The American Idol Final beat the Dancing with the Stars finale. But, as Mediaweek’s Marc Berman points out. 19.6K is a long way from Idol’s 30K heyday:
The final American Idol performance show opened the evening for Fox with a very dominant 19.60 million viewers and a 6.6 rating/19 share among adults 18-49 from 8-9 p.m. As good as that still is, it does pale in comparison to its 30-million heyday. Although I personally changed my tune and joined camp Lee a few weeks ago, Mama Sox stole the show last night and deserves to win. Glee followed on Fox with 11.49 million viewers (#3) and a first-place 4.8/13 in the demo. Comparably, retention for Glee out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of American Idol (Viewers: 21.31 million; A18-49: 7.2/20) was 59 percent in total viewers and 67 percent among adults 18-49.
Over at ABC, a repeat of last week’s episode of Dancing With the Stars (Viewers: #3, 9.44 million; A18-49: #4, 1.6/ 5 at 8 p.m.) led into the two-hour season-finale, which scored a hefty 18.18 million viewers and a 3.8/10 among adults 18-49 from 9-11 p.m.
via Mediaweek
