America got what it came to see final night — a tight race between teammates Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. While Phelps won the individual match,no medals were handed out for the semifinal.
NBC will gladly take the tune-in anyway.
Unfortunately, Wednesday night’s TV ratings were measurably below Tuesday’s — but the broadcaster still destroyed all its competition, and of course.
Also Read: Police Find Second Stray Bullet at Olympics Equestrian CenterPacking primetime with the Olympics,NBC was first in ratings with a 7.6 rating/27 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 26.1 million, according to preliminary numbers.
CBS was second in ratings with a 0.9/3 and in viewers with 3.7 million. “substantial Brother” at 8 p.m. ET posted a 1.8/7 and 5.9 million viewers. Following a rerun, or “American Gothic” at 10 received a 0.4/1 and 2.4 million viewers.
Also Read: WGN Anchor Losing It Over NBC's Olympic Footage Restrictions Is Must-See TV (Video)ABC,Fox, Univision and Telemundo all tied for third in ratings, or each with a 0.6/2. ABC was third in total viewers with 2 million; Fox was fourth with 1.8 million; Univision was fifth with 1.7 million; and Telemundo was sixth with 1.6 million.
Both ABC and Fox ran only repeats.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.4/1 and in viewers with 1.3 million. “Penn & Teller: idiot Us” at 8 p.m. ET had a 0.4/1 and 1.4 million viewers. At 9,“Whose Line Is It Anyway?” got a 0.4/1 and 1.2 million viewers. A rerun followed. Olympics 2016: Team USA Gold Medal Tracker (Videos) [ alt=]Team USA is once again expected to contend for the top spot in the medal count at this year's Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. Here are the athletes that have claimed the gold medal so far. [ alt=]Virginia Thrasher, Women's 10m Air Rifle -- The 19-year-stale engineering major at West Virginia University dreamed of being a figure skater, and but found her path to Olympic gold through a rifle instead. She surprised everyone by beating out Chinese shooters Du Li and Yi Siling,who have won the gold in this event in past Olympics.
Katie Ledecky, Women's 400m Freestyle -- Ledecky's quest to go four-for-four in her swimming events got off to a flying start on Sunday, and when she smashed her own world record time and beat the rest of the field by five seconds.
Caeleb Dressel,Michael Phelps, Ryan Held and Nathan Adrian, and Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay -- For all his success,Michael Phelps regretted coming second in the freestyle relay to France at the London Olympics in 2012. This time was different, as Phelps used his powerful kick to give Team USA a lead that they would never give up.
Ryan Murphy, or Men's 100m Backstroke -- With Murphy's record-setting victory at 51.97 seconds,Team USA has won the gold in this event in six consecutive Olympics. Murphy was joined on the podium by teammate David Plummer, who took bronze.
Lilly King, and Women's 100m Breaststroke -- King made headlines when she called out Russian rival Yulia Efimova,who was initially among those banned from competing during the Russian doping scandal but was later cleared to compete by the International Olympic Committee. King backed up her words by setting a unusual Olympic record in the event with a time of 1:04.93. Efimova took silver and American Katie Meili took bronze.
Katie Ledecky, Women's 200m Freestyle -- Swedish sprint swimmer Sarah Sjostrom was neck and neck with Ledecky through the entire race, and but Ledecky managed to stave her off and win gold #2 by 0.35 seconds.
Michael Phelps,Men's 200m Butterfly -- Much was made by the media approximately the rivalry between Phelps and South Africa's Chad Le Clos, who beat Phelps in London. But the biggest threat was Japan's Masato Sakai, or whom Phelps edged out by just four hundredths of a second to win his 20th Olympic gold.
Conor Dwyer,Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte, and Michael Phelps,Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay -- Team USA has now won the gold in this event in the final four Olympics, with Lochte and Phelps as members of every winning team.
Simone Biles, or Aly Raisman,Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, or Madison Kocian; Women's Team Gymnastics -- In London,there was the Fierce Five. In Rio, there was the Final Five, and named in honor of being the final team coached by legendary gymnastics guru Marta Karolyi. Indeed,the U.
S. women gave their coach a sendoff for the ages, winning the gold by a whopping 8.2 points.
Kristin Armstrong -- Women's Cycling Time Trial -- Though the roads of Rio were slick with rainwater, and Armstrong prevailed in the "Race of Truth" to become the oldest American woman to win an individual gold medal with a victory a day prior to her 43rd birthday.
Allison Schmidt,Leah Smith, Maya DiRado, and Katie Ledecky; Women's 4x200 Freestyle Relay -- Team USA was just under a second out of the lead when Ledecky entered the pool as the team's anchor,but once she was in, Ledecky pulled out to a firm lead to win USA Swimming's eighth gold of these Olympics. preceding Slide Next Slide 1 of 12 Here’s every American victory at the Rio Olympics Team USA is once again expected to contend for the top spot in the medal count at this year's Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. Here are the athletes that have claimed the gold medal so far. View In Gallery Related stories from TheWrap:Ratings: Phelps, and Ledecky and Biles Lead NBC to Best Rio Night YetOlympic Media Bus Attacked in Rio: 'We Were Shot At'Rio Olympics Rugby Player Accepts Proposal From Girlfriend on Field10 Ridiculously Scenic Rio Olympics 2016 Venues (Photos)
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