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'American Idol' Finale Ratings Up

May 22, 02:16 PM

For all of the talk about drooping American Idol ratings this season, Wednesday (May 21) night's final Wednesday results show, the coronation of David Cook, was up over last season's climax. Continue reading »

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FOX Exec: Happy with 'American Idol' creatively, not its performance

By Daniel Fienberg

May 15, 04:06 PM

Talking with reporters on Thursday (May 15) morning to announce the network's 2008-09 schedule, FOX executives had to take some time to defend TV's most watched show, a little show we call American Idol. Continue reading »

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Idol Gives Back ratings naysayers lack context

By Daniel Fienberg

April 10, 12:08 PM

By now, it's being reported all over that although Wednesday (April 9) night's American Idol telethon helped FOX easily win the night, ratings were off by more than 33 percent from last year's Idol Gives Back event. The numbers don't lie, except that they sort of do. Continue reading »

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Seacrest unconcerned by 'American Idol' ratings

By Daniel Fienberg

January 23, 12:23 PM

Plenty has been written -- not so much here here, but elsewhere -- about the supposedly massive slippage in American Idol ratings this season. Naturally, the topic of conversation made its way onto a Wednesday (Jan. 23) conference call regarding Idol host Ryan Seacrest's Super Bowl involvement. Continue reading »

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Final Wednesday 'American Idol' premiere ratings

By Daniel Fienberg

January 17, 03:37 PM

It took only took nights and four hours of American Idol to move FOX into first place for the season. Continue reading »

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Final 'American Idol' Premiere Ratings

By Daniel Fienberg

January 16, 03:40 PM

So is Chris Daughtry right about American Idol being in decline, or is it mighty silly to be up-in-arms about an 11 percent year-to-year viewership decline for a show that remains far and away TV's most popular? Continue reading »

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Any 'American Idol' premiere ratings predictions?

By Daniel Fienberg

January 14, 12:58 PM

Tuesday, June 11, 2002. A little transplanted reality show called American Idol averaged 9.9 million viewers for its premiere. At the time, FOX was overjoyed.

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