The Week of April 9 – 15
'Charm School' takes No. 1 for first time; Nickelodeon is week’s winning network

(April 23, 2007) Even though the younger members of black households were home for the Easter break, VH1 managed to hold on to it grip over the top of the top 25 most popular cable shows. “Charm School” took the number one position, doing even better than its Sunday night lead-in, “I Love New York.”

BET took third and fifth place with “College Hill” and “Run’s House” respectively. But the kids were home from school and in charge of the remote, thus making Nickelodeon the week’s winning cable network with seven shows on the top 25. VH1, BET, Disney and TNT had a four-way tie for second with three shows each.

The total number of black households watching the top 25 cable shows during the third week of April was 17.1 million, a drop of about five percent over the previous week.

Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households

 Rank | Program | Network | Rating | # of Homes

1	CHARM SCHOOL	VH1	22.1	2,096
2	I LOVE NEW YORK	VH1	19.7	1,938
3	COLLEGE HILL	BET	10.1	985
4	WWE ENTER’MENT	USA	9.9	945
5	RUNS HOUSE	BET	7.9	755
6	WWE ENTER’MENT	USA	7.7	744
7	I LOVE NEW YORK	VH1	7.3	666
8	RUNS HOUSE	MTV	6.4	617
9	SPONGEBOB	NICK	8.0	614
10	NBA REG SEASON	ESPN	7.2	575
11	SUNDAY MOVIE III	LIFETIME	5.7	542
12	SOPRANOS, THE	HBO	5.4	533
13	NBA BASKETBALL	TNT	6.5	527
14	BIG FAT LIAR	DISNEY	5.8	506
15	SPONGEBOB	NICK	5.6	501
16	WALKING TALL	TNT	5.2	490
17	SPONGEBOB	NICK	5.8	467
18	SPONGEBOB	NICK	5.5	458
19	CORY IN THE HOUSE	DISNEY	5.6	457
20	DRAKE & JOSH	NICK	5.1	456
21	SPONGEBOB	NICK	5.3	453
22	SPONGEBOB	NICK	5.2	447
23	STUCK IN THE SUBURBS	DISNEY	4.9	446
24	NBA BASKETBALL	TNT	4.9	445
25	GIRLFRIENDS	BET	4.7	441

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Number of homes
shown in thousan.


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