American Idol Ratings Drop, Empire Stays Steady

EMPIRE: Cookie (Taraji P. Henson, L) takes over Anika's (Grace Gealey, R) meeting in the "False Imposition" episode of EMPIRE airing Wednesday, Jan. 28 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2014 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Chuck Hodes/FOX

American Idol loses half a percentage point vs last Thursday’s 3.4 adults rating. But it’s up a bit from last Wednesday’s 2.8 final rating. Idol has been typically gaining a 10th of a percentage point when the final numbers are released in the afternoon. I expect Idol to rise to 3.0.

Empire will probably rise a bit too. But does it matter? Although it stayed steady vs last week, it’s numbers, a 4.3 and 11 million viewers, are phenomenal.

Via TV By The Numbers

On FOX, American Idol earned a 2.9, down half a ratings point from last week’s 3.4 adults 18-49 rating. Empire scored a 4.3, down a tenth from last week’s 4.4 adults 18-49 rating (but flat with last week’s preliminary rating).

8:00PM

FOX American Idol 2.9 9 11.00
ABC The Middle -R 1.3 4 5.58
CBS The Mentalist 1.3 4 9.05
CW Arrow 1.1 3 2.87
NBC The Mysteries of Laura 0.7 2 4.14

8:30PM

ABC The Goldbergs-R 1.3 4 4.68

9:00PM

FOX Empire 4.3 12 11.30
CBS Criminal Minds 2.1 6 10.64
ABC Modern Family -R 1.5 4 5.31
NBC Law And Order: SVU -R 0.7 2 3.61
CW The 100 0.6 2 1.61

9:30PM

ABC black-ish -R 1.2 3 3.87

10:00PM

CBS Stalker 1.6 5 8.42
ABC black-ish -R 1.1 3 3.43
NBC Chicago PD -R 0.6 2 4.06

10:30PM

ABC black-ish -R 0.9 3 2.97

Half Hour Breakdown by Marc Berman

8:00 p.m.

ABC – The Middle (R)
Viewers: 5.58 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#2t)

CBS – The Mentalist
Viewers: 8.90 million (#2), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#2t)

NBC – The Mysteries of Laura (R)
Viewers: 4.21 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#5)

Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 10.49 million (#1), A18-49: 2.7/ 9 (#1)

CW – Arrow
Viewers: 2.93 million (#5), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#4)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – The Goldbergs (R)
Viewers: 4.68 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#2t)

CBS – The Mentalist
Viewers: 9.20 million (#2), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#2t)

NBC – The Mysteries of Laura (R)
Viewers: 4.06 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#5)

Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 11.51 million (#1), A18-49: 3.0/ 9 (#1)

CW – Arrow
Viewers: 2.80 million (#5), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#4)

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9:00 p.m.

ABC – Modern Family (R)
Viewers: 5.31 million (#3), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#3)

CBS – Criminal Minds
Viewers: 10.73 million (#2), A18-49: 2.1/ 6 (#2)

NBC – Law & Order: SVU (R)
Viewers: 3.49 million (#4), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#4)

Fox – Empire
Viewers: 11.60 million (#1), A18-49: 4.3/12 (#1)

CW – The 100
Viewers: 1.63 million (#5), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

ABC – Black-ish (R)
Viewers: 3.87 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 3 (#3)

CBS – Criminal Minds
Viewers: 10.55 million (#2), A18-49: 2.1/ 6 (#2)

NBC – Law & Order: SVU (R)
Viewers: 3.72 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#4)

Fox – Empire
Viewers: 11.03 million (#1), A18-49: 4.2/12 (#1)

CW – The 100
Viewers: 1.59 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

ABC – Black-ish (R)
Viewers: 3.43 million (#3), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#2)

CBS – Stalker
Viewers: 8.69 million (#1), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#1)

NBC – Chicago PD (R)
Viewers: 4.16 million (#2), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#3)

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10:30 p.m.

ABC – Black-ish (R)
Viewers: 2.97 million (#3), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#2)

CBS – Stalker
Viewers: 8.16 million (#1), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#1)

NBC – Chicago PD (R)
Viewers: 3.96 million (#2), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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