Baylor’s rout of Gonzaga in the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game on Monday saw CBS’ viewership sink by 14% from 2019’s title tilt, averaging 16.92 million viewers.Its 9.4/21 household rating average was down by 19% from two years ago, when Virginia beat Texas Tech, 85-77, in overtime to win the title.
The 2020 March Madness tourney was canceled days before it was set to begin as the coronavirus pandemic began to grip the country.CBS said, however, that the game at the Superdome in New Orleans was most-watched non-football sports event since then.
Saturday’s thrilling Gonzaga win over UCLA in the semifinal ranks second, having topped the Dodgers’ Game 6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays to clinch the 2020 World Series.The network noted
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