Updated Thursday Ratings: March Madness Begins

What follows are the fast affiliate results for Thursday, March 19, 2017 broken out by network and by each half-hour. Note: The results for NCAA Basketball on CBS does not include the results on TBS, TNT a,d truTV.

-Total Viewers:
ABC: 5.89 million, NBC: 5.01, CBS: 4.60, Fox: 2.95, CW: 489,000

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 1.4 rating/5 share, CBS: 1.3/ 5, NBC: 1.0/ 4, Fox: 0.8/ 3, CW: 0.1/ 1

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8:00 p.m.

ABC – Grey’s Anatomy
Viewers: 7.99 million (#1), A18-49: 2.0/ 8 (#1)

CBS – 2017 NCAA Basketball
Viewers: 4.85 million (#2), A18-49: 1.3/ 5 (#2)

NBC – Superstore
Viewers: 4.20 million (#3), A18-49: 1.1/ 4 (#3t)

Fox – MasterChef Junior
Viewers: 3.86 million (#4), A18-49: 1.1/ 4 (#3t)

CW – The Vampire Diaries (R)
Viewers: 690,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.2/ 1 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – Grey’s Anatomy
Viewers: 7.91 million (#1), A18-49: 2.0/ 8 (#1)

CBS – 2017 NCAA Basketball
Viewers: 4.96 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#2)

NBC – Trial & Error (R)
Viewers: 3.18 million (#4), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#4)

Fox – MasterChef Junior
Viewers: 3.93 million (#3), A18-49: 1.1/ 4 (#4)

CW – The Vampire Diaries (R)
Viewers: 504,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.1/ 1 (#5)

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9:00 p.m.

ABC – Scandal
Viewers: 5.91 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#1t)

CBS – 2017 NCAA Basketball
Viewers: 4.34 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 5 (#3)

NBC – Chicago MD
Viewers: 6.98 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#1t)

Fox – Kicking & Screaming
Viewers: 2.16 million (#4), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#4)

CW – The Vampire Diaries (R)
Viewers: 406,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.1/ 0 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

ABC – Scandal
Viewers: 5.69 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#1t)

CBS – 2017 NCAA Basketball
Viewers: 4.24 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3)

NBC – Chicago MD
Viewers: 7.36 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#1t)

Fox – Kicking & Screaming
Viewers: 1.87 million (#4), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#4)

CW – The Vampire Diaries (R)
Viewers: 358,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.1/ 0 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

ABC – The Catch
Viewers: 4.14 million (#2), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#2t)

CBS – 2017 NCAA Basketball
Viewers: 4.93 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#1)

NBC – The Blacklist: Redemption
Viewers: 3.87 million (#3), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#2t)

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10:30 p.m.

ABC – The Catch
Viewers: 3.72 million (#2), A18-49: 0.7/ 3 (#2t)

CBS – 2017 NCAA Basketball
Viewers: 4.26 million (#1), A18-49: 1.2/ 5 (#1)

NBC – The Blacklist: Redemption
Viewers: 3.97 million (#2), A18-49: 0.7/ 3 (#2t)

Source: Nielsen Media Research