Black viewers drop 'American Idol' for 'CSI' as favorite primetime programming

The Week of May 8- 14
Black viewers drop 'American Idol' for 'CSI' as favorite primetime programming

(May 16, 2006) The reign of “American Idol” as the No. 1 show on the top ten of black households appears to be over. With African-American contestants out of running for winner of the talent reality show, black viewers have moved to CBS’ “CSI” as their favorite. The network took three of the top four spots on the list during the second week of May sweeps..

“Without A Trace” enjoyed the coat tails of its lead-in on Thursday night, while CSI: Miami did well against its Monday night competition against UPN’s “Girlfriends” and “All of Us.” The total black audience for the top ten list was 18.8 million, a paltry two percent gain over the previous week’s total.

Rank | Program | Network | Rating | # of Homes

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Number of homes shown in millions. Ranking
based on percentage of black households.
Shows are considered tied when rating

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