Chart updated with persons 2+ audience for the National Championship on Monday April 6, 2015:
- Telecast 67: CBS Monday 9:18 pm #1-Duke 68 #1-Wisconsin 63 (Tied 31-31 at half)
CBS struck gold Monday night with an average audience of 28,263,000 persons 2+ for the game, up sharply from 21,325,000 in 2014, 23,426,000 in 2013 and 20,869,000 in 2012. Demographically, the game delivered a killer 9.1 adult 18-49 rating (versus 7.21 in 2014, 8.36 in 2013 and 7.60 in 2012).
Tournament to Date Ratings Averages
NCAA Basketball Tournament averages for Persons 2+ live+same day. Through the National Championship game.
The huge final game made CBS whole for the entire tournament average. After lagging the 2014 CBS averages through most of the tournament, CBS moved into a marginal improvement over last year when all 67 telecasts of the tournament are tallied. TNT and TRU are fairly close to last year, but TBS is way up versus last year. Taking all four networks together, the tournament averaged 4.5 million viewers per game, up from about 4.2 million last year and above the recent high of 4.4 million in 2013.
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NCAA Basketball Tournament: PERSONS 2+ Audience Averages through Championship Monday (telecasts 1-67) |
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| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||
| CBS | 7,453,000 | 7,960,000 | 7,507,000 | 7,569,000 | |
| TBS | 2,453,000 | 2,903,000 | 3,733,000 | 4,809,000 | |
| TNT | 1,856,000 | 2,198,000 | 2,654,000 | 2,665,000 | |
| TRU | 1,177,000 | 1,278,000 | 1,253,000 | 1,307,000 | |
| All Nets | 4,039,000 | 4,424,000 | 4,166,000 | 4,501,000 | |
With men 18-49, CBS remains down from the last few years even with the massive tournament final included, but the four-network average is now marginally better than last year with young men.
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NCAA Basketball Tournament: MEN 18-49 Rating Averages through Championship Monday (telecasts 1-67) |
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| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||
| CBS | 3.57 | 3.54 | 3.37 | 3.18 | |
| TBS | 1.37 | 1.58 | 1.85 | 2.17 | |
| TNT | 0.98 | 1.15 | 1.32 | 1.36 | |
| TRU | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.68 | |
| All Nets | 2.02 | 2.09 | 1.96 | 2.01 | |
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