NETWORK FINALS: Despite the NCAA TOURNAMENT’s spillover into primetime, the only CBS adjustment was a 0.1 drop for NCIS: LA. Elsewhere, both the new and rerun episodes of LITTLE BIG SHOTS gained 0.1, and the rerun of BOB’S BURGERS lost 0.1.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On AMC, after THE WALKING DEAD dropped 0.16 to 4.72, INTO THE BADLANDS returned at 1.42. That’s a very solid number for cable, of course (and even for broadcast these days), but it represented a loss of 70% of its lead-in. When BADLANDS originally premiered in November 2015, it had a 3.15 rating after a 6.51 WALKING DEAD lead-in, a loss slightly higher than 50%. That’s not a great sign of audience enthusiasm, although we’ll know more in 3 weeks, when WALKING DEAD is done for the season. In 2015, after starting at that 3.15, it was down to 0.83 by its season finale without a WALKING DEAD lead-in. Elsewhere on AMC, TALKING DEAD (moved to 11:05PM to make room for BADLANDS) lost more than half of last week’s rating, down 0.91 to 0.84.

On HBO, BIG LITTLE LIES climbed 0.08 to 0.44, LAST WEEK TONIGHT slipped 0.02 to 0.38, GIRLS fell 0.05 to 0.26, and CRASHING was down 0.06 to 0.11. On Showtime, HOMELAND ticked up to 0.45, and BILLIONS was down 0.03 to 0.28. On E!, THE ARRANGEMENT was up 0.06 to 0.38, after KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS rose 0.09 to 0.79. Adult Swim’s SUPERMANSION fell a tenth to 0.36. FX’s FEUD stabilized after last week’s tumble, down 0.01 to 0.29. Hallmark’s WHEN CALLS THE HEART remained at 0.21. On Starz, BLACK SAILS fell 0.02 to 0.13, and THE MISSING was up 0.03 to 0.06/183K.

The NCAA TOURNAMENT took up most of the night’s remaining non-AMC top slots, led by TNT’s South Carolina vs. Duke game at 2.11. More details about the weekend games can be found in this week’s Skedball post. Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA still found a place in the Top 10, down 0.11 to 1.05, with lead-out FIRST FAMILY OF HIP-HOP down 0.08 to 0.36. Discovery’s NAKED & AFRAID was steady at 0.62. On Food Network, SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP gained 0.03 to 0.47, CAKE WAR CHAMPIONSHIP arrived at 0.37, and GUY’S GROCERY GAMES ticked down to 0.34. TLC’s LONG LOST FAMILY rose 0.04 to 0.36, LONG ISLAND MEDIUM lost a tenth to 0.29, and WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE was up 0.02 to 0.26. Spike’s BAR RESCUE gained 0.02 to 0.34.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday March 19, 2017 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 WALKING DEAD AMC 9:00 PM 65 4.72 10,318 2 TNT NCAA BSKBL CHMP-SU-4: SOUTH CAROLINA/DUKE TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:44 PM 158 2.11 5,956 3 TNT NCAA BSK CHP-BRG-PRSU TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 8:27 PM 17 1.62 4,548 4 TNT NCAA BSKBL CHMP-SU-3: ARKANSAS/NORTH CAROLINA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 6:00 PM 143 1.55 4,536 5 INTO THE BADLANDS AMC 10:05 PM 60 1.42 3,435 6 TBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP-SU-4: CINCINNATI/UCLA TBS NETWORK 9:47 PM 124 1.27 3,429 7 TBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP-SU-3: RHODE ISLAND/OREGON TBS NETWORK 7:00 PM 145 1.11 3,056 8 REAL HOUSEWIVES ATLANTA BRAVO 8:00 PM 60 1.05 2,482 9 TNT NCAA POST GUN SUN 1 TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 11:22 PM 11 0.97 2,376 10 TBS NCAA BSK CHP-BRG-PRSU TBS NETWORK 9:29 PM 18 0.84 2,243 11 TALKING DEAD AMC 11:05 PM 59 0.84 1,970 12 KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS E! 9:00 PM 61 0.79 1,587 13 TBS NCAA BSK POST GAME-SU TBS NETWORK 11:56 PM 54 0.70 1,805 14 TRU NCAA BSKBL CHMP-SU-4: SOUTHERN CAL/BAYLOR TRUTV 7:53 PM 137 0.63 1,876 15 NAKED AND AFRAID DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:00 PM 61 0.62 1,765 16 SPRING BAKING CHAMPION 3 FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.47 1,454 17 HOMELAND S6 SHOWTIME PRIME 9:03 PM 44 0.45 1,258 18 BIG LITTLE LIES HBO PRIME 9:01 PM 52 0.44 1,170 19 CARIBBEAN LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.43 1,759 20 CARIBBEAN LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:30 PM 30 0.41 1,777 21 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:30 PM 30 0.40 1,695 22 EVIL LIVES HERE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.40 1,419 23 ISLAND LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.39 1,714 24 LAST WEEK TONIGHT HBO PRIME 11:00 PM 30 0.38 1,030 25 ISLAND LIFE HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.38 1,589 26 ARRANGEMENT E! 10:01 PM 60 0.38 799 27 CAKE WARS CHAMPS FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.37 1,008 28 LONG LOST FAMILY TLC 9:01 PM 61 0.36 1,683 29 FIRST FAMILY OF HIP HOP BRAVO 9:00 PM 60 0.36 862 30 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT HOME AND GARDEN TV 8:00 PM 30 0.36 1,525 31 SUPERMANSION ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 30 0.36 696 32 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.35 911 33 BAR RESCUE SPIKE TV 10:00 PM 60 0.34 792 34 GUYS GROCERY GAMES FOOD NETWORK 8:00 PM 60 0.34 1,060 35 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 11:00 AM 60 0.34 761 36 TRU NCAA POST GUN SUN 1 TRUTV 10:10 PM 12 0.30 778 37 LONG ISLAND MEDIUM TLC 8:00 PM 61 0.29 1,386 38 FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN FX 10:00 PM 69 0.29 1,076 39 BILLIONS S2 SHOWTIME PRIME 10:02 PM 54 0.28 857 40 WICKED TUNA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,108 41 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 10:00 AM 60 0.27 624 42 TEENAGE MUTAN NINJA TRT12 NICKELODEON 9:00 AM 30 0.27 1,007 43 GIRLS HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 28 0.26 576 44 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TLC 10:02 PM 62 0.26 1,385 45 CRASHLETES NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 30 0.24 949 46 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.24 528 47 LAST WITCH HUNTER, THE HBO PRIME 7:05 PM 107 0.23 644 48 OUTSIDE THE LINES-WKND ESPN 9:00 AM 30 0.22 472 49 FAREED ZAKARIA: GPS CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.22 1,125 50 PREMIER LEAGUE L: SOUTHAMPTON/TOTTENHAM NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:08 AM 133 0.21 478 51 X-MEN: APOCALYPSE: X-MEN: APOCALYPSE HBO PRIME 12:30 PM 144 0.21 430 52 WHEN CALLS THE HEART HALLMARK CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.21 2,011 53 TNT NCAA BK CHP-PRE-SU TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 5:00 PM 60 0.20 566 54 STATE OF THE UNION CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.20 922 55 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 11:18 PM 102 0.20 465 56 NORTH WOODS LAW: NH ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 PM 60 0.20 947 57 FINDING JESUS CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.20 920 58 RELIABLE SOURCES CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.20 962 59 SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.20 1,386 60 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.19 1,596 61 MEDIA BUZZ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.19 1,392 62 SPORTS REPORTERS ESPN 9:30 AM 30 0.19 449 63 LONE STAR LAW ANIMAL PLANET 10:00 PM 60 0.18 824 64 JAGGER EATONS MEGA LIFE NICKELODEON 8:30 PM 30 0.18 792 65 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.18 869 66 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.18 877 67 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.17 1,169 68 BELIEVER CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.17 759 69 PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO NBC SPORTS NETWORK 12:21 PM 11 0.16 356 70 LIGA MX SUN: UNAM / AMERICA UNIVISION DEPORTES 1:45 PM 135 0.16 317 71 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.16 1,522 72 PORT PROTECTION COMP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 10:00 PM 60 0.16 704 73 HMM ORIGINAL MOVIE: A. TEA-DEAD OVER HEELS HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES 9:00 PM 120 0.16 1,312 74 POWERNATION: TRUCK TECH SPIKE TV 10:00 AM 30 0.15 455 75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.15 791 76 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.15 1,070 77 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.15 808 78 TRU RD TO FNL 4-SUN-1 TRUTV 7:30 PM 23 0.15 417 79 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.14 682 80 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.14 780 81 FOX NEWS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.14 1,178 82 LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD: LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD HBO PRIME 4:55 PM 129 0.14 422 83 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.14 722 84 LIGA MX L: PUEBLA / MONARCAS UNIVISION DEPORTES 7:54 PM 126 0.14 293 85 MASH AMC 9:00 AM 30 0.14 632 86 NEW DAY SUNDAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.14 726 87 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.14 685 88 MASH AMC 8:00 AM 30 0.13 542 89 BLACK SAILS 4 STARZ PRIMARY 9:02 PM 59 0.13 473 90 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 697 91 NIT TOURNAMENT L: BELMONT/GEORGIA TECH ESPN 12:00 PM 120 0.13 354 92 MASH AMC 8:30 AM 30 0.12 574 93 PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER UNITED/MIDDLESBROUGH NBC SPORTS NETWORK 7:54 AM 134 0.12 300 94 FOOD PARADISES TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.12 436 95 CRASHING HBO PRIME 10:31 PM 28 0.11 321 96 AM JOY: N/A MSNBC 10:00 AM 120 0.11 886 97 MASH AMC 7:00 AM 30 0.11 415 98 FOX REPORT SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.11 1,112 99 POWERNATION: ENGINE POWER SPIKE TV 9:30 AM 30 0.10 361 100 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.10 817 101 NELLA THE PRINCESS KNIGHT NICK JR 10:00 AM 30 0.10 450 102 RUSTY RIVETS NICK JR 7:00 PM 30 0.10 477 103 NEW DAY SUNDAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 553 104 AMERICAS NEWS HQ FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.10 936 105 WMNS NCAA BKBL CHAMP L: PURDUE/NOTRE DAME ESPN 9:10 PM 128 0.10 471 106 MASH AMC 7:30 AM 30 0.10 395 107 EXTRA GEAR BBC-AMERICA 9:30 PM 30 0.10 211 108 CNN NEWSROOM LIVE CNN 2:00 AM 60 0.10 409 109 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.10 1,112 110 MEET THE PRESS MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.09 756 111 BIG TIME RV TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:30 PM 30 0.09 341 112 MASH AMC 6:30 AM 30 0.09 387 113 RUSTY RIVETS NICK JR 7:30 PM 30 0.09 463 114 NBA REGULAR SEASON L: CLEVELAND/LA LAKERS NBA-TV 9:32 PM 146 0.09 279 115 EMPIRE TV ONE 8:05 PM 60 0.09 305 116 BOAT BUYERS TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 30 0.09 319 117 SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L ESPN2 9:00 AM 60 0.09 259 118 TOP GEAR BBC-AMERICA 8:00 PM 90 0.09 214 119 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 263 120 EMPIRE TV ONE 7:05 PM 60 0.09 313 121 MSNBC LIVE WKND EDITION MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.08 693 122 MASH AMC 6:00 AM 30 0.08 315 123 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 261 124 NIT TOURNAMENT L: TCU/IOWA ESPN2 5:00 PM 143 0.08 424 125 WMNS NCAA BKBL CHAMP L: ARIZONA STATE/SOUTH CAROLINA ESPN 7:10 PM 120 0.08 455 126 BIG TIME RV TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 30 0.08 331 127 THREE DAYS TO LIVE OXYGEN MEDIA 6:00 PM 60 0.08 310 128 EMPIRE TV ONE 6:05 PM 60 0.08 298 129 TENNIS: ATP TOUR MASTER L: BNP PARIBAS OPEN 2017 ESPN 2:00 PM 310 0.08 414 130 WMNS NCAA BKBL CHAMP L: VARIOUS TEAMS/TIMES ESPN2 2:30 PM 144 0.08 458 131 MOVIE- LMN THEATRICAL PRM: WILDFLOWER (2016) LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 AM 120 0.07 319 132 NHRA L: GAINESVILLE FOX SPORTS 1 1:00 PM 188 0.07 439 133 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 263 134 EMPIRE TV ONE 9:05 PM 60 0.07 291 135 BBCA MOVIE: SPEED BBC-AMERICA 5:30 PM 150 0.07 274 136 WMNS NCAA BKBL CHAMP L ESPN2 12:00 PM 118 0.07 374 137 BUILDING ALASKA DIY NETWORK 9:00 PM 60 0.07 394 138 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER L: SEATTLE SOUNDERS/NEW YORK RED BULLS FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 150 0.07 184 139 OUTSIDE THE LINES-WKND ESPN2 10:00 AM 30 0.07 225 140 FOX & FRIENDS SUNDAY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.07 740 141 SOMOS LMX L UNIVISION DEPORTES 10:00 PM 60 0.07 121 142 HOW THE WORLD ENDS AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.07 277 143 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS USA NETWORK 7:00 AM 30 0.07 237 144 WEEKEND EXPRESS HLN 10:00 AM 60 0.07 242 145 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: SUPREME CONFIRMATION CLASH MSNBC 5:00 PM 120 0.06 621 146 ANIMAL COPS PHOENIX ANIMAL PLANET 9:00 AM 60 0.06 333 147 BUILDING ALASKA DIY NETWORK 10:00 PM 60 0.06 388 148 EMPIRE TV ONE 10:05 PM 60 0.06 243 149 EMPIRE TV ONE 5:05 PM 60 0.06 240 150 CAFFEINE & OCTANE VELOCITY 9:00 AM 30 0.06 155

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