Thursday May 22, 2008 9:36 pm
Wednesday Ratings: American Idol Slightly Better Than Before
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Lost, Ratings,
Thanks to a night of repeats - oh, and American Idol - FOX easily whipped the competition Wednesday evening.
8pm
- American Idol (31.7 million, 11.4/30 in 18-49) was only up a million from last season. It was also down about 1% in the demos.
- The Price is Right (7.7 million, 1.8/5 in 18-49) improved by 400,000 from last week.
- A block of Law & Order* repeats (1.3/4) settled in at 5.2 million.
- Lost* averaged 3.1 million (1.0/3) over two hours.
- Back-to-back episodes of Farmer Wants a Wife* (0.6/2) was far behind at 1.6 million.
Variety
9pm
- Criminal Minds (3.3/8 in 18-49) ended its season with 13 million.
10pm
- CSI: NY (11.8 million, 3.2/9 in 18-49) attracted another 200,000.
- Law & Order (8.6 million, 2.6/7) remained steady with its last performance.
- Boston Legal‘s finale (6.5 million, 1.6/4) saw a 1.2 million loss.
*denotes repeat
(You can review last Wednesday’s ratings here.)