Ratings: Idol vs. Dancing! Bif! Bam! Oof!
Dancing with the Stars by Kelsey McNeal/ABC, American Idol by Frank Micelotta/Fox
Ali vs. Frazier. David vs. Goliath. Isaiah vs. Dempsey. Tuesday night gave television its first-ever faceoff between
American Idol and
Dancing with the Stars. The result?
Idol walked away with an easy win in the 9 o'clock hour of head-to-head action, delivering 26.8 million total viewers to
DWTS' 15.17 mil. (For the night,
AI did an even 27 - down 2.4 mil from last week as well as year-over-year - while
Dancing averaged 16.8 mil over its 90-minute run.)
Elsewhere:
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Biggest Loser (7.85 mil) was up a hair, while
Big Brother (5.48 mil) was down 480K.
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One Tree Hill (2.92 mil) gained 470 thou.
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Jericho slipped just a bit, to 5.78 mil.
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Miss/Guided debuted to 10 mil.
