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TV
Ratings for Week of September 15 - 21 Sunday
Night Football reaches 3 million; CBS tightens its hold as top network
(September 23, 2008) NBC's Sunday Night Football again was the most
popular show of the week in black households, topping just over 3
million viewers. In fact, NFL programming claimed three of the top five
positions on the Top 25 chart.
CBS, led by second place winner 60 Minutes, boasted 14 shows on the
chart, for a total of 16.5 million viewers from the Top 25 shows. NBC
was a distant second most watched network with 7.5 million, followed by
Fox which had 5.4 million.
The total number of viewers watching the Top 25, according to Nielsen
Media Research, increased four percent over the previous week 32.8
million.
Top 25
Broadcast Shows in Black Households
Rank | Program | Network | AA Rating | AA
Share | No. of Viewers2+
1
SUNDAY
NIGHT FOOTBALL
NBC
15.6
8.4
3.106
2
60 MINUTES
CBS
11.4
6.0
2.213
3
SUN NIGHT
NFL PRE-KICK
NBC
9.9
5.3
1.953
4
FRINGE
FOX
8.9
4.2
1.559
5
NFL
SUNDAY-PST GN-NAT
FOX
8.6
4.4
1.617
6
FLASHPOINT
CBS
7.9
3.6
1.334
7
CSI
CBS
7.9
3.7
1.356
8
FOOTBALL
NT AMERICA PT 3
NBC
7.7
3.9
1.449
9
HOUSE
FOX
7.5
3.5
1.296
10
AMERICA'S
TOP MODEL-5
CW
7.2
3.5
1.293
11
CSI: NY
CBS
7.1
3.3
1.223
12
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
6.9
3.2
1.196
13
COLD CASE
CBS
6.3
3.0
1.117
14
CRIMINAL
MINDS
CBS
6.2
2.8
1.051
15
CSI - 8PM
SPECIAL
CBS
6.2
2.9
1.079
16
COLD CASE
8PM SPECIAL
CBS
6.2
3.0
1.120
17
CRIMINAL
MINDS SUNDAY-SP
CBS
5.9
2.9
1.065
18
NCIS
CBS
5.9
2.8
1.050
19
PRIMETIME
EMMY AWARDS
ABC
5.7
2.8
1.037
20
FOOTBALL
NT AMERICA PT 2
NBC
5.4
2.7
1.013
21
WITHOUT A
TRACE
CBS
5.4
2.6
.973
22
BIG
BROTHER 10-TUE
CBS
5.3
2.5
.939
23
NUMB3RS
9PM
CBS
5.3
2.2
.823
24
GREY'S
ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
5.2
2.6
.977
25
PRISON
BREAK
FOX
5.1
2.6
.961
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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