In its second week as the newest entry on the Fox network, “Empire” attracted an even larger audience than in its debut week. The Wednesday prime time drama had a 13 percent increase among all Black viewers, for a total of 6.3 million. Black viewers were 61 percent of the total of 10.3 million that tuned in, placing the show at No.11 among all prime time programs for the second week of January.
CBS remained the most watched TV network in Black households, with 21.5 million across 14 of its shows on the Top 25. Fox took second place in the network race, posting 12.9 million viewers for six of its charted programs. At a distant third was ABC with 2.5 million for just three shows.
The total number of viewers for the Top 25 shows in Black homes, according to Nielsen, was down 13 percent from the previous week to 38.9 million.
Black TV Ratings for Week of January 12 – 18
Top 25 Broadcast TV Shows in Black Households
Rank | Program | Network | % of AA Homes | % of AA P2+ | No. of Viewers (000)
| 1 | EMPIRE | FOX | 30.5 | 16.3 | 6,347 |
| 2 | AFC CHAMPIONSHIP ON CBS | CBS | 22.6 | 12.9 | 5,031 |
| 3 | AFC CHAMPIONSHIP POST GAME ON CBS | CBS | 13.1 | 7.1 | 2,753 |
| 4 | AMERICAN IDOL – WED | FOX | 10.7 | 5.3 | 2,070 |
| 5 | SCORPION – SUNDAY | CBS | 8.8 | 4.5 | 1,769 |
| 6 | EMPIRE-SP 1/12 8P | FOX | 7.5 | 3.4 | 1,344 |
| 7 | NCIS: NEW ORLEANS | CBS | 7.4 | 3.4 | 1,320 |
| 8 | AMERICAN IDOL – THURS | FOX | 7.3 | 3.7 | 1,427 |
| 9 | NCIS | CBS | 7.1 | 3.4 | 1,317 |
| 10 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 6.7 | 3.3 | 1,272 |
| 11 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 6.7 | 3.3 | 1,272 |
| 12 | HAWAII FIVE-0 | CBS | 6.1 | 2.8 | 1,111 |
| 13 | APPRENTICE 14 | NBC | 5.7 | 2.5 | 982 |
| 14 | UNDERCOVER BOSS | CBS | 5.6 | 2.9 | 1,123 |
| 15 | STALKER | CBS | 5.1 | 2.8 | 1,078 |
| 16 | BLACK-ISH | ABC | 5.0 | 2.3 | 916 |
| 17 | CHICAGO PD | NBC | 4.8 | 2.3 | 906 |
| 18 | SHARK TANK | ABC | 4.8 | 2.3 | 916 |
| 19 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 4.8 | 2.5 | 973 |
| 20 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | CBS | 4.6 | 2.3 | 901 |
| 21 | ELEMENTARY | CBS | 4.5 | 2.2 | 849 |
| 22 | MASTERCHEF JUNIOR | FOX | 4.4 | 2.4 | 933 |
| 23 | MULANEY | FOX | 4.4 | 2.2 | 852 |
| 24 | THE MENTALIST | CBS | 4.4 | 2.0 | 786 |
| 25 | 20/20-FRI | ABC | 4.4 | 1.9 | 750 |
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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