Thursday primetime finally broke free of four-way ties for the top spot after three consecutive weeks. The latest episode of NBC Law & Order: SVU led the charge in both demo ratings and audience among non-sports titles.Helping to break the weeks-long tie was CBS’ coverage of March Madness Round 1 games.
Among the victors of Thursday’s games were the Arkansas Razorbacks, the UCLA Bruins and the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Ratings for the live sports event have yet to come in, but Deadline will note those numbers when they become available.
When it comes to the non-March Madness content, Law & Order: SVU topped fast affiliates with a 0.6 demo rating and 4.53 million viewers.
The drama was steady from the previous week. While SVU escaped the ratings stalemate, there was another four-way tie for the second-highest rated program on Thursday between Law & Order (0.5, 4.44M), Station 19 (0.5, 4.10M), Grey’s Anatomy (0.5, 3.50M) and Law & Order: Organized Crime (0.5, 3.35M).
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