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(AP) --  The NCAA tournament's television ratings are the highest since 2005.

Through the regional finals, this year's tourney has averaged a 6.0 rating and 13 share.

That's up 11 percent from 2010.

This was the first season of the NCAA's 14-year, $10.8 billion contract with CBS and Turner, which meant every game was televised nationally for the first time.

 Sunday's regional finals on CBS earned a 7.6/16, the same as 2010.

CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus says "as far as I'm concerned, I think everything turned out even better than I thought it was going to."

Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program. Shares represent the percentage of all homeswith TVs in use at the time.

You can see The Semi Final Games On CBS 3.2.

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