Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of September 8 – 14
The OWN network’s Sept. 9 debut of Tyler Perry’s “If Loving You Is Wrong” was the biggest premiere in the channel’s history. Of the 1.9 million of all viewers that watched, 1.8 million were black, and the show delivered a 1.47 rating among women 25-54.
VH1 repeated as the most watched cable network among the Top 25, with eight million viewers across four shows. OWN took second with 5.9 million for five shows. ESPN was third among cable networks with 4.2 million for its two “Monday Night Football” programs.
The total number of viewers for the Top 25 most popular cable shows is black households, according to Nielsen, was 29.8 million, or 12 percent more than the previous week.
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Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households
Rank | Program | Network | AA Rating | AA Share | AA Viewers 2+(000)
| 1 | LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 3 | VH1 | 15.7 | 22.8 | 3,217 |
| 2 | NFL REGULAR SEASON | ESPN | 10.5 | 15.7 | 2,140 |
| 3 | NFL REGULAR SEASON | ESPN | 10.3 | 16.9 | 2,080 |
| 4 | T.I. AND TINY 4 | VH1 | 10.2 | 14.2 | 2,084 |
| 5 | IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG | OWN | 9.5 | 14.1 | 1,816 |
| 6 | IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG | OWN | 9.3 | 13.8 | 1,829 |
| 7 | ATLANTA EXES | VH1 | 7.6 | 10.7 | 1,376 |
| 8 | LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 3 | VH1 | 7.4 | 11.0 | 1,405 |
| 9 | BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES | WETV | 5.2 | 7.7 | 1,023 |
| 10 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 5.1 | 7.4 | 1,055 |
| 11 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 5.1 | 7.0 | 1,092 |
| 12 | LOVE THY NEIGHBOR | OWN | 4.7 | 7.0 | 942 |
| 13 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 4.6 | 6.7 | 928 |
| 14 | BAD GIRLS CLUB | OXYGEN | 4.6 | 7.1 | 964 |
| 15 | BRING IT! | LIFETIME | 4.4 | 6.4 | 940 |
| 16 | IYANLA, FIX MY LIFE | OWN | 4.0 | 6.3 | 749 |
| 17 | SWV REUNITED | WETV | 3.8 | 5.7 | 804 |
| 18 | AMERICAN DAD | ADULT SWIM | 3.7 | 5.5 | 765 |
| 19 | WWE FRI NIGHT SMACKDOWN | SYFY | 3.5 | 5.7 | 744 |
| 20 | FAMILY GUY | ADULT SWIM | 3.4 | 5.1 | 680 |
| 21 | SONS OF ANARCHY | FX | 3.4 | 5.2 | 749 |
| 22 | HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS | OWN | 3.4 | 5.2 | 569 |
| 23 | PREACHERS OF LA | OXYGEN | 3.3 | 4.9 | 623 |
| 24 | NFLN THURS NITE FOOTBALL | NFL NET | 3.3 | 4.9 | 659 |
| 25 | SISTERHOOD OF HIP HOP | OXYGEN | 3.3 | 4.9 | 623 |
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 eastern.