The Week of April 30 – May 5
"American Idol" leads Fox’s hold on top 25; CBS places nine shows on the chart

(May 8, 2007) “American Idol” performed as usual in its popularity with black TV watchers last week. The Fox show actually improved its black household ratings by at least 200,000 homes for both the Tuesday and Wednesday editions. For the fifth consecutive week “Idol” took first and second place, and “House” captured third.

The winning network for the first week of May – and also the fifth consecutive week – was CBS, which had nine of the shows on the top 25 most popular with black households. ABC and the CW network both claimed five shows. Fox and NBC posted three entries.

The total number of black households watching the top 25 broadcast shows, according to Nielsen data, was 32 million, a 3.5 percent increase over the previous week.

Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households

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

1	AMER IDOL-WED	FOX	19.2	2.588
2	AMER IDOL-TUE	FOX	18.1	2.431
3	HOUSE	FOX	14.4	1.935
4	GREY'S ANATOMY	ABC	11.7	1.570
5	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	11.6	1.558
6	CSI: NY	CBS	9.8	1.324
7	WITHOUT A TRACE	CBS	9.6	1.294
8	GIRLFRIENDS	CW	9.6	1.293
9	DANCING… STARS-M	ABC	9.4	1.270
10	THE GAME	CW	9.4	1.262
11	DANCING… RESULT-T	ABC	8.6	1.159
12	CSI	CBS	8.6	1.152
13	ALL OF US	CW	8.4	1.128
14	AMER'S TOP MODEL-2	CW	8.4	1.127
15	LAW AND ORDER:SVU	NBC	8.2	1.101
16	UGLY BETTY	ABC	8.0	1.077
17	LAW AND ORDER	NBC	7.9	1.062
18	SHARK	CBS	7.8	1.051
19	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	7.6	1.021
20	COLD CASE	CBS	7.5	1.010
21	CSI: NY TUE SP	CBS	7.1	.949
22	EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS	CW	7.1	.951
23	DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES	ABC	7.0	.943
24	60 MINUTES	CBS	6.8	.921
25	DEAL OR NO DEAL	NBC	6.8	.914

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

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