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Tuesday Ratings: Hurray for Hollywood Week

The return of American Idol‘s Hollywood Week meant the return of boffo ratings for FOX.

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Jericho cast

  • About 29.9 million saw instruments introduced on (12.3/29 in 18-49).
  • * (11.7 million, 2.3/6) grew by almost 3 million from last week.
  • (7.5 million, 3.0/7) lost 500,000 on the viewer scale.
  • (1.4/3) entertained just 4.9 million.
  • * (2 million, 0.8/2) maintained last Tuesday’s numbers.

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Tuesday Ratings: ‘House’ Returns to Strong Numbers

American Idol and House delivered a strong one-two punch last night.  Their numbers easily earned another victory for .

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House

  • (28.1 million, 11/27 in 18-49) remained in tune with last week’s figures.
  • * (11.7 million, 2.0/5) was down a smidge from one week ago.
  • (8.3 million, 3.3/8) lost 600,000 lbs from last Tuesday.
  • (4.9 million, 1.4/4) remained about even.
  • * (1.9 million, 0.8/2) retrieved 300,000 more souls.

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Tuesday Ratings: Tuesdays a Charm for FOX

Although was still tops this Tuesday, the numbers for the San Diego auditions weren’t as sunny as last week.

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  • (29 million, 11.7/29 in 18-49) was down 4 million from seven days ago.
  • * (12.2 million, 2.1/5) sunk about 3.7 million.
  • (8.9 million, 3.7/9) gained 1.7 million pounds.
  • (4.8 million, 1.4/4) saw a slight bump.
  • About 1.5 million danced with * (0.6/1) and the devil.

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Tuesday Ratings:  All Eyes on FOX

Although it had its lowest premiere since 2004, the reality phenom mowed down the competition:

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Boston Legal

  • 33.2 million (13.8/32 in 18-49) downright embarrassed the competition.
  • 15.9 million (3.0/7) would have looked good on any other evening.
  • (7.2 million, 3.0/7) lost 3 million inches from last week.
  • (1.2/3) entertained just 4.52 million.
  • About 1.6 million welcomed * (0.6/2) in the new time slot.

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  • About 12.5 million (2.4/6 in 18-49) continued on with the saga.
  • Both (4.1 million, 1.2/3) and (3.1 million, 0.9/2) were down about 400,000 from last week.
  • (2.7 million, 1.3/3) lost 800,000 from its two-hour debut.

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Tuesday Ratings: NBC Has the ‘Biggest’ Night

The Biggest Loser and SVU combined forces to whip up strong numbers for .  The network dominated with both the viewers and the demos.

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One Tree Hill

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This Week on TV (12/31-1/6)

Dick Clark, Ryan Seacrest

(Reminder: You can view the whole Revamped TV Programming Schedule here.)

 

MONDAY (12/31)
  • Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 (ABC, 10pm):  and will co-host the event.  Is old enough to be associated with a drinking holiday?
  • New Year’s Eve Live (FOX, 11pm):  Idol alums and will perform.  In just a few short weeks, we’ll start caring about a new batch of .
  • Tila Tequila’s New Year’s Eve Masquerade (MTV, 11pm):  NYC masked ball will include Kid Rock and Mary J. Blige.  Has it already been a year since we were forced to watch and kiss?
  • NBC’s New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly (NBC, 11:35pm):  Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz will be performing.  This may be the first time in a while someone has stayed awake to watch show.

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