Ratings: Broadcast Finals for March 30, 2013

NCAA Tournament basketball dominates a normally quite Saturday night on broadcast TV. The CBS game of Wichita St/Ohio St. drew 11.3 million viewers and a robust 3.4 rating in the A18-49 demographic. This will be a BIG boost the weekly ratings for CBS and counteract the lower than average numbers from Thursday's coverage of the tournament.

ABC did decent ratings for its annually presentation of the classic movie THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. The movie hauled in 5.6 million viewers and a 1.2 demo rating. However, that is down 1.4 million viewers and 25% in the demo, from last year's presentation.

Saturday Night Averages:

CBS - 8.1 million viewers, 2.3 rating in Adults 18-49

ABC - 5.6 million viewers, 1.2 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 3.5 million viewers, 0.8 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 2.3 million viewers, 0.6 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Movie: The Ten Commandments	5.60	1.2
8:00	CBS	NCAA Basketball Tournament	11.29	3.4
9:50	CBS	Elementary [R]	4.70	1.0	-58%
10:50	CBS	48 Hours	5.10	1.2	9%
8:00	FOX	COPS	2.70	0.7
8:30	FOX	COPS [R]	2.60	0.7	-4%
9:00	FOX	The Following [R]	1.90	0.5	-27%
8:00	NBC	Dateline	3.80	0.7
10:00	NBC	SNL [R]	3.00	0.9	-21%

* - in millions