Cable Ratings for Week of Sept. 3-9
‘House of Payne’ returns to No.1; BET and Disney share week’s top cable network

(September 13, 2007) TBS was able to laugh its way back to the top of the most popular cable shows with black households, thanks to the new, rock solid popularity of “House of Payne” The show took first and second place for the first week of September, and was the only program to attract over one million black households.

School may back in session, but young viewers still pushed BET and Disney into a tie for No.1 with seven shows each on the chart. TBS logged three shows. All other networks posted two shows each.

The total number of black households watching the top 25 cable shows, according to Nielsen Media Research, was 15.3 million, a drop of 26 percent over the previous week.

Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households

 Rank | Program | Network | Rating | # of Homes

1	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	15.2	1,415
2	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	13.9	1,238
3	VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	MTV	10.1	958
4	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	8.6	749
5	COLL FTBALL-MON PRIME	ESPN	8.3	706
6	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	7.9	700
7	HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2	DISNEY	8.5	699
8	THECLOSER	TNT	7.7	685
9	BALDWIN HILLS	BET	6.5	579
10	KIM POSSIBLE MOVIE	DISNEY	6.7	571
11	BALDWIN HILLS	BET	6.3	566
12	CORY IN THE HOUSE	DISNEY	6.3	533
13	MOVIE OF THE WEEK	BET	6.1	530
14	COLL FTBL-SAT PRIME	ESPN	6.5	529
15	HANNAH MONTANA	DISNEY	6.0	513
16	EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND	TBS	5.4	504
17	S KIM POSSIBLE	DISNEY	5.9	502
18	HELL DATE	BET	5.3	502
19	2007 VMA PRE-SHOW	MTV	5.2	488
20	KIM POSSIBLE: A SITCH	DISNEY	5.8	485
21	LAW & ORDER	TNT	5.1	472
22	HELL DATE	BET	4.9	469
23	GIRLFRIENDS	BET	5.0	465
24	S KIM POSSIBLE	DISNEY	5.7	464
25	MOVIE OF THE WEEK	BET	5.3	464

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Number of homes
shown in thousands (1,000 = 1 million). Representing
more than 13.45 million television households in the
U.S., the African-American television audience is the
largest minority segment in Nielsen measurement samples.
All times eastern.


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