The final ratings for the XXX Olympics, which include the portions of the telecast that aired outside of primetime, can be compared to Friday's preliminary ratings.
Final broadcast primetime ratings for Friday, August 3, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | NBC | XXX Summer Olympics (8-11:09PM) | 8.7/29 | 28.51 |
| ABC | Shark Tank - R | 0.8/3 | 3.11 | |
| CBS | Undercover Boss - R | 0.7/3 | 3.16 | |
| FOX | House - R | 0.5/2 | 1.33 | |
| CW | Nikita - R | 0.2/1 | 0.63 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | 20/20 - R | 0.8/2 | 3.23 |
| CBS | CSI: NY - R | 0.5/2 | 2.70 | |
| FOX | Bones - R | 0.5/2 | 1.85 | |
| CW | Nikita - R | 0.2/1 | 0.55 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | 20/20 - R | 0.7/2 | 3.11 |
| CBS | Blue Bloods - R | 0.4/1 | 3.15 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Friday Final Averages
Million Viewers = 8.33 Million Viewers
18-49 Demo Average = 2.4 Average
Nikita did really good against olympics on a friday night. When the other repeats do about the same on the weekdays.
0.2 for Nikita in repeats is fine, it wnt be doing much better for originals come this fall. I wonder if by spring it’ll be down to the 0.3 mark? CW ratings are going to be a source of entertainment in thier own right next season.