National Championship Game Final Rating Up 9%  

40.3 Million Viewers Tune In to All-or-Part of Florida's Win Over Ohio State  

132.7 Million Viewers Tune In to All-or-Part of 2007 Tournament  

            CBS Sports' exclusive coverage of the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Game on Monday, April 2 (9:15-11:34 PM, ET) earned an average national household rating/share of 12.2/20, up +9% compared to last year's 11.2/18 (Florida-UCLA).

       The game rating peaked at a 13.8/25 from 11:00-11:30 PM, ET.

        Nielsen Media Research estimates that 40.3 million viewers (Persons 2+) watched all-or-part of CBS Sports' coverage of the 2007 NCAA Basketball Championship game, an increase of +6% vs. 37.9 million in 2006 (Florida-UCLA),

       Nielsen Media Research also estimates that 132.7 million viewers (Persons 2+) watched all-or-part of CBS Sports' overall coverage of the 2007 NCAA Basketball Tournament, a gain of +3% compared to 2006 (128.5 million).

            Following is a half-hour breakdown of the game's ratings/shares (all times eastern):

9:15-9:30 PM                9.7/15

9:30-10:00 PM            11.6/18

10:00-10:30 PM          11.8/19

10:30-11:00 PM          13.1/22

11:00-11:30 PM          13.8/25

11:30-11:34 PM          10.8/21

        CBS Sports' coverage of the Final Four on Saturday, March 31 earned a national household rating/share of 8.7/17, up +1% from an 8.6/17 last year.