NBC'S PYEONGCHANG OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY IS MOST-WATCHED FRIDAY NIGHT PROGRAM ON ANY NETWORK IN FOUR YEARS WITH TAD OF 28.3 MILLION VIEWERS

NBC Television Average of 27.8 Million Viewers for Opening Ceremony Tops Four-Year Stretch of Friday Shows Including 4 World Series Games, 2 NBA Finals Games & All 3 Fridays of Rio Olympics

NBC's Opening Ceremony Posts Most Dominant Friday vs. Other Broadcast Networks in People Meter History, With 14.7 HH Rating

PyeongChang Opening Ceremony Up 6% from 2016 Rio Opening Ceremony

"Tonight Show" Following Opening Ceremony Up 18% in Viewership from Same Night in Rio

NBC Sports Digital's Stream of Opening Ceremony Delivered 449,000 Average Minute Audience - More Than Double Rio

STAMFORD, Conn. - February 10, 2018 - NBC's coverage of the Opening Ceremony for the PyeongChang Olympics posted a Total Audience Delivery average of 28.3 million viewers to rank as the most-watched Friday night program on any network since the 2014 Sochi Olympics, according to live plus same day fast national data released today by Nielsen, and digital data from Adobe Analytics. (Nielsen "out of home" viewership will be available early next week.)

NBC's 14.7/27 primetime household rating for the Opening Ceremony outperformed by 167% the combined rating of ABC, CBS and FOX for the night (5.5), to rank as the most-dominant Friday in People Meter History (Sept.-May TV season, since Sept. 1987).

MARK LAZARUS, CHAIRMAN OF NBC BROADCASTING & SPORTS: "The Opening Ceremony was a terrific show, which we hope will only be topped by the excitement generated by the athletes and competition over the next few weeks. American audiences continue to be interested and excited for the Games, and the early consumption results show that our multiple platform strategy is dominating the media landscape."

· The NBC television viewership of 27.8 million for the Opening Ceremony marks the largest audience on a Friday night in four years, a stretch that included four Friday World Series games, two NBA Finals games, three nights of 2016 Rio Olympics coverage, and two nights of the Sochi Olympics.

· Opening Ceremony viewership on NBC peaked at 31.5 million from 9-9:15 p.m. ET, as Team USA entered during the Parade of Nations.

· Last night's broadcast (8-11:02 p.m. ET) ranks as the largest audience for a Friday night on any network since NBC's presentation of the 2014 Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony (31.7 million viewers, Feb. 7, 2014). In addition, last night's Total Audience Delivery topped by 6% the 2016 Rio Opening Ceremony (26.7 million TAD). The West Coast primetime telecast is included in metrics.

NBC SPORTS DIGITAL POSTS BIG NUMBERS AGAIN

NBC Sports Digital's Opening Ceremony streaming (live at 6 a.m. ET and simultaneous to the NBC primetime show) on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app delivered an average minute audience of 449,000 viewers - more than double the audience for the Rio Opening Ceremony (181,000). NBC Sports Digital's full-day streaming total of 64.2 million live stream minutes exceeded the total of 16 of the 17 competition days in Sochi. The Sochi Opening Ceremony was not streamed.

NBC Olympics this morning made available the full, unedited world feed of the Opening Ceremony of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games for viewing anytime on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app.

OPENING CEREMONY LEAD-IN BOOSTS "TONIGHT SHOW"

Friday night's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" delivered an 18% increase in total viewers versus the night of the Rio Opening Ceremony - averaging 4.662 million persons versus 3.943 million on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, during the Rio Games.

It also marked "Tonight's" most-watched regularly scheduled edition since Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 (5.016 million, following a primetime NFL Thanksgiving game) and most-watched Friday telecast in three years, since Feb. 20, 2015 (4.814 million, following an encore of the "SNL 40thAnniversary" special in primetime). Versus "Tonight's" season average for originals, Friday's telecast was up 79% in total viewers (4.622 million vs. 2.599 million).

MOST-WATCHED NON-LIVE WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONIES, AVERAGE VIEWERS (P2+):
1. Lillehammer - 1994 33.8 Million (CBS)
2. Sochi - 2014 31.7 Million (NBC)
3. PyeongChang - 2018 28.3 Million (NBC)*
4. Nagano - 1998 27.2 Million (CBS)
5. Albertville - 1992 24.0 Million (CBS)
6. Torino - 2006 22.2 Million (NBC)
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Salt Lake - 2002 (LIVE) 45.6 Million (NBC)
Vancouver -- 2010 (LIVE) 32.7 Million (NBC)

*Total Audience Delivery

TOP 20 METERED MARKETS FOR OPENING CEREMONY:

Market HH rating/share
1. Salt Lake City 29.6/55
2. Denver 27.4/51
3. San Diego 25.1/49
4. Seattle 24.0/46
5. Sacramento 23.4/45
6. Portland 23.0/44
7. San Francisco 21.1/46
8. Los Angeles 20.9/41
9. West Palm Beach 20.0/31
10. Buffalo 19.8/31
11. Fort Myers 19.7/32
12. Milwaukee 19.6/31
13. Austin 18.5/33
T14. Minneapolis 18.4/35
T14. Washington, DC 18.4/33
16. Kansas City 18.1/30
17. Columbus 17.8/28
18. Las Vegas 17.7/30
19. Cleveland 17.5/27
T20. Chicago 17.3/28
T20. Phoenix 17.3/33
T20. Albuquerque 17.3/28

Jim Bell, Joe Gesue and Rebecca Chatman served as producers of NBC's Opening Ceremony coverage; Michael Sheehan, director.

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"TONIGHT SHOW" JUMPS +18% VS. THE NIGHT OF THE RIO OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY, TO 4.7 MILLION VIEWERS

VERSUS THE SHOW'S SEASON AVERAGES, "TONIGHT" IS UP +100% IN 18-49, +79% IN TOTAL VIEWERS

Friday night's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" has delivered an +18% increase in total viewers versus the night of the Rio Opening Ceremony, with results that double "Tonight's" season average in adult 18-49 rating and top its total-viewer average by +79%.

Last night's 11:35 p.m. ET telecast, which followed coverage of the PyeongChang Olympic Opening Ceremony and the late local news, averaged a 1.28 rating in adults 18-49 and 4.662 million viewers overall, according to "fast official" ratings from Nielsen Media Research, for gains of +100% versus the show's season-to-date average for originals in 18-49 (1.28 vs. 0.64) and +79% in total viewers (4.622 million vs. 2.599 million).

In total viewers, last night's telecast outperformed the comparable telecast at the start of the Rio Games by +18% (4.662 million vs. 3.943 million on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016). It was "Tonight's" most-watched regularly scheduled edition since Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 (5.016 million, following a high-rated Thanksgiving NFL game in primetime) and most-watched Friday telecast in three years, since Feb. 20, 2015 (4.814 million, following an encore of the "SNL 40th Anniversary" special in primetime).

In 18-49, it was the highest-rated regularly-scheduled "Tonight Show" since Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016 (1.48, also following high-rated Thanksgiving NFL football) and is the show's best Friday telecast since Aug. 5, 2016 (1.29 on the night of the Opening Ceremony of the Rio Summer Games).