Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins Easily With Hoops

By ( Broadcasting & Cable ) published

CBS won the Monday ratings battle by a mile thanks to its March Madness final. The network had a 4.6 rating in adults 18-49, and a 16 share, as North Carolina took down Gonzaga. The pre-game show at 8:30 did a 2.6 and the game itself a 5.6. Last year’s final aired on TNT, TBS and truTV, not on CBS. 

NBC was runner up at 1.7/6, with The Voice doing a 2.1, down 9%, before Taken slipped 18% to a 0.9. 

ABC had a 1.2/4, with Dancing With the Stars down 6% at 1.5 before Quantico fell 25% to 0.6. 

Fox scored a 0.7/2, with 24: Legacy at 0.8, down a tenth of a point from last week, and APB at a flat 0.6. 

The CW did a 0.2/1 with repeats. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.