| Scoreboard | NBC | CBS | UNI | ABC | FOX | CW |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 11.2/32 | 1.4/4 | 1.3/4 | 1.0/3 | 0.6/2 | 0.2/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 8.7/29 | 0.8/3 | 1.4/5 | 0.8/3 | 0.5/2 | 0.2/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 35.697 | 4.780 | 3.501 | 3.106 | 1.597 | 0.583 |
NBC was the number one network among adults 18-49 and total viewers.
On NBC, coverage of the XXX Olympic Games earned an 11.2 18-49 rating from 8-11 PM, up 8% from Summer Olympics the same night four years ago in Beijing . The final ratings released this afternoon will include the 11PM-midnight hour. Thus far, the London Olympics are up vs. the 2008 Beijing games by 7% in Adults 18-49 and 14% in Total Viewers through seven nights.
On CBS, Big Brother earned a 1.9 18-49, down three tenths from last week's 2.2 rating.
On ABC a new episode of Wipeout at 9PM earned a series-low 1.3, down almost a full ratings point after last week's 2.2 18-49 rating.
Late-night ratings are below the primetime data.
Overnight ratings for Thursday, August 2, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | NBC | XXX Summer Olympics (8-11PM) | 11.2 | 32 | 35.697 |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory -R | 1.4 | 5 | 5.505 | |
| ABC | Wipeout-R | 1.0 | 3 | 3.440 | |
| FOX | Raising Hope -R | 0.7 | 2 | 1.690 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries -R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.712 | |
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| 8:30PM | CBS | Two and a Half Men -R | 1.4 | 4 | 4.838 |
| FOX | Raising Hope -R | 0.6 | 2 | 1.690 | |
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| 9:00PM | CBS | Big Brother | 1.9 | 5 | 5.383 |
| ABC | Wipeout | 1.3 | 4 | 3.835 | |
| FOX | Glee-R | 0.5 | 1 | 1.394 | |
| CW | The LA Complex -R | 0.2 | 0 | 0.455 | |
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| 10:00 PM | CBS | Person Of Interest -R | 0.8 | 2 | 3.784 |
| ABC | Rookie Blue -R | 0.6 | 2 | 2.042 | |
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NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
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Huge ratings again. But not as high as Tuesday. I figured last nights would be the highest of the games
I was right it was because olympics was down so much supernatural could get 0.3. Lucky supernatural as usual
NBC was actually the Must See TV network again on Thursday. Too bad they have one more week before they return to their low rated unwatchable comedies.
Tuesday had Phelps’ 19 and fab 5 team gold it’s probably going to be the peak until closing ceremony.
I bet you the 10:30-12:00 numbers for the Olympics were huge.
Whitewalkers sounds like a Nikita fan. He has it in for Supernatural.
wipeout really does bad against the olympics…
@ J.G.
I wish the half-hours were posted here as I read on another site it peaked at a 27.2 from 10:00pm-12:00m. That’s gotta be higher than Tuesday.
BBT and Wipeout fell hard.
John A @ this has nothing to do with nikita. Look at the olympics numbers yesterday it was way down and then for all the other days it was on. Thats why supernatural even beat vampire diaries. Yes lucky supernatural as usual
Earlier in the evening there was rowing and volleyball. Gymnastics wrapped up after 11 and much of the swimming was after 930. I’m sure the 10-12 numbers will be considerably higher.
LA Complex will be adjusted down.
The Olympics suck. Not even sports. Only sport is basketball. Swimming is not a sport and gymnastics is for girls. It’s glorified cheerleading
Shows on CW over the summer have betweem 0.1-0.3. Weeks CW havent had much competition and VD Nikita HOD repeats have had 0.2. Olympics isnt crushing CW repeats that much. And Wednesday repeats on CW have been strong all summer.
Another huge night for the Olympics, NBC has to be really happy this year. People can complain all they want about the coverage but NBC has done a great job promoting these new amateurs during the Time Trials back in late June. Gabby was already a star heading into these games, normally they would’ve had to promote her during the Olympics.
Clearing over 40 million viewers four times in one week is just unbelievable these days.
BB14 is just as predictable as BB13 so I’m officially no longer paying attention to it.
I am so proud of Gabby, she did an amazing job. First African American girl to win all around and first girl to win with her team a gold medal also. She deserves all the praise, attention and money coming at her. You go girl!!!!!!!
@ jay, I know cocaine is one hell of a drug but ease up on it because what you just said makes no sense.
Whitewalker
Might I strongly suggest you avoid statistical analysis as a job career. First the numbers reported for the Olympics on both nights are averages from 8pm to 11pm. You must have specific hour data breakdown before you can even consider the Olympics as a factor, period.
The. Of course you must consider that between network and cable there are a huge amount if viewers that you aren’t even considering. Then you must also understand which show typically performs better during summer? As that would be the only reason to even mention VD to the equation.
But for summer and overall reruns what show performs strongest for the CW in both viewers and adults 18-49? That would be SPN not VD, which is the CW strongest performer in originals.
The only way to know if the Olympics is the reason SPN is so far the most watched two hours on the CW is That Nielsen does track weekly patterns from each Nielsen home. We never see that data and as such we will never be able to say that one program is the reason a show did worse or better then another for a specific week.
Wipeout is down beacause the topic is similar to the Olympics I guess. People doing physical things to get famous/money.
These ratings might end up helping NBC launch their new dramas. Both Revolution and Chicago Fire look great.