Black TV Ratings for Week of September 8 – 14
(September 17, 2014) The debut of CBS’ Thursday Night Football attracted a total audience of 20.8 million viewers for the game, of which 18 percent — or 3.8 million — were Black. The broadcast gave CBS three shows in the top five for the week, and displaced the usual winner — NBC’s Sunday Night Football — for total audience and share.
CBS took back its regular title of most watched TV network in Black households thanks to the NFL, with 16.4 million watching 12 of its Top 25 shows. NBC was pushed to second place with 10.5 million viewers across seven shows. Fox had 4.5 million for five of its programs.
The total number of viewers for the Top 25 shows in Black households, according to Nielsen was 32.2 million, or a slight drop of two percent from the previous week.
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Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households
Rank | Program | Network | % of AA Homes | % of AA P2+ | No. of Viewers (000)
| 1 | CBS Â THURS NIGHT FOOTBALL | CBS | 19.2 | 9.9 | 3,859 |
| 2 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 16.8 | 8.9 | 3,485 |
| 3 | CBS THURSÂ NIGHT PRE-KICK | CBS | 12.6 | 6.6 | 2,563 |
| 4 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 10.8 | 5.8 | 2,267 |
| 5 | CBS THURSÂ NIGHT KICK-OFF2 | CBS | 9.8 | 5.2 | 2,011 |
| 6 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 8.3 | 4.3 | 1,673 |
| 7 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 8.2 | 3.9 | 1,527 |
| 8 | MASTERCHEF-SP 9/8 9P | FOX | 4.7 | 2.6 | 996 |
| 9 | EXTANT | CBS | 4.6 | 2.3 | 879 |
| 10 | BIG BROTHER-SUN | CBS | 4.6 | 2.4 | 954 |
| 11 | MASTERCHEF | FOX | 4.6 | 2.5 | 967 |
| 12 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED | NBC | 4.4 | 2.2 | 866 |
| 13 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 4.3 | 2.1 | 803 |
| 14 | 48 HRS:BLADE RUNNER:VRDCT | CBS | 4.2 | 2.0 | 792 |
| 15 | UNDER THE DOME | CBS | 4.2 | 2.0 | 789 |
| 16 | HELL’S KITCHEN | FOX | 4.2 | 2.3 | 894 |
| 17 | 48 HOURS | CBS | 4.2 | 2.0 | 793 |
| 18 | BOB’S BURGERS-SP 9/14 7P | FOX | 4.1 | 2.1 | 802 |
| 19 | HELL’S KITCHEN-SP 9/10 | FOX | 4.1 | 2.2 | 855 |
| 20 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 4.0 | 1.8 | 689 |
| 21 | BIG BROTHER-WED | CBS | 3.9 | 2.1 | 834 |
| 22 | MISS AMERICA COMPETITION | ABC | 3.8 | 1.8 | 695 |
| 23 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE | NBC | 3.8 | 2.2 | 849 |
| 24 | AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 8P | NBC | 3.8 | 1.9 | 722 |
| 25 | DATELINE FRI | NBC | 3.7 | 1.7 | 653 |
Source: Nielsen. 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 are eastern.
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