- Monday’s Duke/Butler NCAA National Championship Game drew a 49.4/65 in Indianapolis, Butler’s home market and the host city for the Final Four. Ratings peaked with a 52.9/74 from 11:30-11:45 PM. For perspective, the Colts’ loss in Super Bowl XLIV drew a 54.2/80 in the market. In Raleigh-Durham, Monday’s game drew a 31.6/46, with a peak of 34.4/58. (pifeedback.com)
- Wednesday night’s Phillies/Nationals game drew a 6.5 rating on Philadelphia’s The Comcast Network (formerly CN8), tied as the second-highest rated program ever on the network. Ratings peaked at a 7.9 at 9:15 local time. (Comcast)
- More from Phillies/Nationals: Monday’s Opening Day game between the teams drew a 6.9 rating on Philadelphia’s WPHL, but just a 0.8 on Washington’s WDCW. The game drew over 185,000 more households in Philadelphia than Washington. UPDATED 4/8/2010: The Nationals game also aired on MASN, drawing a 1.6 rating across both networks. (pifeedback.com, Washington Post)
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