David Bauder
Armand Duplantis, of Sweden fails with the world record attempt after winning the gold in the final of the men s pole vault at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) August 03, 2021 - 3:16 PM
NEW YORK (AP) â For most nights at the Tokyo Olympics, NBC s prime time coverage is drawing about half the audience that the Games had in Rio de Janeiro five years ago.
The numbers are sobering: Sunday s NBC audience of 13 million was down 51% from the 26.7 million who watched the corresponding night in Rio. Saturday night was down 57%, last Wednesday down 53% and Tuesday down 58%, the Nielsen company said.