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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

by Douglas Pucci March 30, 2019, 10:07 am

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FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019

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

CBS: NCAA Basketball end time unconfirmed. Due to the NCAA game, CBS late night programs may not be accurate in this report for last night and last week.

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

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