Preliminary Ratings: Monday 04/07/14

The Championship game of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was, by far, the top program on TV, on Monday Night. The game drew a strong 17.8 million viewers and a 6.0 rating in Adults 18-49. That is a huge drop from last year's game, which collected 23.4 million viewers and an 8.4 demo rating. Perhaps CBS saw something and is part of the reason why TBS will cover the championship games in alternate years.

With the game dominating the TV schedule, NBC gave us a special airing of the Sunday series AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS. The 5.5 million is the most to have watched an episode, and could help boost it's Sunday numbers. But don't count on a dramatic increase, if it get one at all, on Sunday night.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 12.1 million viewers, 1.8 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 14.6 million viewers, 4.9 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 0.8 million viewers, 0.3 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 5.5 million viewers, 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 9.7 million viewers, 2.8 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Dancing With The Stars	13.87	2.1
10:00	ABC	Castle [R]	8.58	1.3	-38%
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	9.85	3.0
8:30	CBS	Championship Central	6.63	2.1	-33%
9:30	CBS	NCAA Basketball Championship	17.79	6.0	168%
8:00	CW	Star Crossed	0.97	0.3
9:00	CW	The Tomorrow People [R]	0.62	0.2	-36%
8:00	FOX	Bones	6.48	1.6
9:00	FOX	The Following	4.45	1.4	-31%
8:00	NBC	The Voice	11.76	3.4
10:00	NBC	American Dream Builders	5.47	1.6	-53%

* - in millions