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
|
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).
