ECONOMIC SOUL
 June 4, 2007 - vol. IV
It's Not Too Late to Make Hot Summer Plans

Taste of Chicago 6/29 - 7/8
It's the granddaddy of them all. Roasted corn dipped in Cajun butter, barbecue turkey legs, jerk chicken with red beans and callaloo, chocolate-dipped frozen bananas, grilled lobster tails, rainbow ice cream, and mixed with great music!

Essence Music Festival
New Orleans, LA
July 5 - 7, 2007
Soulful music fills the air at the Louisiana Superdome on one main stage and four super lounges in the celebration of multi-cultural music and arts.

 

Toronto Canada
Caribana Festival
July - August  Calypso, steel pan and elaborate masquerade. It's the largest Caribbean festival in North America. The two-week festival attracts more than a million participants annually, including hundreds of thousands of American tourists.


 

NBA Playoffs draw men back to cable to give TNT top spots and network win

It’s game on for the NBA playoffs, and the win or go home atmosphere attracted male viewers in black households back to the remote control. TNT was week’s dominant player, with basketball taking the top three spots on the top 25 chart and nine positions overall.

TNT was easily the week’s top network with seven entries. Second was BET with four, followed by VH1 which posted three shows.

The total number of black households watching the top 25 shows during the fourth week of May, according to Nielsen data, was 15.9 million. That’s a ten percent drop from the previous week’s total.

 Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households

 Rank | Program | Network | Rating | # of Homes

1

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT

14.8

1,182

2

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT

13.6

1,168

3

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT

11.2

1,053

4

NBA CONF FNLS

ESPN

10.7

1,005

5

COLLEGE HILL

BET

9.5

926

6

WWE ENT.

USA

9.2

887

7

WWE ENT.

USA

7.4

731

8

RUNS HOUSE

BET

6.8

659

9

INSIDE NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT

7.2

646

10

CHEETAH GIRLS 2

DISNEY

6.4

603

11

RUNS HOUSE

MTV

5.7

560

12

NBA DRAFT LOTTERY

ESPN

6.1

551

13

PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME

TNT

7.1

542

14

CELEBRITY FIT CLUB

VH1

6.6

532

15

EMPERORS NEW SCHOOL

DISNEY

4.9

496

16

CHARM SCHOOL

VH1

5.9

492

17

COLLEGE HILL

BET

5.9

483

18

ADVENTURE HOLLYHOOD SNEAK

MTV

5.0

477

19

PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME

TNT

5.7

442

20

FRESH PRINCE

NICK

4.8

436

21

PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME

TNT

5.1

430

22

NED DECLASSIFIED

NICK

5.9

427

23

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

BET

4.5

416

24

CHARM SCHOOL

VH1

5.4

414

25

SUNDAY MOVIE III

LIFET

5.0

413