Cable Ratings for Week of Sept. 24 - 30
Cable’s top 25 shows a virtual repeat of last week with ‘Payne’ at No.1

(October 4, 2007) Black households were set in their ways for the last two week with the order of the top five most shows remaining the same for the third and fourth week of September. “House of Payne” took the four of the five slots, and claimed 6.2 million black homes in its back-to-back-to-back triple airing on Wednesday night.

Disney was the winning network, with “High School Musical” as its best performer. BET did almost as well with eight chart makers. TBS had four (all of them “Payne”) while USA and ESPN both posted two shows.

The total number of black households watching the top 25 most popular cable shows, according to Nielsen Media Research, was18.3 million, or virtually the same as the previous week.

Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households

 Rank | Program | Network | Rating | # of Homes

1	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	18.0	1,713
2	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	18.4	1,668
3	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	16.0	1,530
4	NFL REGULAR SEASON	ESPN	15.5	1,423
5	HOUSE OF PAYNE	TBS	13.8	1,303
6	HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL	DISNEY	7.7	727
7	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	7.4	714
8	WWE ENTERTAINMENT	USA	7.5	704
9	HIP HOP V AMER PT 2	BET	7.8	685
10	HIP HOP V AMER PT 1	BET	7.2	637
11	SKY HIGH	DISNEY	6.5	547
12	HELL DATE	BET	5.6	530
13	THATS SO RAVEN	DISNEY	5.4	517
14	COLL FTBL-SAT PRIME	ESPN	6.0	506
15	CONFESSIONS/TEENAGE DRAMA	DISNEY	5.8	489
16	BLACK CARPET	BET	5.6	489
17	S SUITE LIFE OF ZACK&CODY	DISNEY	5.1	489
18	HELL DATE	BET	5.1	485
19	THATS SO RAVEN	DISNEY	5.0	473
20	HELL DATE	BET	5.0	468
21	HELL DATE	BET	5.0	464
22	LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE	DISNEY	5.0	458
23	JUMP IN!	DISNEY	5.0	456
24	S SUITE LIFE OF ZACK&CODY	DISNEY	4.8	443
25	MOVIE OF THE WEEK	BET	5.2	436

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Number of homes
shown in thousands. 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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