Black TV Ratings for Week of October 6 – 12
(October 16, 2014) For the third consecutive week, ABC’s Thursday night hit dramas “Scandal” and “How to Get Away With Murder” are drawing more Black viewers than Sunday Night or Thursday Night Football. The shows took the No.1 and 2 spots on the Top 25 for the second week of October.
CBS, however, did take the title for week’s most watched TV network. It had 15.3 million viewers across 11 of its shows. ABC was second with 12.5 million tuning into five of its programs. NBC was third, posting 11.2 million viewers for six shows.
The total number of viewers for the Top 25 shows in black households, according to Nielsen, was 45.8 million, virtually unchanged from the previous week’s total.
Top 25 Broadcast Shows in Black Households
Rank | Program | Network | % of AA Homes | % of AA P2+ | No. of Viewers (000)
| 1 | SCANDAL | ABC | 19.5 | 9.7 | 3,786 |
| 2 | HOW TO GET AWAY W/MURDER | ABC | 19.5 | 9.7 | 3,774 |
| 3 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 15.4 | 8.5 | 3,300 |
| 4 | THE OT | FOX | 15.0 | 8.7 | 3,412 |
| 5 | CBS THU NITE FOOTBALL | CBS | 13.6 | 6.8 | 2,646 |
| 6 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 12.0 | 6.6 | 2,583 |
| 7 | CBS THU NITE PRE-KICK | CBS | 9.6 | 4.6 | 1,806 |
| 8 | BLACK-ISH | ABC | 9.2 | 5.3 | 2,061 |
| 9 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 9.1 | 4.7 | 1,844 |
| 10 | GREY’S ANATOMY | ABC | 9.0 | 4.5 | 1,775 |
| 11 | SIMPSONS | FOX | 8.3 | 5.1 | 2,005 |
| 12 | CBS THU NITE KICK-OFF2 | CBS | 7.9 | 3.9 | 1,509 |
| 13 | NCIS: NEW ORLEANS | CBS | 7.1 | 3.4 | 1,335 |
| 14 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 6.5 | 3.0 | 1,185 |
| 15 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 6.5 | 3.2 | 1,247 |
| 16 | LAW AND ORDER:SVU | NBC | 6.5 | 3.1 | 1,217 |
| 17 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 6.5 | 2.9 | 1,123 |
| 18 | NCIS | CBS | 6.5 | 3.1 | 1,191 |
| 19 | GOTHAM | FOX | 6.2 | 3.3 | 1,281 |
| 20 | HAWAII FIVE-0 | CBS | 6.2 | 2.9 | 1,115 |
| 21 | VOICE | NBC | 6.2 | 3.0 | 1,190 |
| 22 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1,164 |
| 23 | THE GOOD WIFE | CBS | 6.0 | 2.9 | 1,117 |
| 24 | BLACKLIST | NBC | 5.9 | 3.0 | 1,159 |
| 25 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 5.9 | 2.7 | 1,054 |
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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