CBS’ Average Fast-National Rating Up For NCAA’s First Rounds
CBS has averaged a 5.6/13 fast-national Nielsen rating for the first four days of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, up 2% from ’04. The following presents fast-national ratings for each window of CBS’ coverage of the tournament’s first two rounds (THE DAILY).
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CBS' NCAA TOURNAMENT RATINGS
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WINDOW
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RATING
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'04
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% +/-
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| FIRST ROUND (3/17) |
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| 12:15-2:45pm |
3.3/11
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3.3/11
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0.0%
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| 2:45-5:30pm |
3.7/10
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3.7/11
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0.0%
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| 7:00-9:45pm |
5.7/10
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6.2/11
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-8.1%
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| 9:45pm-12:00am |
6.3/11
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6.2/12
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1.6%
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| ONE DAY AVERAGE |
4.7/10
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4.8/10
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-2.0%
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| FIRST ROUND (3/18) |
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| 12:15-2:45pm |
3.6/12
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3.5/12
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2.9%
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| 2:45-5:30pm |
4.0/12
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4.3/13
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-7.0%
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| 7:00-9:30pm |
5.8/11
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5.4/10
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7.4%
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| 9:30pm-12:15am |
6.0/11
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5.7/11
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5.3%
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| TWO-DAY CUM. AVERAGE |
4.8/11
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4.8/11
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0.0%
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| SECOND ROUND (3/19) |
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|
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| 1:00-3:15pm |
5.4/15
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5.0/13
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8.0%
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| 3:15-5:45pm |
6.0/15
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6.4/15
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-6.3%
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| 5:45-8:15pm |
6.9/14
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7.8/16
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-11.5%
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| 8:15-11:30pm |
7.2/13
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6.4/12
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12.5%
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| THREE-DAY CUM. AVERAGE |
5.4/12
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5.3/12
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1.9%
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| SECOND ROUND (3/20) |
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| 12:00-2:15pm |
4.5/12
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4.4/11
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2.3%
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| 2:15-5:00pm |
6.9/16
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6.4/14
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7.8%
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| 5:15-7:30pm |
8.2/16
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8.2/16
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0.0%
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| FOUR-DAY CUM. AVERAGE |
5.6/13
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5.5/13
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1.8%
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ONLINE: Meanwhile, CBS SportsLine.com registered 23 million total visits for the first week of the ’05 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which establishes an all-time high for its tournament coverage. Daily unique visitors for the first two days of the tournament increased 23% and 24%, respectively, compared to last year (CBS SportsLine.com).
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