Wednesday Ratings: American Idol Dips in Double Digits

By On 01/26/2012 · 55 Comments · In American Idol, Ratings

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Ratings are out from TVByTheNumbers

American Idol drew a 6.4 adults 18-49 rating last night. That’s down from 13.5% from last week’s two-hour premiere and down a fairly massive 30% from the equivalent Wednesday telecast a year ago (a two-hour version) that averaged a 9.2 adults 18-49 rating and 25.37 million viewers. Fox still easily won Wednesday night though with both total viewers and adults 18-49.

Last night’s Idol drew 20 million viewers.

8:00

FOX American Idol 6.4/18 19.51
CBS Criminal Minds (R) 1.7/5 7.91
ABC The Middle (R) 1.5/4 5.26
NBC Whitney 1.4/4 4.50
CW One Tree Hill 0.7/2 1.47

8:30

ABC Suburgatory (R) 1.4/4 4.21
NBC Are You There, Chelsea? 1.4/4 3.90

9:00

FOX Touch (Special Preview) 3.9/10 11.87
CBS Criminal Minds 3.6/9 13.70
ABC Modern Family (R) 2.5/6 6.49
NBC Law & Order: SVU (R) 1.2/3 3.75
CW Remodeled (R) 0.3/1 0.66

9:30

ABC Happy Endings (R) 1.7/4 4.02

10:00

CBS CSI 3.3/9 14.03
NBC Law & Order: SVU (R) 1.4/4 4.01
ABC Revenge (R) 0.9/2 3.12

 
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  • Kylee

    Also, I know its not the best season to use as an example since everybody seems to hate it lol, but last nights episode was higher than quite a few Season 9 episodes.

    I hope it doesn’t drop after auditions this year. Season 10 actually did a pretty good job of holding on to the audition audience. Although, I have heard of people who aren’t watching until Hollywood.

  • Chris

    I didn’t watch, but will probably tune in more at Hollywood week. I agree with the MTV article, it is fun to see some bad auditions that really are good fun. Where would we be without the Pants on the Ground audition? Yes its stupid, but I need a good laugh.

  • Anonymous

    I think part of the problem with the audition shows is that there is NO SUSPENSE. Either the audition is so bad or a joke that you know the singer is gonna be sent packing, or, if the singer is ok or good–they automatically get sent to Hollywood. They need to have singers that are pretty decent who don’t get a yes from the judges. The audience needs to be more on the edge of their seat about who makes it to the next round. Now, there seems to be none of that. The contestants either really suck–or they move forward. The viewer does not get invested. The audience should be home yelling at the judges for not putting somebody through who they think deserved to make it to the next round.
    I don’t mean that there needs to be more bad auditions–there needs to be more no’s from the judges.

  • Kylee

    I still enjoy it. And those who truly don’t enjoy it simply won’t watch.

  • hcpoirot

    If the 24 finalist cannot performed as best as they can, or they are less talented than last season, season 11 rating will be drowning. Cause the judges are useless more so when the live shows begin. The songs and the theme had been recycle like 10000 times.

    This season could be worse than season 9. YIKES! Or could be better than season 10.

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