Saturday April 2, 2016 Nielsen Finals

Two 'March Madness' basketball games, on TBS and TNT, dominated the Saturday cable ratings.  North Carolina v. Syracuse scored a huge 3.91 combined A18-49 rating and 12.31 million total viewers while Villanova v. Oklahoma was at 2.93 combined in the demo with 9.97 million viewers. In men 18-49, the two games notched 5.05 and 3.88 ratings respectively. Hallmark Channel aired the movie 'All Yours' which logged solid numbers in women 18-49 (0.44 rating) and total viewers (2.21 million) and Nickelodeon had new episodes of 'The Thundermans' (0.43 rating in females 12-34, 1.56 million viewers), 'Bella and the Bulldogs' (0.42 rating in that demo, 1.39 million), and 'School of Rock' (0.39, 1.42 million). Other programs of note include Oxygen's '#Killerpost' (0.10/263,000), Centric's 'Being' (0.04/93,000), Esquire's 'Beowulf' (0.03/167,000) and Ovation's 'The Artful Detective' (0.01/215,000). 

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (millions)
MARCH MADNESS: N CAROLINA/SYRACUSE	TBS NETWORK	3.25	10.152
MARCH MADNESS: VILLANOVA/OKLAHOMA	TBS NETWORK	2.44	8.302
MARCH MADNESS: N CAROLINA/SYRACUSE	TNT	0.66	2.158
DIMENSION W	ADULT SWIM	0.52	1.067
MARCH MADNESS: VILLANOVA/OKLAHOMA	TNT	0.49	1.664
WE BOUGHT THE FARM	HGTV	0.45	1.523
PARASYTE- THE MAXIM	ADULT SWIM	0.45	0.940
WE BOUGHT THE FARM	HGTV	0.42	1.670
HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION	HGTV	0.41	1.530
ADVENTURE TIME	CARTOON NET	0.33	1.127
ALL YOURS	HALLMARK CHANNEL	0.30	2.213
MY CAT FROM HELL	ANIMAL PLANET	0.29	0.965
DEADLY POSSESSIONS	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.28	0.682
THUNDERMANS	NICKELODEON	0.28	1.555
TRISHAS SOUTHERN KITCHEN	FOOD NETWORK	0.27	1.362
KITCHEN AT FN, THE	FOOD NETWORK	0.27	1.451
SCHOOL OF ROCK	NICKELODEON	0.27	1.418
AMY SCHUMER:AT THE APOLLO	HBO PRIME	0.27	0.668
POKEMON THE SERIES XYZ	CARTOON NET	0.27	0.761
REGULAR SHOW	CARTOON NET	0.26	0.998
BELLA AND THE BULLDOGS	NICKELODEON	0.26	1.393
DEAD FILES	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.25	0.716
UNCLE GRANDPA (9AM)	CARTOON NET	0.25	1.015
TRANSFORMERS:ROBOTS/DISGU	CARTOON NET	0.23	0.606
UNCLE GRANDPA (11:30AM)	CARTOON NET	0.22	1.005
SCORNED: LOVE KILLS	ID	0.20	0.716
MARCH MADNESS: N CAROLNA/SYRACUSE	TRUTV	0.20	0.629
SHIMMER AND SHINE (11AM)	NICK JR	0.17	0.805
MARCH MADNESS: VILLANOVA/OKLAHOMA	TRUTV	0.17	0.485
SHIMMER AND SHINE (11:30AM)	NICK JR	0.14	0.687
TINY HOUSE NATION	FYI	0.13	0.347
FOR PEETES SAKE	OWN	0.12	0.389
DUFF, THE	SHOWTIME	0.12	0.262
OPRAH: WHERE ARE THEY NOW	OWN	0.11	0.397
48 HOURS: HARD EVIDENCE	TLC	0.11	0.369
FIRST TIME FLIPPERS	DIY NETWORK	0.10	0.368
MOUNTAIN MONSTERS	DEST AMERICA	0.10	0.442
WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.10	0.288
KILLERPOST	OXYGEN MEDIA	0.10	0.263
BANDIT PATROL	NAT GEO WILD	0.08	0.506
DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET	NAT GEO WILD	0.08	0.604
INDYCAR SERIES: PHOENIX	NBCSN	0.07	0.363
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP (11:30AM)	DISCOVERY FAMILY	0.07	0.214
HE SHED SHE SHED	FYI	0.07	0.225
CAR FIX	VELOCITY	0.06	0.202
DR. OAKLEY: NORTHERN	NAT GEO WILD	0.06	0.429
WHAT HISTORY FORGOT	AHC	0.06	0.387
AUTOPSY	REELZCHANNEL	0.04	0.237
COPYCAT KILLERS	REELZCHANNEL	0.04	0.152
ALL GIRLS GARAGE	VELOCITY	0.04	0.166
SAM'S GARAGE	VELOCITY	0.04	0.149
BEING	CENTRIC	0.04	0.093
BEOWULF	ESQUIRE	0.03	0.167
LITTLEST PET SHOP (12AM)	DISCOVERY FAMILY	0.02	0.093
THE ARTFUL DETECTIVE	OVATION	0.01	0.215
MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES	OVATION	0.01	0.174

Cable subdemos:

Show	F12-34	M12-34	W18-49	M18-49
MARCH MADNESS: NC/SY (TBS)	1.64	3.25	2.28	4.24
MARCH MADNESS: VIL/OK (TBS	1.18	2.45	1.64	3.25
MARCH MADNESS:NC/SY (TNT)	0.34	0.52	0.51	0.81
MARCH MADNESS: VIL/OK (TNT)	0.24	0.43	0.36	0.63
ADVENTURE TIME	0.40	0.58	0.32	0.35
ALL YOURS	0.22	0.09	0.44	0.15
THUNDERMANS	0.43	0.39	0.32	0.24
SCHOOL OF ROCK	0.39	0.35	0.30	0.23
BELLA AND THE BULLDOGS	0.42	0.34	0.31	0.21

Source: Nielsen Media Research via ShowBuzzDaily