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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Fox's "American Idol" returned as the nation's most popular TV series, but with 4 million fewer viewers than the 2007 season premiere.
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&quot;American Idol&quot;  runner-up Katharine McPhee is set to make her feature film  debut as the star of the indie dark romantic comedy &quot;The Last  Caller.&quot;
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - "American Idol" alumnus Clay Aiken,  the most commercially successful graduate of the Fox talent  show series, is planning to tour the United States for five  weeks this holiday season backed by a full orchestra.
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The blockbuster television show "American Idol" announced on Thursday its first children's summer camp for the performing arts.
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Clay Aiken sang his way to a runner-up finish on the television show "American Idol." Last season, fellow North Carolinian Fantasia Barrino won a lucrative recording contract by claiming the title.
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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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The Patriots-Colts season opener Thursday night did a 26.8 rating (45 share) on Channel 5.
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Yes, American Idol will air three times this week. But is that really enough?
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19The fourth-edition debut of Fox's "American Idol" on Tuesday night smashed all of this season's viewing records. It was the singing competition's biggest opening night -- putting the kibosh on all that speculation that reality TV is on the wane.
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If you want American Idol exposure, you have to pay the   price.
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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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Three weeks and nine hours into a new year of "American Idol," the song remains the same. Just bigger, louder and nearly impossible to get out of your head. More than ever, "American Idol" is in heavy rotation in the cultural psyche.
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Fox's "American Idol" returned as the nation's most popular TV series, but with 4 million fewer viewers than the 2007 season premiere. Tuesday's debut was seen by 33.4 million viewers, down 11 percent from the 37.4 million who watched the first show, according to preliminary ratings by Nielsen Media Research.
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When Victoria Beckham moves to town, the momentous event will be recorded for television by the creator of "American Idol."
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After more than two decades working his way up &#151; behind the scenes &#151; in the music industry, Simon Cowell sits center stage. Cowell's withering putdowns of the overconfident and undertalented &#151; first on Britain's "Pop Idol," then on "American Idol," which began its fourth season Jan. 18 &#151; have made him a celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic.