American Idol Season 20 Ratings Top Sunday Night’s Demo

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American Idol Season 20 Leads Sunday Night Demo

American Idol season 20 premiere garnered a 0.9 rating in the key 18-49 rating and 6 million total viewers. It lead Sunday night in the key demo. For a comparison to 2021, American Idol opened Season 19 with 6.7 million total viewers and a 1.1 rating. That’s a .2 difference between 2021 and 2022.

While American Idol won the demo, the CBS veteran news program 60 minutes topped the night in total viewers with 8.1 million and a 0.6 rating in the key demo. 

And for further comparison, last fall’s The Voice season 21 premiere, which boasted the introduction of new coach mega pop star Ariana Grande, garnered a 1.1 rating and 7.22 million viewers.

These are preliminary ratings Final ratings will come out later today or tomorrow. Check this space for updates.

Check out our American Idol season 20 premiere recap HERE.

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