Fox's 'Empire' audience continues to climb after four consecutive weeks

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(February 10, 2015) Fox’s unprecedented hit drama, “Empire” has set a record among television debuts with four straight weeks of audience growth. Of the 11.4 million of overall viewers, its core viewership of fans is 67 percent Black — the highest ever recorded for any prime time series. Move over Olivia and Annalise, Taraji P. Henson’s Cookie is the new queen of prime time.
CBS managed to remain the most popular TV network in Black households, with 17.4 million tuning into 13 of its shows on the Top 25 for the first week of February. Fox was second posting 13.25 million across just five programs. ABC took third with 10 million for four shows.
The total number of viewers for the most popular TV shows in Black homes, according to Nielsen, was down 28 percent from the previous Super Bowl week to 43.5 million.
Black TV Ratings for Week of February 2 – 8
Top 25 Broadcast TV Shows in Black Households

Rank | Program | Network | % of AA Homes | % of AA P2+ | No. of Viewers (000)

1 EMPIRE FOX 36.3 19.7 7,669
2 SCANDAL ABC 20.6 10.4 4,061
3 GRAMMY AWARDS CBS 18.8 10.7 4,163
4 HOW TO GET AWAY W/MURDER ABC 18.1 9.1 3,548
5 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 10.3 5.3 2,061
6 GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 8.6 4.0 1,549
7 NCIS: NEW ORLEANS CBS 7.6 3.7 1,429
8 NCIS CBS 7.5 3.6 1,397
9 BLUE BLOODS CBS 6.6 2.9 1,133
10 HAWAII FIVE-0 CBS 6.5 2.8 1,103
11 AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY FOX 6.4 3.3 1,278
12 NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 6.2 3.1 1,210
13 PERSON OF INTEREST CBS 6.1 3.1 1,226
14 GOTHAM FOX 5.9 3.3 1,280
15 APPRENTICE 14 NBC 5.7 2.7 1,046
16 60 MINUTES CBS 5.7 2.6 1,004
17 UNDERCOVER BOSS CBS 5.5 2.5 967
18 STALKER CBS 5.5 2.6 1,010
19 THE BIG BANG THEORY CBS 5.1 2.7 1,056
20 CHICAGO PD NBC 4.8 2.3 896
21 BLACKLIST NBC 4.8 2.5 970
22 SCORPION CBS 4.6 2.3 894
23 SLEEPY HOLLOW FOX 4.6 2.4 939
24 SHARK TANK ABC 4.5 2.2 866
25 48 HOURS CBS 4.4 2.1 835

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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