Nieslen fast overnight ratings from Marc Berman:
-Ratings Breakdown:
Led by the two-hour performance edition of American Idol, Fox won Wednesday, with a hefty advantage above second-place CBS of 14.01 million viewers and 6.2 rating points among adults 18-49. In the distant No. 3 spot was ABC, followed by NBC and the CW.American Idol, which aired one day later due to President Obama speech on Tuesday, averaged a healthy 25.60 million viewers and a 9.1 rating/24 share among adults 18-49 from 8-10 p.m., building by half-hour as follows:
American Idol (Fox)
8:00 p.m. ‘ Viewers: 22.40 million, A18-49: 7.7/23
8:30 p.m. ‘ Viewers: 26.26 million, A18-49: 9.2/24
9:00 p.m. ‘ Viewers: 26.31 million, A18-49: 9.3/23
9:30 p.m. ‘ Viewers: 27.44 million, A18-49: 10.1/24
The Obama speech bump to Wednesday night didn’t hurt this week’s performance show–the ratings are up more than 10% over last week’s 21.54 million viewers and an 8.0 rating/22 share.
Idol had less competition last night than it typically does on Tuesday night, when NCIS and the Mentalist hold their own in the 8-10pm hours. Idol also normally competes against the Dancing with the Stars results show.
Last year’s Top 10 Performance episode had 24.8M viewers.
