Nielsen Overnights from Mediaweek: The first live American Idol results show opened the evening with a hefty 23.17 million viewers and an 8.4 rating/21 share among adults 18-49 at 8 p.m. Comparably, that clobbered CBS
Last hired, first fired on ‹American Idol The last two singers selected to be among the 24 semifinalists were among the first to be eliminated, as …American Idol began the unpleasant business of whittling down