Saturday TV Ratings 7/27/24: Summer Olympics Slightly Below Day 1 of 2020 Olympics, On Patrol: Live Drops, An Ice Palace Romance Decent on Hallmark [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: The 2024 Summer Olympics (2.47) remained a force on NBC, but this rating was a noticeable step down from Friday's opening ceremony (3.01). MLB on Fox (0.35, -0.02) declined. ABC aired repeats of 9-1-1 (0.06/0.06/0.08) that were a notch below CBS's encores of SWAT (0.10) and 48 Hours (0.09/0.12). The CW's Crime Nation rerun (0.02) was a tick below last week's. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2024 Summer Olympics	2.47	32	13.43	NBC
	MLB: Regional Coverage	0.35	5	2.07	Fox
	SWAT (R)	0.10	1	1.03	CBS
	9-1-1 (R)	0.06	1	0.86	ABC
	Crime Nation (R)	0.02	0	0.23	CW
9 PM	48 Hours (R)	0.09	1	1.33	CBS
	9-1-1 (R)	0.06	0	0.95	ABC
10 PM	48 Hours (R)	0.12	2	1.51	CBS
	9-1-1 (R)	0.08	1	1.02	ABC

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2024 Summer Olympics 6 PM	USA	0.55	1.70
2024 Summer Olympics 11 PM	USA	0.49	1.36
2024 Summer Olympics 12 PM	USA	0.44	1.51
2024 Summer Olympics 8 PM	USA	0.41	1.25
2024 Summer Olympics 8 AM	USA	0.25	0.80
2024 Summer Olympics 12 PM	CNBC	0.22	0.77
2024 Summer Olympics 12 PM	E!	0.20	0.84
2024 Summer Olympics 8 PM	E!	0.14	0.47
AEW: Collision	TNT	0.12	0.38
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.10	0.76
An Ice Palace Romance	Hallmark	0.09	0.95
Total Drama Island	Cartoon Network	0.05	0.15