Friday Overnight Ratings: Duke-Virginia Tech NCAA Regional Semifinal on CBS Earns Top-Rated Friday Telecast in Households Since Game 3 of 2018 World Series

FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019

Notes: NBC: MLB in San Francisco will be included in Fast Nats (11a).

NCAA games also aired on TBS– these ratings reflect CBS ONLY.

Household Rating/Share (top 56 markets)
CBS: 5.0/ 9, ABC: 3.0/ 6, NBC: 2.8/ 5, Fox: 2.0/ 4, CW: 0.4/ 1

—Household Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (3/23/18):
ABC: +67, CBS: +22, Fox: no change, NBC: +17, CW: -33

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Friday, March 29 broken out by half-hour:

PRIME TIME

8:00 p.m.
ABC: 2.1/ 4 (#4) — “Fresh Off the Boat”
CBS: 3.7/ 7 (#1) — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-East Region Semifinal: [#2] Michigan State vs. [#3] LSU”
NBC: 3.2/ 6 (#2) — “The Blacklist”
Fox: 2.4/ 5 (#3) — “Last Man Standing” (repeat)
CW: 0.5/ 1 (#5) — “Dynasty”

8:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.7/ 3 (#4) — “Speechless”
CBS: 4.2/ 8 (#1) — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-East Region Semifinal: [#2] Michigan State vs. [#3] LSU”
NBC: 3.0/ 6 (#2) — “The Blacklist”
Fox: 2.5/ 5 (#3) — “The Cool Kids”
CW: 0.4/ 1 (#5) — “Dynasty”

9:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.1/ 5 (#2) — “20/20”
CBS: 4.1/ 8 (#1) — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-East Region Semifinal: [#2] Michigan State vs. [#3] LSU” (thru 9:15)
CBS: 2.8/ 5 (#4) — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-Bridge” (from 9:15)
NBC: 2.9/ 5 (#3) — “The Blacklist”
Fox: 1.7/ 3 (#5) — “Proven Innocent”
CW: 0.3/ 1 (#6) — “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

9:30 p.m.
ABC: 3.6/ 6 (#3) — “20/20”
CBS: 4.5/ 8 (#2) — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-Bridge” (thru 9:45)
CBS: 6.5/12 (#1) — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-East Region Semifinal: [#1] Duke vs. [#4] Virginia Tech” (from 9:45)
NBC: 2.8/ 5 (#4) — “The Blacklist”
Fox: 1.6/ 3 (#5) — “Proven Innocent”
CW: 0.3/ 1 (#6) — “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

10:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.7/ 7 (#2) — “20/20”
CBS: 6.9/13 (#1) — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-East Region Semifinal: [#1] Duke vs. [#4] Virginia Tech”
NBC: 2.4/ 4 (#3) — “Dateline NBC”

10:30 p.m.
ABC: 3.6/ 7 (#2) — “20/20”
CBS: 6.1/12 (#1) — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-East Region Semifinal: [#1] Duke vs. [#4] Virginia Tech”
NBC: 2.5/ 5 (#3) — “Dateline NBC”

11:00 p.m.
CBS: 7.2/14 — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-East Region Semifinal: [#1] Duke vs. [#4] Virginia Tech”

11:30 p.m.
CBS: 7.9/17 — “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament-East Region Semifinal: [#1] Duke vs. [#4] Virginia Tech”

LATE NIGHT

11:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.1/ 5 (#1) — “Jimmy Kimmel” (repeat)
NBC: 1.8/ 4 (#2) — “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (repeat)

12:00 a.m.
ABC: 1.3/ 4 (#1) — “Jimmy Kimmel” (repeat)
NBC: 1.2/ 3 (#2) — “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (repeat)

12:30 a.m.
ABC: 1.1/ 3 (#2) — “Nightline”
CBS: 2.3/ 7 (#1) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (repeat)
NBC: 1.0/ 3 (#3) — “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat)

1:00 a.m.
CBS: 1.4/ 5 (#1) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (repeat)
NBC: 0.7/ 3 (#2) — “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (repeat)

1:30 a.m.
NBC: 0.5/ 2 (#2) — “Last Call with Carson Daly” (repeat)
CBS: 1.1/ 4 (#1) — “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (repeat)

Source: Nielsen Media Research