Ratings: As NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Dominates, Quantum Leap Holds Steady With Finale
In the latest TV ratings, CBS’ broadcast of UConn’s NCAA men’s basketball championship win dominated Monday in both total viewers and in the demo.
CBS | The men’s March Madness season finale averaged 11.2 million total viewers and a 2.7 demo rating, down just a bit from the last time CBS hosted the championship game (13 mil/3.0), in 2021.
NBC | The Voice (5.2 mil/0.5, read recap) dipped week-to-week, while the already-renewed Quantum Leap (2.1 mil/0.3, TVLine reader grade “A-“; read recap and post mortem) lost just a handful of viewers and held steady in the demo with its freshman finale.
ABC | American Idol drew 4.2 mil and a 0.5 with its Monday premiere (read recap), after which The Good Doctor (3.3 mil/0.3, get new finale date!) was steady.
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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. This is only an exhibition, this is not a competition. Please, no wagering.
I’m glad it moved back to network tv, at any rate.
Sad the season is over for Quantum Leap but happy it will be coming back.
This is a ratings disaster for CBS. It barely beat the women’s championship game aired in the middle of Sunday afternoon and got half the viewership of last year’s game that was on TBS!