Friday TV Ratings 3/20/26: RuPaul’s Drag Race Slips, March Madness Much Lower on Second Night, Celebrity Jeopardy! and Happy’s Place Also Decline [+ Analysis]

On ABC, Celebrity Jeopardy! (0.31, -0.01) ticked down, but 20/20 (0.27, +0.07) surged. NBC sitcom Happy's Place (0.22, -0.03) slipped, and Dateline (0.15, -0.07) plummeted. March Madness coverage (0.55/0.61) was significantly lower than yesterday on CBS. Fox aired repeats of Doc (0.08) and Best Medicine (0.06). Remarkable Women (0.01) underwhelmed on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's v. N. IA	0.55	7	2.98	CBS
	Celebrity Jeopardy!	0.31	4	3.50	ABC
	Happy's Place	0.22	3	2.92	NBC
	Doc (R)	0.08	1	1.02	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.05	1	0.47	CW
8:30 PM	Stumble (R)	0.11	1	1.42	NBC
9 PM	20/20	0.27	3	3.29	ABC
	Dateline NBC	0.15	2	2.00	NBC
	Best Medicine (R)	0.06	1	0.94	Fox
	Remarkable Women	0.01	0	0.16	CW
9:30 PM	March Madness Bridge Program	0.49	6	2.78	CBS
10 PM	2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: KS v. Cal Baptist	0.61	9	2.89	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 6:40 PM	TNT	1.17	4.32
2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 7:15 PM	TBS	0.68	2.51
2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 9:30 PM	TNT	0.50	1.80
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.32	1.44
2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 7:30 PM	TruTV	0.29	1.23
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.17	2.70
RuPaul's Drag Race	MTV	0.17	0.47
2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament 8 PM	ESPN	0.13	0.77
2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament 6 PM	ESPN	0.12	0.56
Hannity	Fox News	0.12	2.36
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.11	2.46
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.09	0.67
Untucked	MTV	0.08	0.24
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.07	0.58
NBA	NBA	0.06	0.18
CNN Town Hall: War with Iran	CNN	0.06	0.60
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	0.59
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.05	1.26
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.04	1.13
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.03	1.25