TV Ratings for Week of March 24 - 30
'Idol' is top show; CBS and NCAA basketball dominate week's top 25

(April 1, 2008) The top TV show in black homes the last week of March was "American Idol," but it had a half million fewer viewers than the earlier week. CBS' "CSI: Miami" broke up the talent show's usual one-two combination by taking second place.

CBS was the week's network winner. The NCAA Chamionships gave the network reign over the top 25 chart by taking seven places and giving coat tails to two of the networks' other shows.  ABC and Fox tie for second with six shows each, while NBC had four chart-makers.

The total number of viewers for the top 25 shows, according to Nielsen Media Research, was 35.7 million. That's nearly a ten percent increase over the previous week's total.

Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households

Rank | Program | Network | Rating | No. of Viewers

1	AMERICAN IDOL-WED	FOX	6.5	2.354
2	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	6.1	2.181
3	AMERICAN IDOL-TUE	FOX	6.6	2.379
4	DANCING WITH STARS	ABC	5.5	1.991
5	NCAA POST GUN SU 2	CBS	4.8	1.741
6	NCAA BSKBL CHMP SA-2	CBS	4.4	1.569
7	DANCING W/STARS RESULTS	ABC	4.0	1.433
8	60 MINUTES	CBS	3.5	1.271
9	NCAA BSKBL CHMP FR 2	CBS	4.1	1.459
10	OPRAH'S BIG GIVE	ABC	3.9	1.413
11	MOMENT OF TRUTH	FOX	3.5	1.260
12	EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME ED.	ABC	4.0	1.446
13	NCAA BSKBL CHMP SA-1	CBS	3.3	1.201
14	NCAA BSKBL CHMP TH 2	CBS	3.3	1.189
15	AMERICA’S MOST WANTED	FOX	3.6	1.299
16	NCAA BSKBL CHMP FR 1	CBS	3.1	1.101
17	NCAA BSKBL CHMP TH 1	CBS	3.2	1.154
18	DEAL OR NO DEAL 3/27	NBC	4.0	1.428
19	TIL DEATH SP-3/25 9:30P	FOX	3.5	1.260
20	LAW AND ORDER	NBC	2.9	1.030
21	COPS 2	FOX	3.6	1.310
22	LAW AND ORDER:SVU-SUN	NBC	2.7	.957
23	DANCING W/STARS RECAP	ABC	3.1	1.103
24	PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO	ABC	3.0	1.074
25	DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON	NBC	3.1	1.132

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Number of viewers
ages 2+ shown in millions. 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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