I’m going to make the assumption that everyone’s heard of Michael Phelps by now. Apparently the world’s most popular super human is responsible for this being an insanely watched Olympics, with over 40 million people tuning in to see his final race this past Saturday. Again - 40 Million People! On a weekend! Without footballs and tailgating!!

Apparently, the last time NBC had this many folks stay home on a Saturday night to watch them, it was for an episode of “Empty Nest,” and they only had 31 million viewers for that. Chalk up one more record the dude’s smashed.

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