Black TV Ratings for Week of November 12 - 18
Black viewers favored a 'normal' week of TV between the election and Thanksgiving

(November 26, 2012) In the week following the election and before the Thanksgiving holiday, Black TV viewers settled into their usual favorite shows. This boded well for popular dramas like ABC's "Scandal" and CBS's "Person of Interest." It also meant a willing Black audience for specials like the Grammy salute to Whitney Houston and the American Music Awards. And as, usual, football topped the list of must see TV.

CBS took back the mantle of most watched network in a week of casual viewing, with 12 shows on the chart that pulled in 14.9 million viewers. NBC was second with 9.1 million watching five of its shows. ABC again was third with 6.6 million viewers across five programs.

Nielsen data claimed 35.4 million viewers watched the Top 25 most popular shows. That's a 12 percent increase over the previous week.

Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households

 Rank | Program | Network | % AA Homes | % of AA | No. Viewers 2+

1	NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	NBC	15.7	7.7	2,909
2	SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK	NBC	11.6	5.7	2,135
3	GRAMMY SALUTE-W. HOUSTON	CBS	10.9	5.4	2,042
4	SCANDAL	ABC	10.4	4.8	1,796
5	FOOTBALL NITE AMERICA PT 3	NBC	8.9	4.4	1,661
6	60 MINUTES	CBS	8.7	4.1	1,547
7	PERSON OF INTEREST	CBS	8.3	4.2	1,586
8	NCIS: LOS ANGELES	CBS	8.1	3.9	1,464
9	VEGAS	CBS	7.2	3.3	1,243
10	X-FACTOR-WED	FOX	7.0	3.8	1,419
11	DANCING WITH THE STARS	ABC	7.0	3.3	1,231
12	NCIS	CBS	7.0	3.3	1,243
13	CSI	CBS	6.9	3.3	1,242
14	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	6.8	3.3	1,256
15	GREY'S ANATOMY	ABC	6.6	3.0	1,114
16	VOICE	NBC	6.5	3.3	1,233
17	VOICE-TUE	NBC	6.5	3.2	1,220
18	DANCING W/STARS RESULTS	ABC	6.4	3.1	1,167
19	40TH ANNIV AMER MUSIC AWD	ABC	6.4	3.5	1,322
20	X-FACTOR-THU	FOX	6.2	3.3	1,251
21	UNDERCOVER BOSS	CBS	6.1	3.0	1,123
22	CSI: NY	CBS	5.9	2.8	1,072
23	THE GOOD WIFE	CBS	5.8	2.7	1,024
24	ELEMENTARY	CBS	5.8	3.0	1,114
25	AMAZING RACE 21	CBS	5.3	2.6	989

Source: The Nielsen Co.. Number of viewers ages 2+ shown in thousands (1,000 = 1 million). Rankings are based on share of black households. Representing more than 13.45 million television households in the U.S., the African-American television audience is the largest minority segment in Nielsen's measurement samples. All times eastern.

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