The Week of March 12 - 18
'American Idol' keeps Fox on top; ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ has best showing of season
 
(March 20, 2007) It was business as usual for the nation’s number one show, “American Idol,” as it took the top two spots on the latest chart of 25 most popular shows in black households. The Tuesday broadcast fell just shy of attracting three million black homes. ABC’s med drama, “Grey’s Anatomy,” has its season’s best rating by taking third place on the list.

CBS was again the run away winner in the top network category with nine programs on the top 25. Fox trailed at second with six entries, followed by ABC with five, the CW with four and NBC posting one.

The total number of black households watching the top 25 shows was 31.2 million, according to Nielsen data. That’s drop of 8.5 percent over the previous week.

Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households

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

1	AMERICAN IDOL-TUES	FOX	22.0	2.957
2	AMERICAN IDOL-WED	FOX	20.2	2.721
3	GREY'S ANATOMY	ABC	11.9	1.600
4	AMERS TOP MODEL-2	CW	10.9	1.460
5	WITHOUT A TRACE	CBS	10.6	1.420
6	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	9.8	1.313
7	CSI: NY	CBS	8.9	1.201
8	TIL DEATH	FOX	8.8	1.180
9	60 MINUTES	CBS	8.6	1.160
10	COLD CASE	CBS	8.1	1.090
11	24	FOX	8.1	1.096
12	NCAA BSKBL CHMP-SA-4	CBS	8.0	1.081
13	OCTOBER ROAD	ABC	7.9	1.058
14	AMERICA FIGHTS BACK	FOX	7.9	1.063
15	CSI TUESDAY SPECIAL	CBS	7.8	1.055
16	GAME, THE	CW	7.5	1.005
17	DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON	NBC	7.5	1.007
18	SUPERNANNY	ABC	7.4	.991
19	UGLY BETTY	ABC	7.4	.991
20	EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS	CW	7.3	.984
21	20/20-FRI	ABC	7.2	.975
22	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	7.2	.971
23	ALL OF US	CW	7.2	.974
24	SMARTER THAN 5TH…	FOX	7.2	.973
25	NCAA BSKBL CHP-EVEFR2	CBS	7.1	.949

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Number of homes
shown in millions. All times eastern.


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