Final Four games average 15.3 million viewers, its biggest audience in 8 years

Final Four games average 15.3 million viewers, its biggest audience in 8 years

NEW YORK — Saturday night’s Final Four games averaged 15.3 million viewers on CBS according to fast national numbers from Nielsen, the most-watched national semifinals in eight years.

Men's Final Four Averages 15.3M Viewers, Highest Viewership Since 2017

The 2025 NCAA men's Final Four averaged 15.3 million viewers on CBS, the highest average since 2017. The number also represents a 19% increase from last year. Houston-Duke averaged 16 million viewers, up 13% from UConn-Alabama last year. The game was also the most-watched Final Four game since Duke played North Carolina three years ago. Florida-Auburn averaged 14.6 million viewers, an increase of 27% from last year's Purdue-NC State. Overall, th…

Final Four games deliver best ratings since 2017

Final Four are 2 words that hoops fans love to hear, and on Saturday night, the Final Four delivered a night for the ages in college basketball. During the first 2 days of the NCAA Tournament, there were many casual basketball fans who were upset that there weren’t a ton of Cinderella stories. However, you ask any of the purist die-hard basketball fans out there, they were excited to get the 4 best teams in the country playing for a right to pla…

CBS notches most-watched Final Four since 2017

A quartet of No. 1 seeds led CBS to the most-watched Final Four since 2017. Saturday’s pair of games averaged 15.3 million viewers on CBS, the most-watched iteration of the men’s Final Four in eight years. The two-game average increased 19% versus last year’s Final Four which aired across the TNT Sports family of networks. Viewership peaked at an audience of 20.4 million Saturday night. Final Four scores 15.3 million viewers on CBS, the most-wa…