Friday TV Ratings 3/27/26: March Madness Rises Again for Duke/St. John’s Game, RuPaul’s Drag Race Rises, Celebrity Jeopardy! Stable [+ Analysis]

CBS's March Madness broadcast (2.23) led the way on Friday night, while UFL on Fox (0.11) evidently underwhelmed. Celebrity Jeopardy! (0.31, 0.00) was stable on ABC, while 20/20 (0.24, -0.03) cooled down. NBC aired comedy repeats (0.20/0.12) and Dateline (0.17/0.12). The CW went with reruns of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.05) and Masters of Illusion (0.04). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke v. St. John's	2.23	28	10.43	CBS
	Celebrity Jeopardy!	0.31	4	3.34	ABC
	Happy's Place (R)	0.20	3	2.32	NBC
	UFL	0.11	1	0.65	Fox
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.05	0	0.51	CW
8:30 PM	Stumble (R)	0.12	1	1.35	NBC
9 PM	20/20	0.24	3	2.71	ABC
	Dateline NBC	0.17	2	2.25	NBC
	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.04	0	0.47	CW
9:30 PM	March Madness Bridge Programming	1.12	13	5.45	CBS
10 Pm	2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: UConn v. MI St.	1.70	22	7.34	CBS
	Dateline NBC	0.12	1	1.72	NBC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 7:40 PM	TBS	0.75	3.34
2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 7:40 PM	TruTV	0.36	1.49
WWE SmackDown	USA	0.33	1.31
2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament 7:30 PM	ESPN	0.28	1.18
RuPaul's Drag Race	MTV	0.20	0.48
Gold Rush	Discovery	0.18	1.26
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.12	2.77
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.12	2.81
Untucked	MTV	0.11	0.24
MLB	MLB	0.08	0.29
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.08	0.70
Hannity	Fox News	0.08	2.15
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.06	1.07
NewsNight	CNN	0.05	0.58
Real Time with Bill Maher	HBO	0.05	0.54
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.63
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.04	1.16
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.03	1.07