NBC Gets Its Lowest Olympics Ratings Since Saturday, but Men's Basketball Boosts NBCSN

As livestreaming tops 1 billion minutes Wednesday

Wednesday night's Rio Olympics action featured a victory for U.S. beach volleyball stars Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross, another gold medal for legendary Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, and a gold in the 200-meter freestyle relay for Katie Ledecky and the U.S. women. But the action couldn't match Tuesday night's heroics, and the Nielsen ratings reflect that.

The NBC broadcast network delivered 26.4 million total prime-time viewers on Wednesday, down 14 percent from the same night during the London Olympics in 2012 and down 21 percent from Tuesday night.

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