Saturday TV Ratings, 3/17/18: ’Saturday Night Live’ Grows with Bill Hader, ’NCAA Tournament’ Dominates (UPDATED)


Here are the final broadcast ratings for Saturday, March 17, 2018.  


Finals Update: NCAA Basketball (1.9, +0.2) adjusted up. 'Dateline' (0.4, -0.2), a repeat of 'Deception' (0.3, -0.1), and a repeat of 'Superstore' (0.2, -0.1) adjusted down. 

Time
Show
18-49 Rating
Total Viewers
  (In Millions)
8:00pm
NCAA Basketball Tournament (CBS)
1.9
6.85

20/20 (R) (ABC)
0.5
3.06

MasterChef Junior (R) (FOX)
0.3
1.26

Will & Grace (R) (NBC)
0.2
1.48




8:30pm
Superstore (R) (NBC)
0.2
0.90




9:00pm
Dateline NBC (NBC)
0.4
2.40

Deception (R) (ABC)
0.3
2.08

Showtime at the Apollo (R) (FOX)
0.3
1.46




10:00pm
SNL Vintage (NBC)
0.6
2.32

For the People (R) (ABC)
0.3
1.95




10:30pm
48 Hours (CBS)
0.9
4.06




11:30pm
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
1.9

(R) = repeat


On broadcast, CBS's airing of the NCAA Tournament (1.7) easily topped primetime. And, a 10:30 airing of '48 Hours' (0.9 posted an above-average result. 

NBC had an anemic repeat of recently-renewed 'Will & Grace' (0.2). Fortunately, an encore of 'Superstore' (0.3), an original 'Dateline' (0.6), and 'SNL Vintage' (0.6) performed better. At 11:30, 'SNL'rose two-tenths from last week with host Bill Hader.

ABC had a repeat of '20/20' (0.5) leading into pilot repeats of 'Deception' (0.4) and 'For the People' (0.3). 

Fox had repeats of 'MasterChef Junior' (0.3) and 'Showtime at the Apollo' (0.3).

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