Wednesday Ratings: Idol and Survivor Down Vs. Last Week

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American Idol ratings in the key demo are down 5% from last week’s show. The second hour of Idol ran against repeats this week. Survivor is also down from last week.

On FOX, American Idol earned a 3.7 adults 18-49 rating down 5 percent from last week’s 3.9. On CBS, Survivor scored a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating down 4 percent from last week’s 2.6.

8:00

FOX American Idol (8-10PM) 3.7/10 12.71
CBS Survivor 2.5/7 9.36
ABC The Middle -R 1.6/5 5.93
NBC Whitney 1.3/4 3.85
CW Arrow – R 0.4/1 1.74

8:30

ABC The Neighbors 1.7/5 5.61
NBC Whitney – R 1.0/3 2.86

9:00

ABC Modern Family – R 2.0/5 6.10
CBS Criminal Minds – R 1.7/4 7.27
NBC Law & Order: SVU – R 1.1/3 4.25
CW Supernatural – R 0.4/1 1.11

9:30

ABC Suburgatory 1.7/4 4.62

10:00

CBS CSI – R 1.5/4 7.11
NBC Chicago Fire – R 1.0/3 3.95
ABC Nashville – R 0.9/2 3.14

Half Hour Breakdown via Mark Berman

8:00 p.m.

ABC – The Middle (R)
Viewers: 5.93 million (#3), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#3)

CBS – Survivor: Caramoan
Viewers: 9.20 million (#2), A18-49: 2.4/ 7 (#2)

NBC – Whitney
Viewers: 3.84 million (#4), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#4)

Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 11.75 million (#1), A18-49: 3.4/10 (#1)

CW – Arrow (R)
Viewers: 1.79 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 1 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – The Neighbors
Viewers: 5.61 million (#3), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#3)

CBS – Survivor: Caramoan
Viewers: 9.52 million (#2), A18-49: 2.6/ 7 (#2)

NBC – Whitney (R)
Viewers: 2.86 million (#4), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#4)

Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 13.51 million (#1), A18-49: 3.9/11 (#1)

CW – Arrow (R)
Viewers: 1.69 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

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9:00 p.m.

ABC – Modern Family (R)
Viewers: 6.10 million (#3), A18-49: 2.0/ 5 (#2)

CBS – Criminal Minds (R)
Viewers: 7.18 million (#2), A18-49: 1.6/ 4 (#3)

NBC – Law & Order: SVU (R)
Viewers: 3.98 million (#4), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#4)

Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 12.82 million (#1), A18-49: 3.8/10 (#1)

CW – Supernatural (R)
Viewers: 1.14 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

ABC – Suburgatory
Viewers: 4.62 million (#3), A18-49: 1.7/ 4 (#2t)

CBS – Criminal Minds (R)
Viewers: 7.35 million (#2), A18-49: 1.7/ 4 (#2t)

NBC – Law & Order: SVU (R)
Viewers: 4.51 million (#4), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#4)

Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 12.75 million (#1), A18-49: 3.7/10 (#1)

CW – Supernatural (R)
Viewers: 1.08 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

ABC – Nashville (R)
Viewers: 3.23 million (#3), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#2t)

CBS – CSI (R)
Viewers: 7.20 million (#1), A18-49: 1.6/ 4 (#1)

NBC – Chicago Fire (R)
Viewers: 4.00 million (#2), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#2t)

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10:30 p.m.

ABC – Nashville (R)
Viewers: 3.04 million (#3), A18-49: 0.8/ 2 (#3)

CBS – CSI (R)
Viewers: 7.02 million (#1), A18-49: 1.64/ 4 (#1)

NBC – Chicago Fire (R)
Viewers: 3.90 million (#2), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

 
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  • Mateja Praznik

     It’s not just Pop Idol. Idol is a franchise and various editions around the world have 4 or 3 judges. The format is pretty much the same everywhere. Same with X Factor.

    American Idol started with 3 judges because they couldn’t find the 4th one. But they wanted 4 from the start. And because the original trio had such great chemistry, the producers didn’t think another judge was really necessary. Until the original panel became stale (season 8).

    Now, the original panel is history. Considering how bad Tyler-Lopez-Jackson panel was, we can’t say 3-judges panel is better than 4-judges panel by default. It’s all a matter of chemistry. And casting a panel is always a gamble, nowadays an expensive one.

    From watching Idol and XF USA, I think the real problem are constant cuts to long commercial breaks that exhaust the viewer more than anything else. But that’s the problem of American TV and nothing can be done about that.

  • calliebeckett

    Interesting tweet:

    Joe Adalian ?@TVMoJoeOne reason why Duck beats Idol in A18-34? Young men have bailed on Idol; did a 2.0 in M18-34 (vs. 4.1 W18-34). Duck popular w/ men+women

  • http://twitter.com/svmreiter Susan Reiter

    Yeesh.  Sure glad Adam Lambert didn’t end up being a judge on this Titantic.  The whole buzz would have been how he sunk the show then.  Truth be told, I don’t think it’s the judges fault – just tired and not fresh anymore.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=195101108 Stefan Wind

    The contestants this year stink! Plain and simple. It’s all about the mix of finding good singers who also have big personalities. Some of this lot only has the former, which makes their singing come off as white noise, because there is no connection to the viewing public. 

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