Only 17 million watched the Opening Ceremony, the worst viewership of the past 30 years

TheWrap

NBC's live coverage of the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday morning and its re-airing Friday night combined for 17 million viewers, down from the 26.5 million who watched the 2016 Rio Games Opening Ceremony. The Rio Opening Ceremony had been the previous low of the new millennium with the 2012 London Games the most-watched with 40.7 million viewers. The Tokyo Opening Ceremony was even lower than the 1992 Barcelona Games, which drew 21.6 million. 

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