Preliminary Ratings: Friday 03/28/14

As the NCAA Basketball Tournament heats up, the ratings continue to climb. CBS was the top broadcast network, with it's coverage of the games, drawing 9.9 million viewers and a 3.1 rating in Adults 18-49. The game numbers are more than double last week's coverage of the second round of games.

The CW tied with FOX in the A18-49 ratings, each with a 0.4 rating. This may be about as low as FOX has gotten on the night, since the days of FIREFLY. Hope is not too far off as KITCHEN NIGHTMARES will return to the night, soon.

NBC had a good showing on Friday, thanks to a two hour edition of DATELINE. That helped HANNIBAL post some of it's better numbers in a while. HANNIBAL is still a goner, come May.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 5.7 million viewers, 1.2 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 9.9 million viewers, 3.1 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 1.4 million viewers, 0.5 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 1.7 million viewers, 0.4 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 6.6 million viewers, 1.3 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Last Man Standing	6.21	1.3
8:30	ABC	The Neighbors	4.03	1.0	-35%
9:00	ABC	Shark Tank [R]	5.02	1.2	25%
10:00	ABC	20/20	7.04	1.3	40%
8:00	CBS	NCAA Tournament	9.95	2.9
9:00	CBS	Tournament Update	8.80	2.7	-12%
9:30	CBS	NCAA Tournament	10.24	3.5	16%
8:00	CW	Whose Line is it Anyway?	1.74	0.5
8:30	CW	Whose Line is it Anyway? [R]	1.59	0.5	-9%
9:00	CW	Hart of Dixie	1.10	0.4	-31%
8:00	FOX	Rake	1.89	0.4
9:00	FOX	Enlisted	1.36	0.4	-28%
9:30	FOX	Raising Hope	1.55	0.5	14%
8:00	NBC	Dateline	8.01	1.4
10:00	NBC	Hannibal	3.65	1.1	-54%

* - in millions