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Cable TV Ratings for Week of September 8 - 14
'Payne' beats NFL for No.1 and gives TBS most watched cable network
title (September
17, 2008) In their first head-to-head match-up of the season, Tyler
Perry's House of Payne overtakes ESPN's Monday Night Football to take
the week's No.1 spot on the Top 25 most popular cable shows. The sitcom
also took the third, fourth and fifth spots.
"Payne" delivered the most watched network of the week title to TBS,
thanks to its 6.9 million viewers. VH1 was second with 2.8 million,
followed by BET which claimed 2.6 million.
The total number of viewers for the Top 25, according to Nielsen,
dropped by three percent, when compared to the previous week, to 23.4
million.
Top 25
Cable Shows in Black Households
Rank | Program | Network | AA Rating | AA
Share | Viewers 2+
1
HOUSE OF
PAYNE
TBS
9.7
13.7
1,932
2
NFL
REGULAR SEASON
ESPN
9.4
15.4
1,839
3
HOUSE OF
PAYNE
TBS
9.4
13.7
1,892
4
HOUSE OF
PAYNE
TBS
8.9
12.7
1,815
5
HOUSE OF
PAYNE
TBS
6.8
10.1
1,274
6
CLOSER,
THE
TNT
6.0
8.5
1,123
7
RAISING
THE BAR
TNT
4.9
7.0
898
8
FROM GS TO
GENTS
MTV
4.8
7.0
891
9
I LOVE
MONEY
VH1
4.6
6.5
842
10
WWE
ENTERTAINMENT
USA
4.6
6.6
854
11
ARMY WIVES
LIFE TIME
4.5
6.5
797
12
THE FIRST
48
A&E
4.4
6.2
704
13
MAKING THE
BAND 4
MTV
4.4
6.2
774
14
LUKES
PARENTAL ADVISORY
VH1
4.3
6.2
704
15
WWE
ENTERTAINMENT
USA
4.2
6.0
806
16
BET MOVIE
OF THE WEEK
BET
4.0
6.4
815
17
SATURDAY
MOVIE III
LIFE TIME
3.9
6.2
652
18
NEW YORK
GOES 2 HOLLYWOOD
VH1
3.6
5.1
650
19
COMICVIEW:
ONE MIC STAND
BET
3.6
5.2
627
20
HANNAH
MONTANA
DISNEY
3.5
5.2
563
21
CHARLIE &
THE CHOCOLATE
DISNEY
3.5
5.4
637
22
I WANT TO
WORK FOR DIDDY
VH1
3.5
4.9
612
23
WIZARDS OF
WAVERLY PLACE
DISNEY
3.4
5.0
543
24
SOMEBODIES
BET
3.4
5.2
661
25
SOMEBODIES
BET
3.3
4.9
542
Source: Nielsen Media
Research. Based on live and same day viewing. Number of viewers shown in
thousands. 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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Hunter-Miller Group
Nia Enterprises
Radio One
R. L. Polk
Starcom MediaVest
U.S. Census Bureau
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