TV Ratings for Week of May 12 - 18
CSI's ratings gains push out "Dancing;" CBS claims most watched network

(May 20, 2008) It looks like CBS' CSI franchise benefited from the heavy promotion it got for the sweeps period. The crime drama side-stepped ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" on the top 25 favorite shows with black households and snatched the third and fourth spots on this week's chart. "American Idol" remained in its perch at No.1 and 2.

Thanks to the coattails of its most popular shows, CBS earned the title of most watched network for the third week of May. It was followed by ABC with eight entries, and Fox, which had four.

The total number of viewers watching the top 25 shows, according to Nielsen ratings, was 36.1 million, or five percent more than the previous week.

Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households

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

1	AMERICAN IDOL-WED	FOX	13.1	2.507
2	AMERICAN IDOL-TUE	FOX	12.1	2.238
3	CSI	CBS	10.5	1.880
4	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	10.3	1.701
5	DANCING W/ THE STARS	ABC	10.0	1.780
6	WITHOUT A TRACE	CBS	9.8	1.707
7	DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES	ABC	9.6	1.656
8	GREY'S ANATOMY-THU 9PM	ABC	8.6	1.463
9	DANCING W/STARS RESULTS	ABC	8.5	1.461
10	HOUSE-MON 9P	FOX	8.3	1.612
11	EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED.	ABC	8.2	1.366
12	CSI: NY	CBS	8.1	1.391
13	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	7.8	1.284
14	LAW AND ORDER:SVU	NBC	7.6	1.230
15	HELL'S KITCHEN	FOX	7.3	1.453
16	EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-7P	ABC	7.2	1.225
17	NCIS	CBS	7.1	1.263
18	GAME, THE-SUN	CW	7.1	1.365
19	UGLY BETTY	ABC	6.8	1.246
20	SHARK	CBS	6.8	1.141
21	CRIMINAL MINDS TUESDAY SP	CBS	6.6	1.067
22	LAW AND ORDER	NBC	6.3	1.038
23	60 MINUTES	CBS	6.2	.987
24	NUMB3RS	CBS	6.1	1.156
25	SAMANTHA WHO?	ABC	5.9	.938

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Number of viewers
ages 2+ shown in millions. Rankings are based on
share of black households. 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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