TV Ratings for Week of Jan. 7 - 13
Terminator, football boost Fox in week's ratings; ties CBS for top network title

(January 15, 2008) Thanks to its college football coverage and the new series, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," the Fox took two of the three spots of the top 25 most popular shows with black households. Even though football was the favorite with all TV watchers, black viewers chose the Ohio vs LSU game over the NFL playoffs.

The coattails of its two winning shows allowed Fox to challenge CBS' usual domination as the week's most watched network. Both networks placed eight shows on the top 25. ABC claimed five, followed by NBC with four.

The total number of viewers for the top 25, according to Nielsen Media Research, was 44.6 million, or 11 percent more than the previous week.

Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households

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

1	NFC PLAYOFF-PST-SUN	FOX	12.0	4.324
2	AFC DIV PLAYOFF-SAT	CBS	9.8	3.542
3	TERMINATOR	FOX	8.0	2.872
4	BCS NATL CHAMP	FOX	7.8	2.789
5	GREY'S ANATOMY	ABC	5.5	1.964
6	LAW AND ORDER:SVU	NBC	5.5	1.977
7	FAMILY GUY	FOX	5.4	1.941
8	CSI	CBS	4.5	1.617
9	WITHOUT A TRACE	CBS	4.3	1.561
10	UGLY BETTY	ABC	4.4	1.583
11	LAW AND ORDER	NBC	4.2	1.494
12	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	4.1	1.473
13	AMERICAN DAD	FOX	4.3	1.537
14	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	3.6	1.302
15	NCIS	CBS	3.5	1.253
16	COPS	FOX	3.7	1.335
17	CSI: NY	CBS	3.9	1.393
18	AMW: AMER FIGHTS BACK	FOX	3.8	1.382
19	DEAL OR NO DEAL-WED	NBC	4.4	1.572
20	DANCE WAR	ABC	3.5	1.272
21	LAW AND ORDER:CI	NBC	3.9	1.391
22	WIFE SWAP	ABC	3.5	1.272
23	COPS 2	FOX	3.5	1.277
24	COMANCHE MOON 1	CBS	3.4	1.219
25	EXTRM MAKEOVER	ABC	3.6	1.302

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Number of viewers
ages 2+ shown in millions. 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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