Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 03/23/2017

The first night of the NCAA Men's Sweet Sixteen games pushed CBS to sweep the night in the ratings, averaging 6.7 million viewers and a 2.0 rating in Adults 18-49. That is up two million viewers and 35% in the A18-49 demo, from last week's games.

GREY'S ANATOMY led ABC to a second place finish, collecting 7.8 million viewers and a 1.9 rating in the demo. It is the top non-sports program of the night, with very little competition against it. But, with the increased viewership for the Basketball games, GREY'S was down, week-to-week.

FOX and NBC battled it out for a distant third place showing, as the two networks were near even in all three demographic categories. NBC was in encore for half the night and viewers don't care about half the FOX schedule.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.60 million	0.8	1.3	1.7
CBS	6.70 million	1.7	2.0	2.3
CW	0.90 million	0.2	0.3	0.4
FOX	2.90 million	0.5	0.9	1.1
NBC	4.00 million	0.5	0.8	1.1

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	7.80	1.2	1.9	2.4
9:00	ABC	Scandal	5.50	0.8	1.3	1.8
10:00	ABC	The Catch	3.50	0.4	0.7	1.0
8:00	CBS	NCAA Tournament	7.80	1.9	2.3	2.7
9:00	CBS	NCAA Tournament	5.40	1.4	1.6	1.8
10:00	CBS	NCAA Tournament	6.80	1.8	2.1	2.4
8:00	CW	Supernatural [R]	1.00	0.2	0.3	0.4
9:30	CW	Supernatural [R]	0.80	0.2	0.3	0.3
8:00	FOX	Masterchef Jr.	3.70	0.6	1.1	1.4
9:00	FOX	Kicking & Screaming	2.00	0.4	0.6	0.8
8:00	NBC	Superstore	4.20	0.6	1.1	1.4
8:30	NBC	Trial & Error [R]	2.80	0.3	0.7	0.9
9:00	NBC	Chicago Med [R]	4.60	0.5	0.8	1.1
10:00	NBC	The Blacklist: Redemption	4.00	0.4	0.7	1.0

* - viewers in millions