2.2	3.1 million