RATINGS RECAP: 4/6/15

ABC
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
Viewers: 13.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
10:00 Castle (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

CBS
8:00 Mike & Molly (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:30 Championship Central
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:00 NCAA Men's Championship Game
Viewers: 28.3 million, 18-49 demo: 9.1

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 11.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9
10:00 The Night Shift
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

FOX
8:00 Gotham (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5
9:00 The Following
Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

The closely contested and heavily covered NCAA Men's Basketball Championship between Duke and Wisconsin dominated the ratings Monday night with 28.3 million viewers and a 9.1 demo. It was up huge from last year's 7.2 demo and posted its best demo in over a decade and best viewership in nearly 20 years. This has become such a major sports event. The female-skewing Dancing with the Stars held up quite well as it was even in viewers and down just a tenth in the demo. The Voice took a bit more of a hit as it was down nine tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo. However, The Night Shift was surprisingly up half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo. A 1.4 demo is not all that bad for an NBC scripted show right now, sad as that may be. Finally on FOX, the more male-skewing The Following was down three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for a series low. It'll get a new Gotham as a lead-in next week but the ship may have sailed here.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: The Following (FOX)