'Idol' down, but still dominant
Ratings Flash - Rick Kissell
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According to preliminary nationals from Nielsen, "American Idol" (roughly 10.1 rating/28 share in adults 18-49, 26.1 million viewers overall from 8 to 9:02 p.m.) destroyed the competish as usual but was down by double-digit percentages vs. the same night a year ago. It was pretty much a wash at the other major nets, though, with CBS' second-place "NCIS" (3.2/9 in 18-49, 13.7 million viewers overall) down slightly year-to-year, while NBC with "Dateline" (1.8/5 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers overall) and ABC with repeats of "George Lopez" and "According to Jim" (combined 1.5/4 in 18-49, 4.5 million viewers overall for the hour) were both up a smidge vs. last year.
In the night's middle hour, Fox cruised again with "House" (roughly 8.8/22 in 18-49, 20.9 million viewers overall from 9:02 to 10:01 p.m.), well ahead of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" results show (3.7/9 in 18-49, 14.7 million viewers overall). With the Alphabet tripling what it did on the same night a year ago, CBS drama "The Unit" (2.9/7 in 18-49, 9.9 million viewers overall) tumbled about 30% year-to-year but remained well ahead of drama rival "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" on NBC (2.2/6 in 18-49, 7.2 million viewers overall).
NBC won as usual at 10 o'clock with "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (3.9/11 in 18-49, 11.2 million viewers overall) but it was off by about 25% vs. an original episode on the same night a year ago. ABC's firstrun "Boston Legal" (2.7/7 in 18-49, 10.1 million viewers overall) and CBS' special repeat of "CSI: Miami" (2.5/7 in 18-49, 8.0 million viewers overall) were well behind the Peacock drama.
Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Fox, 9.4/25; CBS, 2.9/8; ABC, 2.6/7; NBC, 2.6/7; Univision, 1.7/4; CW, 0.9/2.
In total viewers: Fox, 23.3 million; CBS, 10.5 million; ABC, 9.7 million; NBC, 8.0 million; Univision, 3.8 million; CW, 2.2 million.
