NETWORK FINALS: The NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 1.7/1.4. In addition, AP BIO gained 0.1 in final numbers.

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CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The entire Thursday cable Top 10 was made up of NCAA TOURNAMENT programming, topped by TNT’s late primetime game at 0.93, and ranging down below the top level to 0.13 for an afternoon game on Tru. The top-rated non-basketball telecast was A&E’s 60 DAYS IN, up 0.04 from last week to 0.42. Food Network’s BEAT BOBBY FLAY rose a tenth to 0.39. MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW topped cable news in the demo at 0.38/0.54/3.2M, over Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.30/0.54/3.2M, and CNN’s CNN TONIGHT at 0.26/0.36/1.2M. On ID, DIABOLICAL arrived at 0.36, and PANDORA’S BOX was up 0.03 to 0.27. On History, SWAMP PEOPLE gained 0.04 to 0.35, and TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA ticked up to 0.25. On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS and HOUSE HUNTERS INTL were each up 0.08, respectively to 0.32/0.31, and FLIP OR FLOP was up 0.02 to 0.29. FX’s ATLANTA fell 0.09 to 0.27. VH1’s RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS dipped 0.04 to 0.27. MTV’s WILD N OUT edged up 0.02 to 0.25. Lifetime’s PROJECT RUNWAY was steady at 0.22. USA’s NINJA VS NINJA ticked down to 0.21. We’s GROWING UP HIP-HOP shed 0.02 to 0.17. Paramount’s LIP SYNC BATTLE dropped 0.04 to 0.17. POP’s IMPACT WRESTLING rose 0.03 to 0.10. Freeform’s BEYOND climbed 0.04 to 0.09. CMT’s MUSIC CITY fell off the chart, down 0.01 to 0.04/161K. IFC’s PORTLANDIA was steady at 0.03/84K.

