Look at this: While Tuesday’s American Idol performance show finale was down from last year, the Wednesday results show posted a definite increase. Idol drew 29.3 million viewers and an 9.2 rating among adults 18-49 — up 12 percent from last season’s closing episode. The reason is probably the lack of competition last night compared
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Fox's American Idol won last week's ratings race, as usual, but for the first time in five weeks, the Wednesday night results hour (23.6 million viewers) -- which saw rocker chick Allison Iraheta sent home -- bested Tuesday's perfor... Read Post
Fox's American Idol continued its season 8 ratings roller-coaster ride Tuesday night, averaging 23.5 million viewers for 90 minutes of performances and painful critiques. That's down 10 percent from last week's special Wednesday air... Read Post
Fox’s American Idol performance finale was down slightly from last year in the ratings. Tuesday’s show delivered 20 million viewers and a 6.2 preliminary adults 18-49 rating, down 7 percent from last season. That rating will probabl... Read Post