The opening ceremonies for the Vancouver Olympics on NBC dominated against repeats on the rest of broadcast. For the night in primetime NBC averaged 34.45 32.6 million viewers and a 9.4/27 (rating/share) with adults 18-49. The 2006 Winter games opening ceremonies in Torino averaged 22.17 million viewers and a 6.5/19 A18-49 in the final numbers.
The only new scripted programming of the night on broadcast was on the CW. At 8pm an original hour of Smallville averaged a 1.0/3 rating/share with adults 18-49 and 2.48 million viewers.
FOX did surprisingly well, all things considered, with reruns of House and Kitchen Nightmares. I guess during the Olympics opening ceremonies it served as good counter-programming.
