Salt Lake City Loves Watching the Olympics

By Kevin Eck 

More people watched the Olympics in Salt Lake City on Sunday night than in any other market, according to NBC.

NBC pulled in an average of 28.1 million viewers in total audience and a 15.8 household rating for prime-time coverage of the Rio games. Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL led the local ratings with Austin’s KXAN coming in a close second.

Here are the Sunday prime-time ratings in metered markets:

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1. Salt Lake City – 20.5/40
2. Austin – 20.2/35
T3. Columbus – 19.9/33
T3. Richmond – 19.9/32
5. Denver – 19.7/38
T6. San Diego – 19.4/37
T6. Norfolk – 19.4/31
T8. Cincinnati – 19.2/31
T8. Indianapolis – 19.2/31
10. West Palm Beach – 19.1/31

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