Texas Longhorns vs Purdue Boilermakers
Nielsen average audience: 8,532,000 viewers (final), per Manny Soloway.
- Aired
- 2026-03-26 Thursday
- Networks
- CBS
8,532,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-04-09
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / Big Data + Panel · final
press-attributed · Manny Soloway
8,532,000
Texas/Purdue,Men's March Madness,Sweet 16,March 26,Thursday,7PM,CBS,,8532Manny Soloway, verbatim
8,350,000
Source quote not verbatim-confirmed against a fetched copy
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
Prior-season windows
2025-03-27 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
5,800,000
2025-03-27 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Wikipedia
6,570,000
2 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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