Ratings: American Idol Cues Up 33.24 Million
American Idol contestant, Ben Haar by Michael Becker/Fox
The two-hour season premiere of
American Idol delivered 33.24 million total viewers -
trouncing the
combined audiences of all network competition - and serving up a melodious 13.78 rating in key demos. That said,
Idol was down 11 percent from Season 6's premiere night.
Among the casualties of the crooning Cain Marko:
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NCIS put up a respectful 15.9 mil, but was down 1.16 mil from its last new episode (Nov. 27).
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Biggest Loser (7.2 mil) was down 29 percent.
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Comanche Moon (12.34 mil) dropped 20 percent from its first night.
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One Tree Hill (2.74 mil) was off 21 percent.
Come 10 pm, the back end of CBS'
Moon edged out
SVU (12.14 mil) in total viewers, though (of course) not in the demos. And
Boston Legal (7.9 mil) was in fact
up a quarter-mil from its last fresh eppy (Dec. 18).
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More Idol coverage (because there always will be):
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Read Nina's recap of the first auditions.
" See what
Matt Roush and
Cheers & Jeers have to say about the debut.
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