(October 23, 2014) BET got a boost from its airing of the Hip Hop Awards hosted by Uncle Snoop, aka Snoop Dogg. The awards show took No.1 on the Top 25 cable shows in Black households for the third week of October and pulled BET slightly ahead of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.”
BET was the most watched cable network among those on the Top 25, with 8.6 million viewers across seven shows. VH1 fell to second place from the previous week, claiming 5.7 million watching four of its shows. OWN was third with a distant 3.2 million for three shows.
The total number of viewers for the Top 25 most popular shows in Black homes, according to Nielsen, was 28.5 million, or 11 percent less than the previous week’s total.
Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households
 Rank | Program | Network | AA Rating | AA Share | AA Viewers 2+(000)
| 1 | BET HIP HOP AWARDS | BET | 11.2 | 16.6 | 2,581 |
| 2 | NFL MON NIGHT FOOTBALL | ESPN | 11.1 | 15.9 | 2,198 |
| 3 | LOVE & HIP HOP HOLLYWOOD | VH1 | 10.1 | 14.4 | 2,008 |
| 4 | REAL HUSBANDS S3 | BET | 9.8 | 14.5 | 2,238 |
| 5 | IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG | OWN | 7.1 | 10.4 | 1,565 |
| 6 | T.I. AND TINY 4 | VH1 | 6.8 | 9.5 | 1,416 |
| 7 | WALKING DEAD | AMC | 6.5 | 8.9 | 1,446 |
| 8 | TINY & SHEKINAHS WEAVE TR | VH1 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 1,284 |
| 9 | LOVE & HIP HOP HOLLYWOOD | VH1 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 1,078 |
| 10 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 5.1 | 7.0 | 1,006 |
| 11 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 4.9 | 7.1 | 948 |
| 12 | FOR BETTER OR WORSE | OWN | 4.9 | 7.2 | 1,040 |
| 13 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 4.7 | 6.7 | 979 |
| 14 | BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK | BET | 4.6 | 7.5 | 967 |
| 15 | BET HIP HOP AWARDS | BET | 4.3 | 6.9 | 873 |
| 16 | WWE FRI NIGHT SMACKDOWN | SYFY | 4.1 | 6.8 | 868 |
| 17 | BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES | WETV | 4.1 | 5.9 | 819 |
| 18 | BET HIP HOP AWARDS | BET | 4.0 | 6.3 | 786 |
| 19 | AMERICAN DAD | ADULT SWIM |
3.5 | 5.3 | 743 |
| 20 | BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK | BET | 3.4 | 4.9 | 632 |
| 21 | THE FIRST 48 | A&E | 3.3 | 4.8 | 591 |
| 22 | AMERICAN DAD | ADULT SWIM |
3.2 | 4.8 | 601 |
| 23 | AMERICAN DAD | ADULT SWIM |
3.2 | 4.7 | 655 |
| 24 | BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK | BET | 3.1 | 4.6 | 561 |
| 25 | FOR BETTER OR WORSE | OWN | 3.0 | 4.6 | 676 |
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.
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