‘Station 19’ Launch No Ratings Barn Burner Against NCAA And ‘Chicago Fire’ Double Pump
March 23, 2018
‘Station 19’ Launch No Ratings Barn Burner Against NCAA And ‘Chicago Fire’ Double Pump
NBC edged ABC in a heated firefighter-show battle Thursday, but the ratings conflagration did nothing to douse NCAA basketball numbers on CBS.
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NBC’s two back-to-back Chicago Fire episodes (1.2 demo rating, 6.78 million viewers) may have dampened viewing for the 9-11 PM launch of ABC’s firehouse-set Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Station 19, which clocked a modest 1.2 demo rating and 5.42 million viewers off Grey’s 1.9 and 7.5M.
But preliminary data for the live games coverage suggests CBS’ NCAA coverage torched both firefighting shows. Non-time zone adjusted stats show NCAA clocking a 2.4 demo rating and more than 8M viewers on CBS.
That puts CBS (2.4, 8.05M) ahead for primetime night, besting ABC (1.4/6.11M) and NBC (1.1, 5.64M).
Fox (0.7, 2.40M) followed with Gotham (0.7, 2.44M) up 1/10th and Showtime at the Apollo (0.6, 2.37M) steady.
CW’s Supernatural (0.3, 970K) and Arrow (0.2, 610K) repeats cooked up a network average for the night of 0.3 demo rating and 790K viewers.