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TV Ratings: Elton John keeps 'American Idol' steady on Wednesday
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Fast National ratings for Wednesday, March 23, 2011"American Idol's" Elton John week held steady in comparison to last week's Motown performances, and a night of ABC reruns gave NBC a leg up this week. With "Minute to Win It" and an "SVU" block, it pulled ahead of ABC in total viewers.
FOX won the night with an average of 23.5 million viewers and a 13.4 rating/21 share in households. CBS was next at 10.9 million, 6.6/11, followed by NBC at 5.33 million, 3.5/5, ABC at 4.6 million, 3.0/5 and the CW at 1.5 million, 1.1/2.
In the 18-49 demographic, FOX won, as usual, with a 7.5 rating, followed by CBS (2.9), ABC and NBC (tied at 1.5) and the CW (0.6).
Wednesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
FOX: "American Idol" (22.1 million, 12.8/21)
CBS: "Survivor: Redemption Island" (10.5 million, 6.2/10)
ABC: "The Middle" rerun (5.1 million, 3.2/5) / "The Middle" rerun (5.0 million, 3.2/5)
NBC: "Minute to Win It" (4.2 million, 2.4/4)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" (2.1million, 1.5/2)
18-49 leader: "American Idol" (7.0)
9 p.m.
FOX: "American Idol" (25.0 million, 14.1/21)
CBS: "Criminal Minds" (12.9 million, 7.8/12)
ABC: "Modern Family" rerun (5.3 million, 3.5/5) / "Mr. Sunshine" (4.0 million, 2.6/4)
NBC: "Law & Order SVU" rerun (3.5 million, 2.4/4)
The CW: "Shedding for the Wedding" (983 K, 0.7/1)
18-49 leader: "American Idol" (7.9)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" (9.3 million, 5.9/10)
NBC: "Law & Order: SVU" (8.2 million, 5.5/9)
ABC: "Off the Map" (4.1 million, 2.8/5)
18-49 leader: "Law & Order: SVU" (2.4)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change, especially in the case of live telecasts. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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American Idol- BIG night! YOWZA! I thought CBS would have a big night too considering ABC was in repeats but those are rather soft number for Survivor and Criminal Minds though not bad numbers at all.
The Middle repeats as well as Modern Family now. Hard to digest the renewal of Minute To Win It on NBC. Actually most of their early renewals are puzzling.
M E O W I have to agree with you. "CBS and the show for lonely woman the goodwive , good thing wt the body of proof smashing it the goodwive will finally get cancelled , what a boring show on CBS edp compared to the great Dana deleney veakel on abc ;)"
Sylvester
PS Maybe U R Right about Yoda check out Yoda too. I am off to check out Yoda.
Shedding For The Wedding, Mr. Sunshine, and Off The Map all need to be canceled -- those ratings stink for new episodes. The only reason that I'm not including Minute To Win It is because it probably pulled OK numbers verses cost of production.
Absolutely blown away by the talent and how much better AI has become. Naima and Thia sadly are my choices to go.
Let's hope the "Idol" judges won't let Casey Abrams down.
Is it called American Idol or The Casey Abrams show...this guy is Taylor Hicks all over again..c`mon America ..WAKE UP..He should have went home after the terrible Nirvana cover, the guy is brutal, If it were a Karaoke bar sure here`s your 50 bucks, but it`s AMERICAN IDOL..FOLKS..Hey should have went home 3 weeks ago..he`ll wind up winning and selling 100k records and being a triple threat with Hicks, Allen and Abrams..Your call America
M E O W, seriously, knock it off with impersonating me or you will be reported to the administrators on this board for false portrayal and be officially thrown off of here, that goes rfor your alter egos too. Get over yourself and go seek some help, you worthless pile of garbage. Enough already!
Alex, I agree 100% with your statement. They need to cancel those shows PLUS the CW's allotment of programs, including that Sara Rue-hosted reality show. What a disgraceful ratings performance by them.
I agree with Kenny. Casey is another Taylor Hicks and Taylor is better, more mature and seasoned. I like Naima but she needs guidance to pick appropriate songs for her voice.
Kenny, Casey "should have gone" NOT "should have WENT".