Thursday Ratings: American Idol Declines in Double Digits Again

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Ratings are in from TVByTheNumbers. Idol is once again down in double digits compared to last year’s Thursday episode.

ith the 5 English broadcast networks all in new epdisodes (first time in 2012?), Fox topped the nights adults 18-49 ratings, but American Idol posted year to year decline similar to Wednesday night. And once the night of “Must See TV”, NBC beat Univision by just 0.2 points among adults 18-49.

The second night of American Idol drew a 5.6 adults 18-49 rating, down 28% vs. a 7.8 rating for the first Thursday night last season, although it was down just 20% vs. the first Thursday hour last season. The half hours for American Idol were a 5.1 and a 6.1 adults 18-49 rating. With a substantially stronger lead in than last week, The Finder was up to a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, increasing 29% vs. just a 1.7 for its premiere last week following Bones.

8:00PM

FOX American Idol 5.6 15 17.738
CBS The Big Bang Theory 5.2 14 15.711
ABC Wipeout 1.8 5 5.870
NBC 30 Rock 1.6 4 4.084
CW The Vampire Diaries 1.1 3 2.718

8:30PM

CBS Rob 3.6 9 11.726
NBC Parks & Recreation 2.0 5 4.305

9:00PM

ABC Grey’s Anatomy 3.4 8 9.318
CBS Person Of Interest 3.3 8 14.336
NBC The Office 2.9 7 5.981
FOX The Finder 2.2 5 6.779
CW The Secret Circle 0.7 2 1.657

9:30PM

NBC Up All Night 1.9 5 4.025

10:00PM

CBS The Mentalist 2.9 8 14.019
ABC Private Practice 2.1 5 6.097
NBC The Firm 0.9 2 3.408

 
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  • Anonymous

    Bye-bye Idol!

    Wednesday’s show will still be the number one show for the week, excluding football.  Thursday’s show looks like it will be either  2, or at the least in the top 5.  So, AI isn’t going anywhere.

    I don’t think there is any point in a competition where everybody gets a prize.

    Did you think that the losers were going to quit the industry if they didn’t win?  Since they are all talented, it makes sense that someone would try to sign them.  It’s been the same throughout idols run.  Sony always signed the top two people.  The finale is usually the highest rated show of the season, even though everyone knows that the top two will get contracts.  Just more evidence to show that the attachment that most people have to the show doesn’t extend beyond the finale.  People still care about who wins.  Even people who don’t watch the entire season.

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