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TV networks the big winner as Tiger Woods returns to play at the Masters

Final-round CBS coverage on Sunday averaged 10.17 million viewers
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Tiger Woods tips his cap on the 18th green during the final round at the Masters golf tournament on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tiger Woods may not have won the Masters golf tournament, but his stirring return from injury was certainly a winner for the television networks following him.

CBSB次元官网网址 final round coverage of the venerable tourney on Sunday averaged 10.17 million viewers, the highest for any golf telecast since the corresponding day in 2019 B次元官网网址 the last time Woods won the coveted green jacket, the Nielsen company said.

ESPNB次元官网网址檚 coverage of the first two rounds of the Masters averaged 3.3 million viewers, the most for its MasterB次元官网网址檚 coverage since 2018, the network said.

ESPNB次元官网网址檚 viewership peaked at 4.6 million just as Woods was finishing up his second round on Saturday, Nielsen said.

CBS led the broadcast networks last week in prime time, averaging 4.2 million viewers. ABC had 3.6 million, NBC had 3 million, Fox had 1.7 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1 million and Telemundo had 860,000.

Fox B次元官网网址 Channel led among the cable networks, averaging 2.32 million viewers. TBS had 1.52 million, TNT had 1.2 million, HGTV had 1.17 million and ESPN had 1.13 million.

ABCB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淲orld B次元官网网址 TonightB次元官网网址 won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.9 million for the week. NBCB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淣ightly B次元官网网址B次元官网网址 had 6.7 million and the B次元官网网址淐BS Evening B次元官网网址B次元官网网址 had 4.8 million.

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For the week of April 4-10, the 20 most-watched prime-time shows, their networks and viewerships:

1. NCAA MenB次元官网网址檚 Basketball Championship: North Carolina vs. Kansas, TBS, 9.54 million.

2. B次元官网网址60 Minutes,B次元官网网址 CBS, 9.27 million.

3. B次元官网网址淐hicago Fire,B次元官网网址 NBC, 7.4 million.

4. B次元官网网址淭he Equalizer,B次元官网网址 CBS, 6.68 million.

5. B次元官网网址淐hicago Med,B次元官网网址 NBC, 6.61 million.

6. B次元官网网址淏lue Bloods,B次元官网网址 CBS, 5.93 million.

7. B次元官网网址淐hicago PD,B次元官网网址 NBC, 5.71 million.

8. B次元官网网址淎merican IdolB次元官网网址 (Monday), ABC, 5.6 million.

9. B次元官网网址淪urvivor,B次元官网网址 CBS, 5.583 million.

10. NCAA MenB次元官网网址檚 Basketball Championship: North Carolina vs. Kansas, Turner, 5.578 million.

11. B次元官网网址淎merican IdolB次元官网网址 (Sunday), ABC, 5.47 million.

12. B次元官网网址淢agnum P.I.,B次元官网网址 CBS, 5.31 million.

13. B次元官网网址淣CIS: Los Angeles,B次元官网网址 CBS, 5.26 million.

14. B次元官网网址淔BI,B次元官网网址 CBS, 4.81 million.

15. B次元官网网址淎mericaB次元官网网址檚 Funniest Home B次元官网网址s,B次元官网网址 ABC, 4.76 million.

16. B次元官网网址淭his is Us,B次元官网网址 NBC, 4.74 million.

17. B次元官网网址淪tation 19,B次元官网网址 ABC, 4.52 million.

18. B次元官网网址淟aw & Order: SVU,B次元官网网址 NBC, 4.33 million.

19. B次元官网网址淕reyB次元官网网址檚 Anatomy,B次元官网网址 ABC, 4.21 million.

20. B次元官网网址淵oung Sheldon,B次元官网网址 CBS, 4.07 million.

David Bauder, The Associated Press

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