Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 10-16
'Payne' maintains No.1 spot; BET is week's most watched cable network

(March 21, 2008) TBS' "House of Payne" easily held on to the No.1 and No.2 spots on the top 25 most popular cable shows for the second week of March. Both airings of the Tyler Perry sitcom pulled in well over two million black viewers.

"College Hill" took third place and led the way for BET to claim the title as the week's most watched network among black cable viewers. The network posted six shows on the top 25. It was followed by TBS which had four programs, and VH1 and USA which had three each.

The total number of black viewers watching the top 25, according to Nielsen Media Research, was 28.5 million. That's one percent better than the previous week's total of 28.2 million.

Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households

 Rank | Program | Network | Rating | # of Viewers

1	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	16.8	2,691
2	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	14.3	2,350
3	COLLEGE HILL	BET	11.6	1,803
4	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	11.6	1,868
5	FLAVOR OF LOVE 3	VH1	10.7	1,579
6	COLLEGE HILL	BET	10.0	1,546
7	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	9.8	1,345
8	MAKING THE BAND 4	MTV	8.8	1,323
9	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	8.1	1,130
10	BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK	BET	9.0	989
11	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	7.6	1,020
12	SALT N PEPA SHOW	VH1	7.3	931
13	FLAVOR OF LOVE 3	VH1	7.3	906
14	NBA BASKETBALL	TNT	8.6	826
15	BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK	BET	6.7	972
16	AMERICAS BEST DANCE CREW	MTV	6.6	853
17	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	6.3	768
18	COLLEGE HILL	BET	7.0	632
19	NBA BASKETBALL	TNT	6.3	696
20	CH: CLASS REUNION	BET	6.6	713
21	INCREDIBLES, THE	DISNEY	6.1	758
22	SATURDAY MOVIE III	LIFETIME	6.0	577
23	CHEETAH GIRLS 2	DISNEY	5.3	897
24	THE FIRST 48	A&E	5.2	691
25	CRIME 360	A&E	5.3	656

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Based on live
and same day viewing. Number of viewers shown
in thousands. Representing more than 13.45 million
television households in the U.S., the African-
American television audience is the largest minority
segment in Nielsen measurement samples.
All times eastern.

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