Final Broadcast Ratings: April 6, 2015

The NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game dominated the ratings, on Monday Night, commanding 28.3 million viewers and a strong 9.1 rating in the A18-49 demographic. Te Duke vs Wisconsin game is the most watched championship game since 1997. The game also also had 3.4 million live video streams, per a CBS press release.

THE VOICE held up well, considering the competition. It scored the second best demo rating (2.9) and was the third most watched program of the night, with 11.0 million viewers. THE NIGHT SHIFT did pull ratings close to its season average, but almost lost to a repeat of CASTLE, in total viewers. NBC topped ABC, in the A18-49 average, by 50% of ABC's total.

DANCING WITH THE STARS was the second most watched program and still pulled in a 2.0 demo.

THE FOLLOWING scored an all-time low in the ratings.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

ABC - 11.0 million viewers, 1.6 rating in A18-49

CBS - 22.0 million viewers, 7.0 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.0 million viewers, 0.5 rating in A18-49

FOX - 2.4 million viewers, 0.7 rating in A18-49

NBC - 9.2 million viewers, 2.4 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	P2+*	A18-49	L+3^	L+7^
8:00	ABC	Dancing With the Stars	13.75	2.0	15.50(2.3)	16.00(2.3)
10:00	ABC	Castle [R]	5.46	0.8
8:00	CBS	Mike & Molly [R]	4.99	1.0
8:30	CBS	NCAA Pre Game	7.90	2.2
9:00	CBS	NCAA Championship Game	28.26	9.1
8:00	CW	The Originals	1.12	0.5
9:00	CW	Jane The Virgin	0.93	0.4
8:00	FOX	Gotham [R]	2.00	0.5
9:00	FOX	The Following	2.95	0.9
8:00	NBC	The Voice	10.97	2.9	12.42(3.5)	12.78(3.6)
10:00	NBC	The Night Shift	5.53	1.4	6.69(1.7)	7.08(1.9)

* - total viewers, in millions
^ - projected Live+3 and Live+7:
millions of viewers(A18-49 demo rating)

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