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Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday March 15, 2018 P18-49 P2+ Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s) 1 TNT NCAA BSKBL CHP-PRTH2: ALABAMA VS VA TECH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:19 PM 153 0.93 2,472 2 TBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-PRTH2: MONTANA VS MICHIGAN TBS NETWORK 10:19 PM 147 0.66 1,889 3 TBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-PRTH1: SAN DIEGO ST VS HOUSTON TBS NETWORK 7:31 PM 152 0.65 1,768 4 TBS NCAA BSK CHP-BRG-PRTH TBS NETWORK 10:03 PM 16 0.62 1,729 5 TNT NCAA BSKBL CHP-DYTH2: SOUTH DAKOTA ST VS OHIO ST TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 4:01 PM 142 0.57 1,755 6 TBS NCAA BK CHP-BRG-DYTH2 TBS NETWORK 7:00 PM 31 0.53 1,476 7 TBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-DYTH2: NC STATE VS SETON HALL TBS NETWORK 4:23 PM 157 0.53 1,574 8 TRU NCAA BSKBL CHP-PRTH1: SFA VS TEXAS TECH TRUTV 7:17 PM 155 0.47 1,407 9 TNT NCAA BK CHP-BRG-DYTH2 TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 6:23 PM 19 0.47 1,204 10 TNT NCAA BSKBL CHP-PRTH1: RADFORD VS VILLANOVA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 6:42 PM 139 0.45 1,277 11 60 DAYS IN A&E NETWORK 10:00 PM 73 0.42 1,029 12 TRU NCAA BSK CHP-BRG-PRTH TRUTV 9:52 PM 17 0.41 1,129 13 BEAT B.FLAY FOOD NETWORK 10:00 PM 30 0.39 1,156 14 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.38 3,178 15 DIABOLICAL INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 10:00 PM 60 0.36 1,337 16 TRU NCAA BSKBL CHP-DYTH2: LOYOLA CHICAGO VS MIAMI TRUTV 3:09 PM 147 0.36 1,044 17 SWAMP PEOPLE HISTORY 9:00 PM 63 0.35 1,835 18 TRU NCAA BSKBL CHP-PRTH2: FLORIDA VS ST BONAVENTURE TRUTV 10:09 PM 144 0.34 908 19 HOUSE HUNTERS HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:00 PM 30 0.32 1,451 20 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 10:30 PM 30 0.31 1,513 21 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.30 3,214 22 TNT NCAA BSK CHP-BRG-PRTH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 9:01 PM 18 0.30 819 23 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.29 2,552 24 FLIP OR FLOP VEGAS HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.29 1,270 25 ATLANTA FX 10:00 PM 38 0.27 561 26 RUPAUL ALL STARS 3 VH1 8:00 PM 60 0.27 589 27 TNT NCAA BSKBL CHP-DYTH1: UNCG VS GONZAGA TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:23 PM 141 0.27 885 28 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.27 2,741 29 PANDORAS BOX: UNLEASHING INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY 9:00 PM 60 0.27 1,174 30 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.26 1,179 31 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT 11 MTV 11:00 PM 61 0.25 500 32 TRUCK NIGHT IN AMERICA HISTORY 10:03 PM 62 0.25 1,075 33 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.25 1,113 34 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.25 2,268 35 TBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-DYTH1: PENN VS KANSAS TBS NETWORK 1:52 PM 136 0.24 761 36 THOMAS AND FRIENDS NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.24 906 37 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 15 0.24 2,420 38 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:15 PM 45 0.24 2,281 39 TNT NCAA BSK CHP-BRG-DYTH TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 3:44 PM 17 0.23 741 40 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.23 2,398 41 SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN 12:30 AM 90 0.23 493 42 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.23 1,170 43 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.23 2,035 44 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 8:00 PM 120 0.22 730 45 PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 64 0.22 1,191 46 TBS NCAA BSK CHP-BRG-DYTH TBS NETWORK 4:08 PM 15 0.22 672 47 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.22 1,045 48 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.21 1,686 49 JS ROAD TO VACATION MTV 8:00 PM 61 0.21 403 50 DAILY SHOW COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 31 0.21 842 51 ANW: NINJA VS. NINJA USA NETWORK 9:00 PM 61 0.21 600 52 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.21 2,225 53 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.21 1,994 54 MY600LB SKIN TIGHT: TRANS TLC 10:00 PM 61 0.19 660 55 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 8:00 AM 60 0.19 384 56 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.19 1,883 57 SPORTSCENTER MORNING L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.19 413 58 FIRST TAKE L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.19 432 59 SHEPARD SMITH REPORTING FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.18 1,620 60 CNN TONIGHT CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.18 903 61 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.18 1,755 62 GROWING UP HIP HOP: ATL WETV 9:00 PM 60 0.17 403 63 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 9:00 AM 60 0.17 356 64 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.17 333 65 LIP SYNC BATTLE PARAMOUNT 10:00 PM 32 0.17 427 66 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 904 67 TRU NCAA BSK POST GAME-TH TRUTV 12:38 AM 67 0.16 393 68 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.16 1,481 69 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.16 1,695 70 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.15 939 71 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.15 814 72 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:32 AM 33 0.15 330 73 WOLF CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.15 781 74 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 AM 32 0.15 332 75 TRU NCAA BSKBL CHP-DYTH1: WRIGHT ST VS TENNESSEE TRUTV 12:34 PM 137 0.15 430 76 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN 12:00 PM 60 0.15 322 77 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.14 800 78 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.14 1,451 79 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.14 703 80 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.14 696 81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.14 868 82 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.13 1,098 83 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.13 1,446 84 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.13 1,371 85 LIFE BELOW COMPILATION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 983 86 TRU NCAA BSK CHP-BRG-DYTH TRUTV 2:51 PM 18 0.13 343 87 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.13 993 88 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.13 1,278 89 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.13 714 90 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.12 1,387 91 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.12 1,507 92 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.12 650 93 SPORTSCENTER LATE L ESPN 10:48 PM 102 0.12 280 94 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:30 AM 30 0.12 266 95 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,031 96 TNT RD TO FNL FOUR- THU TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 1:00 PM 23 0.12 300 97 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE BRAVO 11:00 PM 30 0.11 366 98 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.11 602 99 SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.11 264 100 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.11 328 101 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:00 AM 30 0.11 226 102 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,110 103 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 8:30 AM 30 0.11 217 104 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.11 681 105 E! NEWS E! 7:00 PM 60 0.11 329 106 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,183 107 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.11 677 108 HOUSE OF PAYNE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 9:00 AM 30 0.10 220 109 NFL LIVE L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 256 110 SPORTSCENTER AFT L ESPN 4:30 PM 35 0.10 215 111 COLLEGE WRESTLING L: N/A ESPN 7:00 PM 228 0.10 305 112 HAPPENING NOW FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.10 1,261 113 OTL – FIRST REPORT L ESPN 1:00 PM 30 0.10 230 114 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.10 1,218 115 LIP SYNC BATTLE: TMI PARAMOUNT 9:30 PM 30 0.10 244 116 TOP WING NICK JR 6:30 PM 30 0.10 479 117 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.10 444 118 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.10 1,276 119 IMPACT WRESTLING: 311 POP 8:00 PM 120 0.10 350 120 BLACK CARD REVOKED BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:00 PM 30 0.09 283 121 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.09 208 122 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 992 123 OPPOSITION COMEDY CENTRAL 11:31 PM 30 0.09 290 124 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.09 871 125 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.09 1,127 126 BEYOND FREEFORM 8:00 PM 61 0.09 241 127 VICE NEWS TONIGHT HBO PRIME 7:31 PM 23 0.08 331 128 SPORTSNATION L ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.08 193 129 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.08 989 130 WICKED TUNA: HOOKED UP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 9:00 PM 60 0.08 377 131 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.08 975 132 E! NEWS E! 11:30 PM 60 0.08 189 133 DESUS & MERO VICELAND 11:00 PM 30 0.08 128 134 MANCAVE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV 10:30 PM 30 0.08 217 135 THOMAS & FRIENDS NICK JR 5:00 PM 30 0.08 409 136 TRU NCAA BK CHP-PRE-DYTH TRUTV 12:00 PM 34 0.08 200 137 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 7:00 AM 60 0.08 281 138 WARCRAFT: WARCRAFT HBO PRIME 8:00 PM 123 0.08 202 139 SPORTSCENTER AM L ESPN2 11:00 AM 60 0.08 181 140 PGA TOUR GOLF CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.07 555 141 TBS RD TO FNL FOUR- THU TBS NETWORK 1:30 PM 22 0.07 170 142 TRU NCAA BK CHP-PRE-PRTH TRUTV 7:00 PM 17 0.07 218 143 FREE AGENCY FRENZY NFL NETWORK 12:00 PM 60 0.07 157 144 FREE AGENCY FRENZY NFL NETWORK 1:00 PM 60 0.07 150 145 PGA TOUR: 2018 ARNOLD PALMER INVIT GOLF CHANNEL 3:00 PM 180 0.07 593 146 NHL REGULAR SEASON L: DETROIT/LOS ANGELES NBC SPORTS NETWORK 10:08 PM 160 0.07 178 147 FREE AGENCY FRENZY NFL NETWORK 11:00 AM 60 0.06 144 148 PARAMOUNT NETWORK MOVIE: FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS PARAMOUNT 11:30 AM 180 0.06 135 149 GREAT WALL, THE HBO PRIME 5:45 PM 103 0.06 199 150 SHERLOCK HOLMES: SHERLOCK HOLMES MAXPRIME 10:10 PM 128 0.06 154

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