33.5M Tune in for 'American Idol' Debut
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TV viewers couldn't wait for their "American Idol" fix, turning out 33.5 million strong for its season debut.
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The fourth-season premiere of Fox's  musical juggernaut "American Idol" dominated television on  Tuesday, outdrawing the other five leading broadcast networks  combined in total viewership and audience rating, according to  preliminary ratings.
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The &quot;American Idol&quot; triumph of  17-year-old Jordin Sparks drew nearly 6 million fewer viewers  than last year&#39;s finale, in the latest sign that U.S.  television&#39;s highest-rated show may have finally hit its peak.
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Katie Couric posted a strong start  as anchor of the CBS Evening News in the ratings, with more  than twice as many viewers as usual tuning into Tuesday's  debut, early Nielsen Media Research figures showed.
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Ratings for Fox's top-ranked "American Idol" will probably decline as the television talent search show enters its fourth season this week, a network official said on Monday.
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LOS ANGELES  - Monster viewer turnouts  for the AFC Championship Game on CBS and for the return of  "American Idol" on Fox determined the network rankings for the  week ended Jan. 23, with CBS and Fox finishing No. 1 and No. 2  among total viewers and adults 18-49.
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LOS ANGELES  - Fox was hot to trot  Wednesday with "American Idol," and the return of Paris Hilton  and Nicole Richie in "The Simple Life: Interns."
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The new &quot;American Idol&quot; will be named tonight. Katherine McPhee and Taylor Hicks each performed three songs in last night&#039;s sing-off, staged in front of more than 3,000 fans at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
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"American Idol" returns this week with a two-night, four-hour season premiere. (Michael Becker/Fox) Is âAmerican Idol,â televisionâs top-rated show, still as strong as ever? Last springâs season of the Fox reality juggernaut marked the first time that overall viewership declined from the previous year, Edward Wyatt noted in Mondayâs New York Times. But the singing competition [...].
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Contestants line up for ITV's first Pop Idol-style competition to find a member of the public to stand for Parliament.
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Ratings for Fox's top-ranked  "American Idol" will probably decline as the television talent  search show enters its fourth season this week, a network  official said on Monday.
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Walt Disney World will host its own version of the hit TV show "American Idol" starring park visitors at a new attraction set to open later this year, the Walt Disney Co said on Thursday.
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Walt Disney World will host its own  version of the hit TV show "American Idol" starring park  visitors at a new attraction set to open later this year, the  Walt Disney Co said on Thursday.
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It's hard to imagine that the  producers of "American Idol" would want to tinker with the  show's formula following last season. After all, the hit  reality program -- a talent search for music's Next Big Thing  -- was 2006's top-rated TV series by a wide margin. But when  the "A.I." juggernaut returns for its sixth season January 16,  that's just what they'll be doing.
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Thousands of "American Idol" hopefuls descended on the Rose Bowl before dawn Tuesday with wide-eyed dreams of becoming the next Taylor Hicks or Carrie Underwood.
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U.S. television's top show, "American Idol," returned to prime time with 33.2 million viewers, down sharply from last year's record season debut but still more than watched the four other major networks combined, according to early ratings on Wednesday.
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A unique version of "YMCA," pleas for spanking and national anthems galore were the excruciating highlights of the "American Idol" season debut on Tuesday night.