Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of October 20 – 26
(October 30, 2014) ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” the perennial favorite for most watched cable show in Black households, returned to No.1. But viewing for the Top 25 cable shows was down 18 or five million viewers for the third week in October, with only eight shows claiming a million or more Black watchers.
VH1 was the week’s most watched cable network among the Top 25, with five million across four shows. Second place went to OWN for 3.2 million over three shows. ESPN took third with 2.9 million viewers for just two shows.
According to Nielsen, the total number of viewers for the Top 25 favorite shows in Black homes was down five million from the previous week to 23.2 million.
Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households
 Rank | Program | Network | AA Rating | AA Share | AA Viewers 2+(000)
| 1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON | ESPN | 10.4 | 14.8 | 2,149 |
| 2 | LOVE & HIP HOP HOLLYWOOD | VH1 | 9.2 | 13.1 | 1,815 |
| 3 | IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG | OWN | 8.0 | 11.2 | 1,572 |
| 4 | WALKING DEAD | AMC | 6.5 | 9.0 | 1,490 |
| 5 | T.I. AND TINY 4 | VH1 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 1,249 |
| 6 | TINY & SHEKINAHS WEAVE TR | VH1 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 1,081 |
| 7 | FOR BETTER OR WORSE | OWN | 5.3 | 7.8 | 1,055 |
| 8 | REAL HUSBANDS S3 | BET | 5.1 | 7.2 | 931 |
| 9 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 4.9 | 6.8 | 953 |
| 10 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 4.9 | 7.0 | 1,028 |
| 11 | LOVE & HIP HOP HOLLYWOOD | VH1 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 921 |
| 12 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT | USA | 4.7 | 6.7 | 947 |
| 13 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME | ESPN | 3.8 | 6.4 | 834 |
| 14 | AMERICAN DAD | ADULT SWIM |
3.4 | 5.1 | 613 |
| 15 | TAMAR & VINCE | WETV | 3.4 | 5.0 | 594 |
| 16 | AMERICAN DAD | ADULT SWIM |
3.3 | 4.8 | 661 |
| 17 | SUNDAY MOVIE III | LIFETIME | 3.2 | 4.6 | 658 |
| 18 | WWE FRI NIGHT SMACKDOWN | SYFY | 3.1 | 5.0 | 628 |
| 19 | FOR BETTER OR WORSE | OWN | 3.0 | 4.4 | 593 |
| 20 | SUNDAY MOVIE II | LIFETIME | 3.0 | 4.5 | 628 |
| 21 | DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE SHORT | DISNEY | 3.0 | 4.3 | 626 |
| 22 | BOONDOCKS, THE | ADULT SWIM |
2.9 | 4.7 | 611 |
| 23 | TOY STORY OF TERROR | DISNEY | 2.9 | 4.1 | 592 |
| 24 | REAL HUSBANDS S3 | BET | 2.9 | 4.3 | 514 |
| 25 | BAD GIRLS CLUB | OXYGEN | 2.9 | 4.3 | 586 |
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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