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TV ratings: 'American Idol' results in Wednesday win for FOX
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Fast National ratings for Wednesday, March 31, 2010"American Idol" gave FOX an easy ratings victory Wednesday night, but there was otherwise very little to note on an evening when only one other show -- "Law & Order: SVU" -- even sniffed the 10 million-viewer mark.
FOX led the night by wide margin, scoring 14.1 million viewers and an 8.3 rating/14 share in households. NBC (7.3 million, 4.7/8) came in second. CBS took third with 6.6 million viewers and a 4.3/7, finishing a little ahead of ABC (5.8 million, 3.6/6). The CW drew 2.1 million people and a 1.5/3.
In the adults 18-49 demographic, FOX's 4.4 rating was more than twice as good as second-place ABC's 2.1. NBC was a close third at 2.0. CBS averaged 1.6 in the demo and The CW 0.9.
Wednesday's hourly numbers:
8 p.m.
FOX: "Human Target" (8.2 million viewers, 5.1/9 households)
NBC: "Minute to Win It" rerun (6.3 million, 4.0/7)
ABC: Special - "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown" (4.9 million, 3.1/6)/"The Middle" (6.2 million, 3.8/7)
CBS: "Old Christine" rerun (4.9 million, 3.3/6)/"Accidentally on Purpose" rerun (4.4 million, 2.9/5)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" (3.2 million, 2.3/4)
18-49 leader: "Human Target" (2.3)
9 p.m.
FOX: "American Idol" results (20 million, 11.4/18)
CBS: "Criminal Minds" rerun (7.9 million, 5.1/8)
ABC: "Modern Family" (9.3 million, 5.6/9)/"Cougar Town" (6 million, 3.8/6)
NBC: "Law & Order: SVU" rerun (5.6 million, 3.7/6)
The CW: "Fly Girls" (1.2 million, 0.8/1)/"High Society" (861,000, 0.6/1)
18-49 leader: "American Idol" (6.5)
10 p.m.
NBC: "Law & Order: SVU" (10 million, 6.5/11)
CBS: "CSI: NY" rerun (7.2 million, 4.7/8)
ABC: "Ugly Betty" (4.1 million, 2.8/5)
18-49 leader: "Law & Order: SVU" (2.9)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Wow ... we got 2 more weeks of Ugly Betty so hopefully after that "Happy Town" can do better than the previous occupants of that time-slot ...
Ugly Betty was the best show on TV last night. It's too bad nobody is watching it anymore, but that is ABC's fault for moving it to Fridays at the beginning of the season. By the time it was switched to Wednesdays the damage had already been done.
MEOW start talking!!
MEOW whats your favorite tv show?
Once Again..American Idol is the King of Wednesdays..Good for Fox.!!
Impressed with Law and Order 10 Million Viewers at 10PM, Bravo.
But what really impressed me is that CBS rerun at 9pm and 10PM had better rating that new episodes of Modern Family,Cougar and Ugly Betty.
ABC, now you know what shows you should cancel soon.
MEOW do you like PAWN STARS?
At 8:30pm The Middle scored a 1.9 with adults 18-49, down nearly 25% from last week’s 2.5 rating. I guess It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown wasn’t a good lead-in for it. On the other had, Modern Family was up a tick to a 3.8 rating with adults 18-49 versus last week’s 3.7.
Looks like The Middle is the new hit show.
Looks like FOX should keep the Human Target. It is holding up OK. Modern Family holds stong, but Cougar Town is sinking. I do hope Happy Town is as interesting as it looks. kinda reminds me of Harpers Island, which i enjoyed last season!
i find it amazing that people can not come up with their own name on this site and have to copy other names, like mine, and thats The Truth...
Modern Family was an amazing 30 minute commercial for Apple.