The rating is 34.4 percent lower than the 21.8 on the first Monday in 1994 and 22.5 percent lower than the 19.1 rating from 1992. Through the first four nights, CBS is averaging a 16.0 rating, 15.8 percent lower than the 19.0 after the first Monday in 1992 and 33.3 percent lower than the 24.0 in 1994. CBS has an extra night of coverage this year because the opening ceremony was broadcast on Friday night in the United States, so the numbers for the past two Olympics are based on three nights of coverage. CBS' late night show had a 1.9 rating and a 10 share, 45.7 percent lower than the 3.5 in Lillehammer. A rating point for CBS represents 980,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 98 million TV homes.
Share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
TNT's cable rating also fell, as it got a 1.1 rating Monday as opposed to a 1.5 in 1994 and 2.1 in 1992. TNT's rating is based on 73 million homes. Send a Postcard Service Desk Contact Us Packer Plus Online Badger Plus Online Brewers Bucks Marquette Colleges Preps Golf Soccer Racing SportsDay Sports Etc. All rights reserved.