Monday Ratings: NCAA Basketball Leads CBS to Victory

Monday 3/22/21 Preliminary Primetime Ratings  

Total Viewers:
CBS: 4.98 million, NBC: 4.87, ABC: 4.57, Fox: 2.23, CW: 411,000

Adults 18-49:
CBS: 1.2 rating/8 share, NBC: 0.7/ 4, ABC: 0.6/ 4, Fox: 0.4/ 2, CW: 0.1/ 1

The ongoing NCAA Basketball Tournament led CBS to overall victory, with its portion of the matchups at an estimated 4.98 million viewers and a 1.2 rating/8 share in adults 18-49. As a reminder, these fast affiliate results are always approximate for any live sporting event.

In the Tuesday 8-10 p.m. ET battle between NBC’s “The Voice” (Viewers: #1, 5.91 million; A18-49: #2, 0.8/ 5) and ABC’s “American Idol” (Viewers: #3, 4.77 million; A18-49: #3, 0.7/ 4) went in “The Voice’s” favor. But lead-out drama “Debris” dipped to third with just 2.79 million viewers and a 0.4/ 3 in the demo. ABC competitor “The Good Doctor” scored 4.18 million viewers (#1) and a 0.5/ 4 in adults 18-49 (#3).

In week two news, the revival of “America’s Most Wanted” on Fox finished fourth in the 9 p.m. hour with 2.01 million viewers and a 0.4/ 2 in the demo. Needless to say, it did not help airing out of an encore telecast of “9-1-1.”

Elsewhere, The CW’s “Bulletproof” (Viewers: #5, 529,000; A18-49: #5, 0.1/ 0) certainly did not live up to its title. And it led into a repeat of “Black Lightning.”