Slippage for "American Idol"

Fox won Wednesday, but the audience for “American Idol” was down from the previous day’s premiere episode and from a year ago.

Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 8.5/22 3.1/8 2.2/6 1.7/5 1.4/4 0.3/1 Adults 18-34 7.6/23 2.0/6 1.9/6 1.4/4 1.4/4 0.2/1 Total Viewers (millions) 21.782 11.354 5.938 6.311 3.808 0.717

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