Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 5 - 11
VH1 ends long drought on the Top 25 with three reality show winners

(April 14, 2010) The last time VH1 appeared on the Top 25 cable shows in black households was back in the second week of February. Now it returns to the chart with three entries -- "Basketball Wives (which posted the biggest audience in the No. 5 spot)," "What Chili Wants" and "Brandy & Ray J."

TV One was able to crack the Top 25 with its new original reality offering, "LisaRaye: The Real McCoy." The show delivered the biggest audience in TV One's history, and captured the No.16 position on the chart.

TBS continued to dominate the top of the chart with its Tyler Perry comedies. The most watched cable network notched 10.2 million viewers for six of its chart making shows. VH1 claimed second place with 3.6 million watchers for its three programs. USA was third with 3.4 million for four shows.

The total number of viewers for the Top 25 cable shows in black homes, according to Nielsen was 27.4 million, or seven percent more than the previous week.

Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households

   Rank | Program | Network | AA Rating | AA Share | Viewers 2+

1	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	10.4	15.1	2,321
2	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	9.8	14.6	2,168
3	MEET THE BROWNS	TBS	9.4	13.7	1,997
4	MEET THE BROWNS	TBS	8.3	12.6	1,679
5	BASKETBALL WIVES	VH1	6.3	9.2	1,286
6	MEET THE BROWNS	TBS	6.2	9.6	1,255
7	WHAT CHILLI WANTS	VH1	5.9	8.7	1,305
8	NBA BASKETBALL	TNT	5.9	10.4	1,039
9	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	5.8	8.3	1,198
10	SUNDAY BEST 3	BET	5.4	8.3	1,074
11	BRANDY & RAY J	VH1	5.3	7.8	1,090
12	COLL BKBL SCOREBOARD	ESPN	4.9	7.2	927
13	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	4.9	7.0	935
14	NBA BASKETBALL	TNT	4.7	7.2	829
15	NCAA WOMENS BASKET TOUR	ESPN	4.2	6.4	767
16	LISA RAYE	TV ONE	4.1	6.1	854
17	LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG)	USA	4.0	5.9	631
18	MEET THE BROWNS	TBS	4.0	6.5	799
19	EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS	NICK	3.9	5.7	775
20	SUNDAY BEST 3	BET	3.8	5.6	741
21	GOOD LUCK CHARLIE	DISNEY	3.8	5.8	809
22	EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS	NICK	3.8	6.2	790
23	ABDC S5	MTV	3.8	5.5	842
24	AMERICAN GANGSTER	TNT	3.8	6.0	705
25	LAW & ORDER: SVU	USA	3.6	5.3	677

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Ranked by share of audience watching. Based on live and same day viewing. Number of viewers shown in thousands (1,000 = 1 million). Representing more than 13.45 million television households in the U.S., the African-American television audience is the largest minority segment in Nielsen's measurement samples. All times eastern.

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