The following presents 56 metered-market ratings for CBS’ coverage of the ’05 NCAA “Selection Sunday Show.” Louisville posted the highest hometown number with a rating of 21.0/32. The show, which aired from 6:00-7:00pm ET March 13, received a national rating of 4.9/10, down 2% from a 5.0/10 in ’04 (Nielsen Media Research).
| MEN'S NCAA "SELECTION SHOW ON CBS"
METERED-MARKET RATINGS |
| RANK | MARKET (MARKET SIZE) | RAT/SHR |
| 1 | Louisville (50) | 21.0/32 |
| 2 | Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville (29) | 15.3/24 |
| 3 | Indianapolis (25) | 12.5/20 |
| 4 | Cincinnati (33) | 12.0/21 |
| 5 | Columbus, OH (34) | 11.4/19 |
| 6t | Charlotte (28) | 11.1/19 |
| 6t | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News (41) | 11.1/16 |
| 8 | Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem (48) | 11.0/18 |
| 9 | Oklahoma City (45) | 10.8/18 |
| 10 | St. Louis (21) | 10.2/17 |
| 11 | Dayton (56) | 9.6/16 |
| 12 | Kansas City (31) | 9.5/18 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh (22) | 9.3/16 |
| 14 | Chicago (3) | 8.6/17 |
| 15 | Hartford & New Haven (27) | 8.5/15 |
| 16 | Tulsa (60) | 7.5/13 |
| 17 | Nashville (30) | 7.4/13 |
| 18 | Washington, DC (8) | 7.3/12 |
| 19 | Minneapolis-St. Paul (14) | 7.2/13 |
| 20t | New Orleans (43) | 6.8/11 |
| 20t | Ft. Myers-Naples (68) | 6.8/12 |
| 22t | Birmingham (40) | 6.5/10 |
| 22t | Memphis (44) | 6.5/10 |
| 22t | Baltimore (23) | 6.5/11 |
| 25t | Detroit (10) | 6.4/11 |
| 25t | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson (35) | 6.4/10 |
| 27 | Richmond-Petersburg (61) | 6.3/10 |
| 28 | Milwaukee (32) | 5.8/11 |
| 29 | Buffalo (46) | 5.6/9 |
| 30t | Salt Lake City (36) | 5.5/13 |
| 30t | Cleveland-Akron (16) | 5.5/9 |
| 32t | Albuquerque-Santa Fe (47) | 5.4/12 |
| 32t | Philadelphia (4) | 5.4/9 |
| 34 | Atlanta (9) | 5.0/9 |
| 35 | Denver (18) | 4.8/9 |
| 35 | Knoxville (59) | 4.8/8 |
| 37t | Seattle-Tacoma (12) | 4.1/11 |
| 37t | New York (1) | 4.1/8 |
| 39 | Dallas-Ft. Worth (7) | 3.9/7 |
| 40 | Houston (11) | 3.7/7 |
| 41t | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne (20) | 3.3/6 |
| 41t | West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce (39) | 3.3/6 |
| 41t | Providence-New Bedford (49) | 3.3/6 |
| 44t | Los Angeles (2) | 3.2/8 |
| 44t | Jacksonville (52) | 3.2/5 |
| 46 | Austin (54) | 3.1/7 |
| 47 | Phoenix (15) | 3.0/6 |
| 48 | Boston (5) | 2.9/5 |
| 49 | Portland, OR (24) | 2.8/7 |
| 50 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (6) | 2.6/8 |
| 51 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto (19) | 2.5/6 |
| 52t | San Antonio (37) | 2.1/4 |
| 52t | Tampa-St. Pete (13) | 2.1/4 |
| 54 | Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (17) | 1.9/3 |
| 55 | Las Vegas (51) | 1.6/3 |
| 56 | San Diego (26) | 1.3/3 |
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| TOTAL 56 METERED-MARKET AVERAGE | 5.7/11 |
