Due to the network’s sports coverage of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 20 & Friday, March 21, CBS will preempt all three of its soaps and game show “Let’s Make a Deal.”
On Saturday, April 6, “A Special Edition of 20/20 with Katie Couric: General Hospital – The Real Soap Dish” beat out the first original airing of NBC’s “Smash” in head to head combat with the Katie Couric hosted special ranking second in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, behind only the “NCAA Basketball Tournament,” according to TVbytheNumbers.