For the first time in six years, “American Idol” lost a head-to-head ratings race. And the battle was not even close.<\/p>\n
After dominating the 2010 Winter Olympics Tuesday, “Idol” was the dominated party Wednesday. The Top 24 revelation show posted a mere 6.9 adults 18-49 rating with 18.4 million viewers, far and away the lowest tally of the season (even lower than a poorly-rated “Road to Hollywood” episode).<\/p>\n
The Olympics, meanwhile, road appearances from standouts like Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White to an 8.9 with 29.3 million viewers, the highest total of the 2010 games.<\/p>\n
For the 9PM hour, the broadcast did even better, averaging a 9.0 with 30.1 million.<\/p>\n
While the top 24 announcement episode would not intuitively be a top-drawing episode for “Idol,” the magnitude of the show’s defeat suggests that almost any type of “Idol” episode would have struggled against the heavy Olympics competition.<\/p>\n
FOX’s “Human Target,” the only other original program, averaged a 2.1 with 7.1 million viewers. While it has become clear that “Target” is not breaking out as a major player, for an unestablished series going head-to-head with the Olympics, it performed acceptably Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n