Cable TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 4 - 10
Super Tuesday coverage keeps CNN among favorites; USA week's top network

(February 13, 2008) The stakes for Barack Obama in last week's Super Tuesday primary races had enough black households' attention to again place CNN's three-hour coverage among the most popular cable programs. Not that the news channel didn’t have competition; two of BET's three shows on the chart also aired on Tuesday.

MTV took the No.1 spot with "Making The Band" and TBS' "House of Payne" block claimed second through fourth positions.

USA was the most watched network among the top 25 with five programs to its credit. TBS was second with four. CNN and BET both had three.

The total number of black viewers watching the top 25, according to Nielsen Media Research, was 22.8 million. That’s drop of 16 percent from the previous week.

Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households

 Rank | Program | Network | Rating | # of Viewers

1	MAKING THE BAND 4	MTV	9.6	1,544
2	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	9.2	1,374
3	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	8.8	1,309
4	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	8.7	1,235
5	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	7.6	1,180
6	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	7.7	1,213
7	MOVIE OF THE WEEK	BET	7.1	1,190
8	THE FIRST 48	A&E	7.0	795
9	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	6.8	1,042
10	THATS SO RAVEN	DISNEY	6.9	915
11	MOVIE OF THE WEEK	BET	7.0	816
12	NBA REG SEASON SUN	ESPN	6.2	794
13	CHICKEN LITTLE	DISNEY	6.9	903
14	FLAVOR OF LOVE 3 CAST SP	VH1	5.8	715
15	ELECTION CENTER: SUPER TUE	CNN	6.1	652
16	ELECTION CENTER:SUPER TUE	CNN	5.7	680
17	THE FIRST 48	A&E	5.7	679
18	LAW & ORDER: SVU	USA	5.5	721
19	LAW & ORDER: SVU	USA	5.6	684
20	PHINEAS AND FERB	DISNEY	5.8	823
21	LAW & ORDER: SVU	USA	5.3	735
22	TOP 25 DANCERS ALL TIME	BET	5.2	856
23	NBA BASKETBALL	TNT	5.5	659
24	ELECTION CENTER: SUPER TUE	CNN	5.2	654
25	AMERICAS BEST DANCE CREW	MTV	5.4	676

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.
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