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 10, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | NBC | XXX Summer Olympics (8PM-11:14) | 6.6 | 21 | 22.490 |
| ABC | Shark Tank -R | 0.9 | 3 | 3.320 | |
| CBS | Undercover Boss -R | 0.7 | 3 | 2.910 | |
| FOX | Bones -R | 0.6 | 2 | 2.350 | |
| CW | Nikita -R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.520 | |
| 9:00PM | ABC | 20/20 -R | 0.9 | 3 | 3.750 |
| CBS | CSI:NY -R | 0.5 | 2 | 2.690 | |
| FOX | Bones -R | 0.5 | 2 | 2.170 | |
| CW | Nikita -R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.480 | |
| 10:00 PM | ABC | 20/20 -R | 1.1 | 3 | 4.060 |
| CBS | Blue Bloods -R | 0.5 | 2 | 3.430 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
CBS hit hard in adjustments.
Those numbers are so wrong in terms of the Olympics… Shaw quoted 300 Million.