Primetime Ratings: NBC Wraps Winter Games With Win

NBC closed out its 2018 Winter Olympics campaign with a 2.1 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, as it aired the Games’ closing ceremonies from Pyeongchang. NBC had an 8 share. 

NBC’s broadcast of the closing ceremonies in Sochi four years ago did a 3.3. 

Runners-up on Sunday were ABC and CBS at 1.0/4. 

On ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos did a 1.0 before The Bachelor fell 31% to 1.1. Shark Tank closed out prime up 14% for a 0.8. 

On CBS, 60 Minutes was up a tenth of a point at 0.8 before the Big Brother: Celebrity Edition finale rated a flat 1.4. An NCIS: Los Angeles repeat took CBS to the end of prime. 

Univision did a 0.7/2. 

Fox was at 0.6/2 with repeated comedies. 

Telemundo rated a 0.3/1.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.