Figure skater Nathan Chen brought glory to the United States on the ice during Monday’s primetime coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics, shattering the world record in the men’s short program at the Beijing games.
Nabbing 113.97 points, Chen brought in the highest short program score in figure skating history. Monday saw new highs for Chen and the winter sport, not for NBC’s fifth night of coverage, or at least in early numbers.Per fast affiliates, NBC’s Monday primetime coverage tallied a 1.6 rating in the 18-39 demo and 8.67 million viewers, down from the previous night’s fast nationals (1.8, 10.30M).Monday night’s coverage also included women’s speed skating, freestyle skiing and more.
The United States currently boast a total of five medals, four gold and one bronze.NBC is set to provide adjusted Total Audience Delivery numbers later in the day, which will be included in this post when they come in.
For the corresponding night of the 2018 Winter Olympics, NBC recorded a TAD of 22.3 million viewers across its platforms.Elsewhere during Monday primetime, 9-1-1: Lone Star (0.6, 5.01M) and The Bachelor (0.6, 3.02M) topped the night’s non-Olympics programming.
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