'So You Think You Can Dance' struts to the No. 1 spot on top 25

The Week of August 14 – 20
'So You Think You Can Dance' struts to the No. 1 spot on top 25

(August 22, 2006) Black contestants make the difference for Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” reaching the number one position on the top 25 of most popular shows in black households. The summer replacement rose from a second place finish last week. Likewise, CBS' third place posting for “60 Minutes” benefited from having an African-American featured – namely Michael Jordan – in a repeat of an earlier interview.

NBC’s "Sunday Night Football" broadcast didn’t fare as well this week against its future head-to-head rival on UPN. The “Girlfriends” repeat episode finished fifth while the pre-season NFL game posted an eleventh place win with just under a million households.

There was a three-way tie between Fox, CBS and ABC for the week’s most-watched network. Each of them had six shows on the list. The overall number of black households viewing the top 25 was 22.3 million, a two percent drop over the previous week.

Top 25 Over-The-Air Shows in Black Households

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 (the percentage of
black households) is identical.

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