NETWORK FINALS: Since we weren’t able to provide text for this morning’s ratings, a more detailed afternoon analysis follows:

ABC: GREY’S ANATOMY slipped 0.1 to 1.8, yet STATION 19 had a heartening 0.1 bump to 1.2. SCANDAL, airing for the first time this season at 10PM, fell 0.3 to 0.8.

CBS: The line-up returned for the first time in 3 weeks following the NCAA Tournament break. THE BIG BANG THEORY (2.5), YOUNG SHELDON (2.0) and MOM (1.4) were all down 0.1, and LIFE IN PIECES dropped 0.2 to 1.0. SWAT was down 0.1 to 0.8.

NBC: Facing BIG BANG again, SUPERSTORE slumped by 0.3 to 0.8, and AP BIO was down 0.2 to 0.6. WILL & GRACE returned from a week off down 0.3 to 0.9, and CHAMPIONS lost 0.2 to 0.5. CHICAGO FIRE was down 0.2 from last week’s 2-hour installment to 1.0.

FOX: GOTHAM (0.7) and SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO (0.6) were steady.

CW: SUPERNATURAL, returning from 2 weeks off with an animated SCOOBY DOO episode, rose 0.2 to 0.7, but ARROW remained at 0.4.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Sports led Thursday cable, topped by ESPN’s primetime MLB baseball game (branded “Sunday Night” for contractual reasons) at 0.61, and with 3 other games in the Top 20 at 0.38/0.32/0.29. TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.49/0.48. On History, SWAMP PEOPLE dipped 0.03 to 0.34, and TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA was down 0.03 to 0.30. On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS rose 0.07 to 0.34, HOUSE HUNTERS INTL gained 0.06 to 0.33, and FLIP OR FLOP was down 0.05 to 0.25. On A&E, THE FIRST 48 was at 0.33, and MARCIA CLARK INVESTIGATES was at 0.26. Tru’s IMPRACTICAL JOKERS ticked down to 0.33, and INSIDE JOKES ticked up to 0.24. FX’s ATLANTA climbed 0.06 to 0.32. MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW led cable news in the demo at 0.31/0.50/2.9M, above Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.22/0.36/2.4M and CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.20/0.25/1M. On We, BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES lost 0.02 to 0.31, and HUSTLE & SOUL was down 0.05 to 0.16. Freeform’s SIREN had a solid start at 0.30/0.30. Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY rose 0.02 to 0.30. On ID, DIABOLICAL fell 0.04 to 0.29, and PANDORA’S BOX was down 0.05 to 0.22. VH1’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE fell a tenth to 0.29, and UNTUCKED plunged 0.16 to 0.19. MTV’s JS ROAD TO VACATION was at 0.27/0.23 compared to last week’s 0.23. Lifetime’s PROJECT RUNWAY ticked down to 0.22. Paramount’s LIP SYNC BATTLE ticked down to 0.21. USA’s NINJA VS NINJA also ticked down to 0.21. POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING ticked up to 0.10. TV Land’s NOBODIES returned at 0.06/0.05. CMT’s MUSIC CITY ticked up to 0.06.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday March 29, 2018 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 MLB SUNDAY NIGHT L: SAN FRANCISCO/LA DODGERS ESPN 6:59 PM 185 0.61 1,966 2 NBA BASKETBALL: BUCKS/WARRIORS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 10:43 PM 130 0.49 1,370 3 NBA BASKETBALL: THUNDER/SPURS TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:14 PM 149 0.48 1,523 4 MLB OPENING DAY L: CLEVELAND/SEATTLE ESPN 10:04 PM 165 0.38 1,042 5 BSBL TONIGHT: SUN CTDWN L ESPN 6:40 PM 19 0.34 799 6 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.34 1,614 7 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.34 1,530 8 TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA HISTORY 10:03 PM 61 0.33 1,097 9 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.33 1,528 10 THE FIRST 48 A&E NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.33 1,067 11 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRUTV 10:00 PM 30 0.33 656 12 ATLANTA FX 10:00 PM 32 0.32 607 13 MLB OPENING DAY L: HOUSTON/TEXAS ESPN 4:02 PM 158 0.32 823 14 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.31 2,872 15 BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.31 793 16 SIREN FREEFORM 9:01 PM 61 0.30 869 17 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.30 814 18 SIREN FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.30 872 19 DIABOLICAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.29 1,188 20 MLB OPENING DAY L: CHICAGO CUBS/MIAMI ESPN 12:30 PM 212 0.29 789 21 RUPAULS DRAG RACE 10 VH1 8:00 PM 90 0.29 581 22 JS ROAD TO VACATION MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.27 441 23 MARCIA CLARK INVESTIGATES: 100 CASEY ANTHONY A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 123 0.26 1,014 24 FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.25 1,082 25 KEEP IT SPOTLESS NICKELODEON 7:30 PM 30 0.25 1,161 26 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.25 2,205 27 IJ: INSIDE JOKES TRUTV 10:30 PM 30 0.24 468 28 JS ROAD TO VACATION MTV 9:01 PM 61 0.23 429 29 CONAN TBS NETWORK 11:00 PM 60 0.23 558 30 NBA PRE-GAME SHOW TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:00 PM 14 0.23 797 31 FIRST TAKE L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.23 492 32 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 32 0.23 806 33 PANDORAS BOX: UNLEASHING INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.22 1,021 34 PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 94 0.22 1,117 35 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.22 2,388 36 INSIDE THE NBA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 12:53 AM 61 0.22 592 37 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.21 2,152 38 HANNITY SPECIAL FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,385 39 LIP SYNC BATTLE PARAMOUNT 9:30 PM 32 0.21 506 40 BASEBALL TONIGHT L ESPN 12:00 PM 30 0.21 473 41 ANW: NINJA VS. NINJA USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.21 633 42 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.20 2,022 43 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.20 1,015 44 UNTUCKED 9 VH1 9:30 PM 30 0.19 409 45 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.19 891 46 THOMAS AND FRIENDS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.19 826 47 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.19 839 48 SPORTSCENTER 1AM L ESPN 12:49 AM 71 0.19 449 49 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.19 1,550 50 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.18 1,855 51 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.17 