FOX blows ABC

A few weeks ago I talked about how Tuesdays were the new Thursdays, and yesterday was a very good prove of it. We could see an epic battle between FOX's American Idol and ABC's Dancing with the Stars. And the results were amazingly good for FOX. FOX juggernaut killed ABC's Stars more than tripling its adult demos and burying ABC's show to its worst performance in a regularly scheduled episode ever! Of course, when we are at war, not only the two armies (FOX and ABC in this case) lose, also the population around them. The victim this time was CBS (although not too much of a victim). CBS The Mentalist and NCIS were both down to season lows (but they stood up well, even better than ABC). Are you ready for the battle? Will it be tonight with Lost facing Idol with new episodes? We'll know really soon. Namaste.

Note: I can't wait to see Carrie Underwood performance tonight on Idol stage :)

Scoreboard
Total Viewers (million)	21.536	14.296	9.448	8.797	4.197	1.322
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	8.0/22	2.9/8	2.2/6	3.3/9	1.7/5	0.6/2
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	6.2/20	1.8/6	1.7/5	2.5/8	1.8/6	0.6/2

Time	Net	Show	Viewers Live+SD (000)	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	18-34 Rating	18-34 Share
8:00	FOX	American Idol	19,056	6.9	21	5.3	19
	CBS	NCIS	15,209	3.0	9	2.1	7
	ABC	Dancing With The Stars Recap	7,536	1.6	5	1.3	4
	NBC	Biggest Loser: Couples	6,849	2.6	8	1.9	7
	UNI	Cuidado con el Ángel	4,317	1.7	5	1.9	7
	CW	Reaper	1,954	0.9	3	0.9	3
8:30	FOX	American Idol	21,774	8.0	22	6.2	20
	CBS	NCIS	15,813	3.2	9	2.0	6
	ABC	Dancing With The Stars Recap	8,704	1.8	5	1.4	4
	NBC	Biggest Loser: Couples	7,603	3.0	8	2.3	7
	UNI	Cuidado con el Ángel	4,784	1.9	5	2.0	7
	CW	Reaper	1,809	0.8	2	0.9	3
9:00	FOX	American Idol	22,645	8.5	22	6.5	20
	CBS	The Mentalist	15,287	3.2	8	2.0	6
	ABC	Dancing With The Stars	12,323	2.6	7	2.0	6
	NBC	Biggest Loser: Couples	8,076	3.3	9	2.5	7
	UNI	Mañana Es para Siempre	4,716	2.0	5	2.1	7
	CW	90210 (repeat)	810	0.4	1	0.4	1
9:30	FOX	American Idol	22,669	8.7	22	6.8	20
	CBS	The Mentalist	15,498	3.2	8	2.0	6
	ABC	Dancing With The Stars	12,521	2.8	7	2.1	6
	NBC	Biggest Loser: Couples	9,093	3.8	10	2.9	9
	UNI	Mañana Es para Siempre	5,011	2.1	5	2.3	7
	CW	90210 (repeat)	717	0.3	1	0.3	1
10:00	CBS	Without a Trace	12,362	2.6	7	1.5	5
	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	10,211	3.4	9	2.7	9
	ABC	Primetime: What Would You Do?	9,078	2.6	7	1.9	6
	UNI	Aqui y Ahora	3,589	1.5	4	1.5	5
10:30	CBS	Without a Trace	11,608	2.5	7	1.3	4
	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	10,951	3.5	10	2.8	9
	ABC	Primetime: What Would You Do?	6,526	2.0	6	1.4	5
	UNI	Aqui y Ahora	2,763	1.0	3	1.1	4

American Idol (Fox) half-hour-breakdown:
8:00 p.m. – Viewers: 19.06 million (#1), A18-49: 6.9/21 (#1)
8:30 p.m. – Viewers: 21.77 million (#1), A18-49: 8.0/22 (#1)
9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 22.64 million (#1), A18-49: 8.5/22 (#1)
9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 22.67 million (#1), A18-49: 8.7/22 (#1)

Last Tuesday's results, here.

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TV by the numbers