TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 26 – Dec. 2
ABC’s ‘Dancing’ finale takes the week’s top two spot; CBS holds on as top network
 
(December 6, 2007) There’s nothing like the finale of a talent competition to bring America together as viewers. Literally nothing, since football rarely seems to able to make the No.1 spot as the most popular show with both black and white audiences on any more.

Both of ABC’s final shows of “Dancing with the Stars” captured the attention of more than two million black households, to give it the top two spots on the week’s top 25. After that, audiences went their separate ways. The NFL took the third, fourth and fifth positions [In white homes it was “Shrek,” “Housewives” and “The Grinch” respectively].

The network winner for the week was, again, CBS, which placed nine shows on the top 25. ABC followed with seven, while the CW had four, Fox with three and NBC notched two.

The total number of black viewers watching the top 25 shows during the final week of November was 41.1 million, which was an increase of four percent over the previous week.

Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households

Rank | Program | Network | Rating | No. of Viewers

1	DANCING W/STARS-MON	ABC	6.1	2.178
2	DANCING W/STARS-TU	ABC	5.6	2.001
3	THE OT	FOX	6.1	2.181
4	THE GAME	CW	5.9	2.115
5	SUN. NIGHT FOOTBALL	NBC	5.3	1.890
6	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	5.4	1.946
7	SHREK THE HALLS	ABC	6.0	2.144
8	CSI: NY	CBS	4.8	1.744
9	GIRLFRIENDS	CW	5.0	1.816
10	HOW GRINCH STOLE X'MAS	ABC	5.4	1.929
11	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	4.4	1.583
12	LAW AND ORDER:SVU	NBC	4.4	1.588
13	DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES	ABC	4.8	1.734
14	ALLSTATE BCS SELECT SHOW	FOX	4.6	1.656
15	HOUSE	FOX	4.6	1.671
16	CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS	ABC	4.8	1.743
17	60 MINUTES	CBS	4.1	1.457
18	AMERICA'S TOP MODEL-3	CW	3.9	1.420
19	THE UNIT	CBS	3.4	1.209
20	WITHOUT A TRACE	CBS	3.3	1.194
21	EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS	CW	4.0	1.442
22	UGLY BETTY	ABC	3.0	1.080
23	CSI	CBS	3.1	1.132
24	HALLMARK HALL OF FAME	CBS	3.0	1.093
25	NCIS	CBS	3.4	1.226

Source: Nielsen Media Research. Number of viewers
ages 2+ shown in millions. 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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