BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The Rio Games had a less-than-golden start for NBC but were enough of a draw to allow the network to dominate the weekly ratings.The Summer Olympics opening ceremony had 26.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen company figures released Tuesday. Thats a 35 percent drop compared to the 40.7 million U.S. viewers who watched the opening of the London Games four years ago -- although NBC is pointing to more time-shifted viewing and streaming as factors in the decrease.Still, Olympic broadcasts were the three most-watched programs of the week of Aug. 1-7. The opening spectacle and events including gymnastics combined with two episodes of Americas Got Talent to give NBC five of the top 10 shows, Nielsen said.The network led with an average of 15.3 million viewers, followed by ABC with 4.1 million. CBS had 3.9 million and Fox 1.7 million, the latter nudged closely by Univision with 1.6 million and Telemundo with 1.4 million. ION Television drew 1.2 million, followed by CW with 1 million viewers.In the evening-news contest, NBCs Nightly News held the top spot with 8 million viewers, followed by ABCs World News Tonight with 7.7 million. The CBS Evening News had 6.3 million.For the week of Aug. 1-7, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: Summer Olympic Games (Sunday), NBC, 29.8 million; Summer Olympics opening ceremony (Sunday), NBC, 26.5 million; Summer Olympics (Saturday), NBC. 20.6 million; Americas Got Talent (Tuesday), NBC, 11.6 million; Americas Got Talent (Wednesday), NBC, 9.4 million; The Bachelorette, ABC, 8.6 million; The Bachelorette: After the Rose, ABC, 8.1 million; The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 6.8 million; NCIS, CBS, 6.5 million; Big Brother (Thursday), CBS, 6 million.---ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox. NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks. CNN is owned by Time Warner.---Online:http://www.nielsen.comHydro Flask Sale . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. Ombre Hydro Flask 32 Oz Sale . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. http://www.hydroflasknzsale.com/hydro-flask-40-oz-ombre.html . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. Victor Moses converted a 20th-minute penalty after an Ethiopian handball, and Victor Obinna made certain of Nigerias place in Brazil with his powerful free kick in the 82nd at UJ Esuene Stadium. Hydro Flask Water Bottle Nz . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. Hydro Flask Coffee Sale .ca NFL Power Rankings, overtaking the Denver Broncos and remaining ahead of NFC competition San Francisco, Carolina and New Orleans.David Drysdale needed a huge slice of luck to avoid finding the hazard for the second day running at the Turkish Airlines Open.The Scot sent his tee shot at the par-three sixth into the water on his way to double-bogeying the hole in Saturdays third round, before almost repeating the feat on the final day in Antalya. Heading to the hole off the back of a birdie-three at the fifth, Drysdale sent his tee shot at the next to the left of the green and seemingly destined for the drink. Drysdale saw his shot bounce off a rock under the water and pop back in to the air, before ricocheting several times off the lakes wall and coming to a halt safely on dry land. European Tour Golf November 7, 2016, 4:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Having received his lucky break, Drysdale was able to get up-and-down from the rough to save par and continue his blemish-free start to the day.dddddddddddd.Click on the video above to see Drysdale somehow stay dry! Watch the European Tours Final Series live on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golfAlso See:Latest leaderboardThird round highlightsOlesens lucky birdieGolf live on Sky Sports ' ' '