RATINGS RECAP: 3/17/17

ABC
8:00 Last Man Standing
Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:30 Dr. Ken
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1

CBS
8:00 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

NBC
8:00 Grimm
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

FOX
8:00 Rosewood (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4
9:00 Sleepy Hollow
Viewers: 1.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4

CW
8:00 The Originals
Viewers: 1.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3
9:00 Reign
Viewers: 0.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.2

On Friday night, CBS had more basketball which kept their drama lineup off the air. With The Vampire Diaries over, the CW replaced it with its spinoff, the new season of The Originals. The season premiere was down a tenth in the demo from the usual results of The Vampire Diaries. At 9pm, Reign was up two tenths in viewers and even in the demo. On ABC, Last Man Standing was up half a million viewers and even in the demo while Dr. Ken was up half a million viewers and even in the demo. Another true crime special, Truth and Lies: The Family Manson did decently for Friday night. On NBC, Grimm was even in viewers and up a tenth in the demo while Dateline NBC was up three tenths in viewers and down two tenths in the demo. Finally on FOX, Sleepy Hollow was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Truth and Lies: The Family Manson (ABC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: The Originals (CW)