This is...the American Show

FOX can dream big, yes, indeed, it can dream really big.
Tuesday's ratings and no surprises, as always. Since January starts, Tuesdays and Wednesdays (even some Thursday) have a winner, that is American Idol. Eight years are not enough to make people tired of this shows and the ratings are just as impressive as always. Of course the show aired after Idol gets always some benefit and this year Fringe is no exception. Yesterday night, Idol opened the night with 26.28 million viewers and a 9.9 rating/25 share among adults 18-49 from 8-9 p.m. After that, Fringe got 13.04 million viewers while an encore of The Mentalist on CBS performed better with 15.00 million. But talking among adults, 18-49, Fringe got the night with 5.1/12 against the 3.1/ 7 of The Mentalist. In fact, The Bigest Loser, even less viewers 12.06 million, had better numbers than the Mentalist, that is 4.8/11. The rest of the numbers, here ;)

Time	Net	Show	Viewers Live+SD (000)	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	18-34 Rating	18-34 Share
8:00	FOX	American Idol	26.279	10.0	25	8.7	24
	CBS	NCIS (repeat)	14.358	2.9	7	1.8	5
	NBC	Biggest Loser	8.924	3.3	8	2.9	8
	ABC	Homeland Security USA	5.678	1.6	4	1.2	3
	UNI	Cuidado con el Ángel	4.817	1.9	5	2.0	6
	CW	90210	2.436	1.3	3	1.8	5
9:00	CBS	The Mentalist (Repeat)	15.002	3.1	7	1.8	4
	FOX	Fringe	13.043	5.1	12	4.4	11
	NBC	Biggest Loser	12.065	4.8	12	4.1	11
	UNI	Fuego en la Sangre	5.367	2.2	5	2.5	6
	ABC	Scrubs	4.904	2.1	5	2.1	6
	CW	Privileged	1.694	0.8	2	1.1	3
9:30	ABC	Scrubs	4.696	2.2	5	2.3	6
10:00	CBS	Without a Trace	12.041	2.7	7	1.6	4
	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	10.319	3.7	10	3.1	9
	ABC	Primetime:What Would You Do?	5.831	2.3	6	2.0	6
	UNI	Aqui y Ahora	3.731	1.5	4	1.5	4

Thanks to:
TVbyTheNumbers