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TV
Ratings for Week of September 1 - 7 Sports is
the theme for viewer's favorites; NBC takes top network honors (September
11, 2008) Football is back, and it instantly returns to its usual
position at the top of black viewers list of most popular shows for the
first week of September. NBC's Sunday Night Football led the chart,
while its Thursday and Sunday night NFL specials took second place. Both
shows drew at least two million viewers.
NBC was the most watched network for the week with 10.6 million viewers.
Fox was second with 9 millions, followed by CBS with 7.3 million.
The total number of viewers for the top 25 most popular shows, according
to Nielsen, jumped by 29.9% over the previous week to 30.2 million from
23.3 million.
Top 25
Broadcast Shows in Black Households
Rank | Program | Network | AA Rating | AA
Share | No. of Viewers2+
1
SUN NIGHT
FOOTBALL
NBC
13.1
6.9
2.554
2
NFL
THURSDAY SPECIAL
NBC
10.4
5.7
2.094
3
THE OT
FOX
9.3
4.8
1.769
4
SUN NIGHT
NFL PRE-KICK
NBC
9.0
4.8
1.771
5
US OPEN
TEN-SUN-FINAL
CBS
6.5
3.4
1.247
6
60 MINUTES
CBS
6.3
3.2
1.190
7
FOOTBALL
NT AMER PT 3
NBC
6.2
3.2
1.196
8
AMERICA'S
TOP MODEL-5
CW
6.1
2.9
1.089
9
HOLE IN
WALL PVW1 9/7
FOX
5.8
3.4
1.249
10
SMARTER
THAN 5TH 9/5-9P
FOX
5.5
3.0
1.119
11
NCIS
CBS
5.5
3.0
1.107
12
AMERICA'S
GOT TALENT
NBC
5.5
3.0
1.097
13
FRIDAY
NIGHT SMACKDOWN
CW
5.3
3.2
1.192
14
BIG
BROTHER 10-TUE
CBS
5.2
2.6
.961
15
AMW:
AMERICA FIGHTS BACK
FOX
5.1
3.0
1.093
16
CSI
CBS
5.1
2.5
.926
17
DECISION
'08 REP CONV THU
NBC
5.1
2.6
.975
18
PRISON
BREAK
FOX
5.1
2.7
.986
19
AMERICA'S
GOT TALENT-WED
NBC
5.0
2.6
.969
20
BIG
BROTHER 10-THU
CBS
5.0
2.7
1.001
21
SMARTER
THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5.0
2.4
.899
22
COPS 2
FOX
4.9
2.9
1.071
23
HOUSE
FOX
4.8
2.5
.912
24
BIG
BROTHER 10-SUN
CBS
4.7
2.6
.967
25
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4.6
2.3
.833
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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