American Idol 8 Week 1 Rating

The Wednesday premiere of AMERICAN IDOL returned for an 8th season with an 11.8 rating in Adults 18-49, up +1% versus Tuesday night’s premiere (11.8 vs. 11.7). In Total Viewers, last night’s AMERICAN IDOL was even vs. Tuesday (30.3 vs. 30.4 Mil), while in Adults 18-34 the singing competition was up +10% (10.8 vs. 9.8).

This is the first time in five years that AMERICAN IDOL’s Wednesday premiere has increased over its Tuesday debut in Adults 18-49 (since Jan’04) and the first time in the five years that Total Viewers retained at least 100% of its Tuesday debut audience. Last night was the first time EVER that AMERICAN IDOL saw an Adults 18-34 increase in its Wednesday premiere over Tuesday premiere.

Full details:

Time	Net	Show	Viewers (Millons)	18-49 Rating/Share	18-34 Rating/Share
8:00	FOX	American Idol	27.23	10.4/27	9.4/26
	CBS	New Adventures of Old Christine	7.27	1.9/5	1.2/4
	NBC	Knight Rider	5.34	1.6/4	1.3/4
	UNI	Cuidado con el Angel	4.84	1.8/5	2.1/6
	ABC	Lost (R)	4.60	1.5/4	1.2/3
	CW	13 - Fear is Real	1.57	0.7/2	0.8/2
8:30	CBS	Gary Unmarried	7.08	2.1/5	1.5/4
9:00	FOX	American Idol	32.48	13.0/31	12.1/31
	CBS	Criminal Minds	14.05	3.3/8	2.1/5
	UNI	Fuego en la Sangre	4.67	1.9/4	2.2/6
	NBC	Law & Order: SVU (R)	4.52	1.2/3	0.9/2
	ABC	Lost (R)	4.26	1.6/4	1.2/3
	CW	90210 (R)	0.69	0.3/1	0.4/1
10:00	CBS	CSI: NY	12.84	3.3/8	2.4/6
	NBC	Law & Order	8.20	2.3/6	1.6/4
	ABC	Lost (R)	4.57	1.8/5	1.4/4
	UNI	Don Francisco Presenta	3.86	1.5/4	1.6/4

Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.

Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.

source: http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/15/wednesday-ratings-american-idol-stronger-than-perhaps-even-fox-imagined/10899