Spotted Ratings, Saturday 3/23/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• Armed with a truly good game for once, CBS finally got a nice number out of March Madness. But it was still 16% below the year-ago first Saturday.

FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
Splash (R)	2.9	0.7					+17%	-13%	0.91
20/20 (R)	3.4	0.9					-10%	+29%	1.29
NCAA Basketball	6.4	2.1	+110%	n/a	1/5	-16%	+209%	-30%	2.82
48 Hours	3.3	0.9	+13%	+133%	16/22	-31%	+13%	-31%	0.94
American Ninja Warrior (R)	1.3	0.3					-33%	+0%	0.39
Law and Order: SVU (R)	2.6	0.5					+67%	+25%	0.91
Saturday Night Live (R)	2.2	0.8					-24%	+7%	1.19
Cops	3.4	1.0	+11%	n/a	4/13	n/a	+11%	+100%	1.34
Cops (R)	3.5	1.0					+11%	+100%	1.36
The Following (R)	1.7	0.6					+71%	+9%	0.92

KEY (click to expand)

Viewers - The total number of viewers (age 2+, in millions) that watched the program.
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
y2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to its rating a year ago.
TLa - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True2 - The second edition of True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in.

(R) - Repeat.

Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.