The Week of April 16 - 22
‘Idol’ holds top spots for the week; CBS again to network with black households

(April 26, 2007) Fox’s “American Idol” seems permanently parked in first and second place on the top 25 shows in black households. The Tuesday and Wednesday versions drew a combined black audience of 4.8 million black homes during the third week of April.

The winning network for the week was CBS, which claimed eight programs on the chart. ABC followed with six shows. Fox had five, CW notched four and NBC posted two.

The total number of black households watching the top 25 shows, according to Nielsen, was 30.5 million. That’s just a slight dip of 1.5 percent compared to the previous week.

Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households

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

1	AMER IDOL-WED	FOX	19.6	2.636
2	AMER IDOL-TUE	FOX	16.6	2.226
3	HOUSE	FOX	13.7	1.849
4	GREY'S ANATOMY	ABC	12.1	1.629
5	DANCING…STARS-MON	ABC	10.7	1.434
6	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	10.3	1.384
7	AMER'S TOP MODEL-2	CW	10.1	1.353
8	SHARK	CBS	10.0	1.343
9	CSI: NY	CBS	9.9	1.328
10	DANCING…RESULT-TUE	ABC	9.0	1.210
11	UGLY BETTY	ABC	8.8	1.183
12	24	FOX	8.4	1.123
13	THE GAME	CW	8.2	1.100
14	CSI	CBS	7.7	1.037
15	GIRLFRIENDS	CW	7.2	.968
16	LAW AND ORDER: SVU	NBC	7.0	.940
17	DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES	ABC	6.7	.899
18	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	6.7	.907
19	THE UNIT	CBS	6.6	.893
20	ALL OF US	CW	6.5	.872
21	LAW AND ORDER	NBC	6.5	.876
22	OCTOBER ROAD	ABC	6.3	.847
23	NUMB3RS	CBS	6.3	.850
24	BONES	FOX	6.2	.839
25	CLOSE TO HOME	CBS	6.1	.824

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


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