NETWORK UPDATE: The CBS preemptions for college basketball tournament games caught up with it, and THE AMAZING RACE fell 0.2 from early numbers, with HAWAII 5-0 and BLUE BLOODS each down 0.1. Elsewhere, CRISTELA lost 0.1 to an uglier 0.9 rating, and CW’s rerun of TV’S HOTTEST COMMERCIALS was barely visible after losing 0.1 to an 0.1 rating.
Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):
Discovery continued to be strong on Friday cable, although nothing like the previous week’s GOLD RUSH season finale. This week, a GOLD RUSH-themed special was at 0.99 (last week’s finale was 0.66 higher), and BERING SEA GOLD debuted at 0.64. College basketball tournaments dotted the night, with the ACC games at 0.93/0.76, the PAC 12 at 0.57, the BIG TEN at 0.34/0.27, and the BIG 12 at 0.21/0.19 (all but the last were on ESPN, with ESPN2 offering the Big 12). On Adult Swim, JACK & TRIUMPH rose 0.05 to 0.66. On Lifetime, BRING IT was also up 0.05 to 0.65, and PREACHERS DAUGHTERS lost 0.04 to 0.34. TBS’s KING OF THE NERDS gained 0.05 to 0.37. The BANSHEE season finale on Cinemax grew by 0.09 to 0.29. On Syfy, the newly-renewed 12 MONKEYS fell 0.04 to 0.26, and HELIX gained 0.04 to 0.19. HBO’s VICE was up 0.04 to 0.19. SEX BOX (We) was up a tick to 0.15. COMEDY BANG BANG (IFC) also gained a tick, to 0.03. Here are the IMPACT WRESTLING (DAM) details: at 9PM, it lost 0.03 to 0.08, and about 83K total viewers to 338K, while in households, it was down 0.03/31K to 0.23/273K. At 11PM, the re-airing added 0.02 and 76,000 total viewers, and its household numbers were 0.06/68K.
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