Ratings

American Idol dipped in double digits compared to last week, and the comparable Wednesday last season. Click the link for more.

It was a very smart move for FOX to re-run Sunday’s American Idol San Diego auditions. The repeat of Sunday night’s special American Idol telecast led the night with a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating.

Check out the ratings for last night’s special post-football broadcast of American Idol

Ratings are in from TVByTheNumbers. Idol is once again down in double digits compared to last year’s Thursday episode.

Fox had Nielsen do a rush job on the time zone adjusted final national ratings and American Idol was adjusted up to a 7.4 adults 18-49 rating, which was down 24% vs. the 9.8 rating for last Wednesday’s premiere, and 21.9 million viewers.

I’ll be updating this post with more numbers later!

UPDATE: The numbers are in! Click the jump.

Rodney Ho of the Atlanta Journal Constitution posted new statistics about American Idol. Nothing here is really a surprise, but I thought it might be fun to discuss. We know that the median age for Idol has been rising each year, and that Season 5 had the best ratings average of all 10 seasons.

More after the jump.