A little more detail to see the trend over the 2 hours, courtesy of
Programming Insider:
8pm: Viewers: 6.79 million (#1), Adults 18-49: 1.3/5 (#2) Adults 18-34: 0.8/4 (#1)
8:30: Viewers: 6.62 million (#1), Adults 18-49: 1.3/5 (#1) Adults 18-34: 0.8/4 (#1)
9pm: Viewers: 5.79 million (#2), Adults 18-49: 1.1/4 (#2) Adults 18-34: 0.7/4 (#2)
9:30: Viewers: 5.36 million (#2), Adults 18-49: 1.0/4 (#3) Adults 18-34: 0.6/3 (#2)
The trend is definitely worrisome. And not only because of the Olympics, but when the show moves to 9-11pm. Those will be interesting numbers. Either people didn't know it was 2-hours or they just simply tuned out.
On that note though, I didn't watch live, but they appeared to have gone immediately straight from Leg 4 to the start of Leg 5, no breaks right? No usual "Stay tuned for the 2nd hour of The Amazing Race..." with a commercial break at the top of the hour. So I guess that would've helped alert live viewers that there was another episode/Leg/hour. Also helps with DVR as well since it was listed as a single 2-hour episode unlike last year when the doubled up episodes were edited as normal one-hour episodes and completely separate in TV listings.
Also, Fox's 9-1-1 is strong, but on par with the ABC comedy competition at 8pm which might share more audience than 9-1-1. But also, no new SVU on NBC at 9pm though.