Weekly Cable Ratings: Top 15 Sports Programs - Week Of 03/18/13

MARCH MADNESS took over the cable sports scene as ten of the top 15 prime time sports programs were coverage of the NCAA Tournament by TBS and TNT. TruTV also covered first round action of the tournament, but failed to get a game on the chart.

Even with the  large number basketball games, WWE RAW still topped all sports programming. The numbers are down about 10% from last week, but still strong enough to take the top three spots with the Monday night action.

ESPN, the sports network, managed to get one program in this week, with a Monday night NBA game.  Drawing 3.8 million viewers, it was good enough for 5th place for the week.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	Viewers(m)	A18-49
1	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	9:00 PM	4.415	1.5
2	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	8:00 PM	4.252	1.5
3	Mon	WWE Raw	USA	10:00 PM	4.114	1.5
4	Sun	NCAA Tourney Basketball	TBSC	7:00 PM	3.860	1.5
5	Mon	NBA Basketball	ESPN	8:00 PM	3.787	1.7
6	Sun	NCAA Tourney Basketball	TNT	8:54 PM	3.710	1.5
7	Sun	NCAA Tourney Basketball	TBSC	9:40 PM	3.710	1.4
8	Fri	NCAA Tourney Basketball	TNT	10:00 PM	3.190	1.2
9	Fri	WWE Smackdown	SYFY	8:00 PM	2.990	0.8
10	Sun	TBS NCAA Post Game	TBSC	9:20 PM	2.940	1.1
11	Fri	NCAA Tourney Basketball	TBSC	6:40 PM	2.850	1.1
12	Sun	NCAA Tourney Basketball	TBSC	9:24 PM	2.820	1.0
13	Fri	NCAA Tourney Basketball	TNT	7:11 PM	2.590	0.9
14	Fri	NCAA Tourney Basketball	TNT	9:40 PM	2.540	0.8
15	Sun	NCAA Tourney Basketball	TNT	6:00 PM	2.470	0.9