1,857 52 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.17 1,301 53 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.17 1,670 54 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 348 55 HUSTLE & SOUL WETV 10:00 PM 60 0.16 423 56 MY600LB SKIN TIGHT: TRANS TLC 10:00 PM 61 0.16 548 57 COLL SLAM DUNK & 3PT L: N/A ESPN2 9:06 PM 140 0.16 472 58 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.16 732 59 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.16 667 60 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.16 601 61 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 729 62 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.16 791 63 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.15 1,411 64 SPORTSCENTER MORNING L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.15 342 65 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 785 66 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.15 1,276 67 TALK SHOW THE GAME SHOW TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.14 261 68 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 297 69 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 288 70 GRACE VS. ABRAMS A&E NETWORK 11:03 PM 60 0.14 551 71 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.14 1,276 72 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 709 73 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.14 1,692 74 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 636 75 ATOMIC BLONDE HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 115 0.14 412 76 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,383 77 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.14 1,654 78 LIP SYNC BATTLE: TMI PARAMOUNT 8:30 PM 60 0.14 353 79 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.13 358 80 NIT TOURNAMENT L: PENN STATE/UTAH ESPN2 7:00 PM 126 0.13 693 81 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,167 82 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.12 1,276 83 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 703 84 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,471 85 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.12 673 86 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,400 87 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.12 1,072 88 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 673 89 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.12 684 90 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.11 1,047 91 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.11 396 92 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.11 1,224 93 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:30 AM 30 0.11 206 94 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.11 1,295 95 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 588 96 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.11 736 97 AT THIS HOUR CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.11 625 98 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:32 PM 30 0.10 305 99 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.10 1,159 100 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 AM 30 0.10 184 101 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 682 102 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN2 11:26 PM 84 0.10 226 103 BLACK CARD REVOKED BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.10 278 104 IMPACT WRESTLING: 313 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.10 399 105 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 25 0.10 357 106 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,018 107 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.10 573 108 MANCAVE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.09 244 109 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,117 110 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.08 746 111 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.08 824 112 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.08 499 113 E! NEWS E! 11:59 PM 61 0.08 208 114 NOBODIES TV LAND 10:02 PM 28 0.08 464 115 NHL REGULAR SEASON L: DALLAS/MINNESOTA NBC SPORTS NETWORK 8:03 PM 164 0.08 246 116 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 808 117 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 838 118 BRINGING UP BATES UP 9:00 PM 30 0.08 227 119 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.07 791 120 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.07 798 121 INVISIBLE KILLERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 61 0.07 295 122 PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS LIFETIME TELEVISION 10:34 PM 85 0.07 319 123 NHL LIVE POST NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:47 PM 43 0.06 160 124 RUNDOWN, THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 11:00 PM 30 0.06 184 125 MY FIGHTING SEASON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.06 288 126 NOBODIES TV LAND 10:30 PM 30 0.06 331 127 NELLA THE PRINCESS KNIGHT NICK JR 8:00 PM 30 0.06 379 128 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.06 102 129 MUSIC CITY CMT 10:00 PM 30 0.06 186 130 UNDISPUTED L: 390 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.06 138 131 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.06 138 132 ALIEN: COVENANT: ALIEN: COVENANT HBO PRIME 5:25 PM 122 0.06 189 133 AMHQ THE WEATHER CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.05 238 134 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 230 135 INVISIBLE KILLERS SCIENCE 10:04 PM 62 0.05 243 136 UFC RELOADED: 215:NUNES/SHEVCHENKO 2 FOX SPORTS 1 8:00 PM 180 0.05 233 137 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.05 222 138 MLB TONIGHT PRIME: MLBT PRIME MLB NETWORK 8:00 PM 300 0.05 139 139 PGA TOUR: 2018 HOUSTON OPEN GOLF CHANNEL 4:00 PM 180 0.05 499 140 ANNABELLE: CREATION MAXPRIME 10:15 PM 110 0.05 116 141 NOBODIES PARAMOUNT 10:02 PM 28 0.05 153 142 NACION ESPN ESPN2 12:50 AM 62 0.05 117 143 SPEAK FOR YOURSELF-S D FOX SPORTS 1 5:00 PM 60 0.05 101 144 GOLIC AND WINGO L: N/A ESPN2 6:00 AM 240 0.05 117 145 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.05 249 146 INVISIBLE KILLERS SCIENCE 9:02 PM 62 0.04 240 147 QUICK PITCH MLB NETWORK 1:00 AM 60 0.04 91 148 BRINGING UP BATES FE UP 8:30 PM 30 0.04 138 149 MLB TONIGHT BP: MLBT BP MLB NETWORK 6:00 PM 120 0.04 153 150 SUPER TROOPERS MAXPRIME 4:05 PM 100 0.04 68

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