Preliminary Ratings: Friday 08/12/2016

The first Friday night of athletic competition of the 2016 Summer Olympics collected 23.9 million viewers and  6.3 rating in Adults 18-49. that is 4.6 million viewers less than the 2012 game's first Friday night and the A18-49 demo dropped 2.4 ratings points.

FOX had a special MLB game on Friday night, which highlighted the last game of New York Yankee, Alex Rodriguez. After a short rain delay to start off the telecast, the game drew just 1.8 million viewers and a 0.5 rating in the A18-49 demo. That pushed it down to 4th in the time slots and on the night.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.10 million	0.7	0.9	1.2
CBS	4.50 million	0.4	0.7	1.0
CW	1.00 million	0.2	0.3	0.4
FOX	1.80 million	0.4	0.5	0.6
NBC	23.90 million	4.3	6.3	8.0

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	4.10	0.7	0.9	1.2
9:00	ABC	Primetime: WWYD?	3.70	0.7	0.9	1.1
10:00	ABC	20/20	4.40	0.6	0.9	1.3
8:00	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	4.60	0.4	0.7	1.0
9:00	CBS	Hawaii Five-O [R]	4.40	0.4	0.7	1.0
10:00	CBS	Blue Bloods [R]	4.50	0.4	0.6	0.9
8:00	CW	Masters of Illusion [R]	1.00	0.3	0.3	0.4
8:30	CW	Masters of Illusion [R]	1.00	0.2	0.3	0.4
9:00	CW	Penn & Teller: Fool Us [R]	1.00	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	MLB Baseball: NYY v TB	1.80	0.4	0.5	0.6
8:00	NBC	Summer Olympics: Night 7	23.90	4.3	6.3	8.0

* - viewers in millions