Idol back to #1 show in television

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Following last night’s Top 5 Performance Show, AMERICAN IDOL Wednesday has now surpassed NBC’s The Voice as the #1 show of the season (6.2 vs. 6.1) – even including The Voice’s high rated post-Super Bowl premiere

FOX ranked #1 last night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens, Total Viewers and all other key demos and beat the #2 network (CBS) by +77% in the core demo and +61% in Total Viewers.

FOX has now won 16 consecutive Wednesdays among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54, and Teens.

  • AMERICAN IDOL:4.6/13, the same as last week’s Fast National (and will likely go up in the finals this afternoon to tie last week’s final rating)
    • IDOL was the #1 program of the night in Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers and beat the #2 show in the core demo (Modern Family) by  +15%.
    • AMERICAN IDOL outperformed Monday’s telecast of The Voice for the eighth straight week among Adults 18-49 and for the 13th straight week in Total Viewers
    • IDOL beat The Voice’s performance show this week by +31% in the core demo (4.6 vs. 3.5) and +72% in Total Viewers (16.3 vs. 9.5 Mil).

Competition

ABC

  • The Middle: 2.0/7, down -5% from three weeks ago to its season low
  • Suburgatory: 2.0/6, flat with its last original two weeks ago and is tied as its series low
  • Modern Family: 4.0/11, down -2% from two weeks ago to its season low
  • Apartment 23: 2.4/6, up +20% from last week’s episode (which came out of a repeat lead-in)
  • Revenge: 2.1/6, flat with last week and tied as its series low

CBS

  • Survivor 24: One World: 2.5/8, down -7% from last week and is its series low (excluding specials)
  • Criminal Minds: 3.0/8, flat with its last original three weeks ago
  • CSI: 2.3/6, down -4% from three weeks ago and is tied as its series low

NBC

  • Off Their Rockers: 1.3/4, down -24% from last week and is its lowest rating to date
  • Off Their Rockers: 1.4/4
  • Rock Center with Brian Williams: 1.0/3, up +11% from last week
  • Law & Order: SVU: 1.8/5, up +6% from last week

(Source: Fox)