Monday Overnights: NCAA Basketball Leads CBS to Victory

Monday, April 8, 2019

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 8.8/15, NBC: 4.5/ 8, ABC: 3.9/ 7, Fox: 2.0/ 3, CW: 0.5/ 1

Note: CBS did not air NCAA Basketball on the year-ago evening, which is why we excluded the year-ago averages.

Ratings Breakdown:
CBS topped this second Monday in April care of NCAA Basketball, which concluded at 11.48 p.m. ET and scored an estimated 12.3 rating/21 share in households. Results for any live sporting event, as a reminder, are estimated.

NBC’s “The Voice” (5.3/ 9 from 8-10 p.m.) remained a strong option than ABC’s competing “American Idol” (#3: 4.6/ 8), with a 15 percent household advantage last night.

At 10 p.m., NBC’s “The Enemy Within” (#2: 2.9/ 6) bested ABC’s competing “The Fix” (#3: 2.5/ 4), which are both freshman dramas, by 16 percent in households.

Elsewhere, “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (#5: 0.8/ 1 at 8 p.m.) led into a 0.3/ 1 for a repeat of “Arrow” at 9 p.m. And The CW was in repeats as follows:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.8/ 8 (#3)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (R): 4.9/ 9 (#2)
NBC – “The Voice”: 5.4/ 9 (#1)
Fox – “The Resident” (R): 2.0/ 4 (#4)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow”: 0.8/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.7/ 8 (#2)
CBS – Basketball pregame: 3.5/ 6 (#3)
NBC – “The Voice”: 5.5/ 9 (#1)
Fox – “The Resident” (R): 1.9. 3 (#4)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.5/ 7 (#3)
CBS – NCAA Basketball: 10.2/17 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice”: 5.2/ 8 (#2)
Fox – “9-1-1” (R): 2.0/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Arrow” (R): 0.3/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.3/ 7 (#3)
CBS – NCAA Basketball: 11.6/19 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice”: 5.1/ 8 (#2)
Fox – “9-1-1” (R): 2.0/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Arrow” (R): 0.3/ 0 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Fix”: 2.6/ 4 (#3)
CBS – NCAA Basketball: 11.7/20 (#1)
NBC – “The Enemy Within”: 3.2/ 6 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Fix”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – NCAA Basketball: 12.7/22 (#1)
NBC – “The Enemy Within”: 2.8/ 5 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research