Arts, Briefly: ‘Idol’ Leads the Night, but by Smaller Margin

Viewers were not much impressed with a Shania Twain-themed episode of “American Idol” on Tuesday night, as Fox’s usually substantial margin of victory shrank against a lineup of new CBS shows. According to Nielsen’s estimates, Fox’s “American Idol” led the 8 p.m. time slot as usual, but with a somewhat reduced 18.8 million viewers, as it faced stiff competition from “NCIS” (15.9 million) on CBS and “Dancing With the Stars “ (12.2 million) on ABC. At 9, CBS’s “NCIS: Los Angeles” (15.5 million) won the hour, ahead of Fox’s “Glee” (12.6 million), which was down nearly a half-million viewers from last week. CBS also led at 10 p.m. as its drama “The Good Wife” (12.1 million) topped NBC’s “Parenthood” (5.9 million) and ABC’s “V” (5 million). Fox still managed to place first for the night over all, with CBS second and ABC third. NBC completed fourth, with “The Biggest Loser” (7.5 million).

source : feeds.nytimes.com

Related News:

• Christina Hendricks Busts Out At The Creative Arts Emmys
• Arts, Briefly: Not All Is ‘Lost’
• What the UK election means for the arts
• Arts, Briefly: ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Gets Syndication Deal
• Arts, Briefly: A Win for ‘Idol,’ but Not for Fox
• Arts, Briefly: Silverman’s Schlep on Comedy Central Ends
• Bice Curiger appointed visual arts director of 2011 Venice Biennale
• Arts, Briefly: Betty White Helps Boost Ratings of ‘SNL’
• Arts, Briefly: ‘Idol’ Sags Again
• Arts, Briefly: On ‘60 Minutes,’ Conan Is No. 1

Details :
Submited at Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 3:00 pm on Television by Jasson
Comment RSS 2.0 - leave a comment - trackback