TV Ratings for Week of June 2 - 8
Basketball fever rolls on with historic ratings; CBS dominates half of top 25

(June 11, 2008) The basketball jones has carried over from the fever of cable's airing of the playoff games to the Finals match-up between Boston and L.A. The games and pre-game programming captured the top four spots of the top 25 shows with black households. The second face-off drew four million viewers.

Despite ABC's good fortune, it didn't make even a dent in CBS' domination of the chart. Thirteen of the top 25 were CBS shows, easily giving it most watched network status for the week. Fox had six, while ABC posted five.

The total number of viewers of the top 25 was 33 5 million, according to Nielsen data, or a 37% increase over the previous week.

Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households

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

1	NBA FINALS -GM 1	ABC	20.8	3.786
2	NBA FINALS -GM 2	ABC	20.5	4.005
3	NBA COUNTDOWN-GM 1	ABC	10.1	1.814
4	NBA COUNTDOWN-GM 2	ABC	8.2	1.456
5	SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED	FOX	7.6	1.578
6	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	7.1	1.255
7	CSI: NY	CBS	6.9	1.221
8	HELL'S KITCHEN	FOX	6.9	1.345
9	HOUSE-MON 9P	FOX	6.9	1.429
10	SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU	FOX	6.6	1.410
11	NCIS	CBS	6.5	1.052
12	WITHOUT A TRACE	CBS	6.1	.990
13	60 MINUTES	CBS	5.9	1.054
14	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	5.8	.940
15	CSI	CBS	5.6	.955
16	48 HOURS MYSTERY TUE	CBS	5.6	.969
17	MOMENT OF TRUTH	FOX	5.6	1.074
18	AMW: AMERICA FIGHTS BACK	FOX	5.5	1.094
19	SWINGTOWN	CBS	5.4	.909
20	LAW AND ORDER:SVU	NBC	5.2	.941
21	TWO AND A HALF MEN	CBS	5.1	.926
22	CSI - THU 8P SPECIAL	CBS	5.0	.834
23	WIFE SWAP	ABC	4.8	.846
24	MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD	CBS	4.8	.833
25	RULES OF ENGAGEMENT	CBS	4.7	.812

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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