"American Idol" still rising in TV ratings
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"American Idol" piled up more gargantuan ratings in its third week and helped make the Fox network medical drama "House" the most-watched scripted broadcast on U.S. television this season.
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Skimpy swimsuits, a shortened telecast and a last-woman-standing talent competition couldn't help Miss America's TV ratings. A record-low 9.8 million people watched Saturday's pageant, about 500,000 fewer than last year, continuing a trend that threatens the event's future on network television.
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LaKisha Jones wowed `em on "American Idol" &#151; again.
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âAmerican Idolâ is bigger and stronger than ever in its sixth season, causing its competitors to do everything they can to escape its invasion.
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Three doses of "American  Idol" and the new game show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th  Grader?" boosted Fox to a weekly victory in viewership and the  adults 18-49 demographic, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday.
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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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A dominating ratings performance from "American Idol" took Fox where it hadn't been since last season's May 24 finale of the talent show -- atop the weekly ratings among adults 18-49 without the help of sports.
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Fox dominated the ratings on Tuesday, thanks to two popular shows, âAmerican Idolâ at 8 p.m. and âHouseâ at 9. Those shows delivered 28.1 million and 22.5 million viewers, Nielsen estimated. A repeat of CBSâs âNCISâ at 8 attracted the nightâs third-largest audience (11.7 million). CBSâs all-rerun lineup tied NBC for runner-up on the night, but NBC fared better among adults 18 to 49 with âThe Biggest Loserâ at 8 (8.3 million) followed by âLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitâ at 10 (9.4 million). ABC finished fourth overall. On Monday President Bushâs final State of the Union address attracted the smallest audience of his two terms, 37.5 million viewers. That tally was 8 million fewer than a year ago, but 6 million more than President Clintonâs last State of the Union address in 2000. The speech was broadcast live at 9 p.m. on a total of nine network and cable channels.
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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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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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Fans of "American Idol," U.S. TV's  most popular program, on Thursday gave their backing to a  female contestant purportedly shown in some X-rated Internet  photos, voting to keep her on the show.
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At least 29.5 million "American Idol" fans watched the finale of the hit talent show as 17-year-old Jordin Sparks was crowned the youngest winner yet in the program's history, preliminary numbers showed on Thursday.
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U.S. television's top show, "American Idol," returns to the Fox network on Tuesday, poised to stand taller than ever in the ratings as it arrives in a prime-time landscape clouded by the Hollywood writers strike.
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WASHINGTON -- &quot;American Idol&quot; continues to hack away at the dreams of thousands of singers in Washington.
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Life after not winning American Idol may not be   all Grammy Awards and People magazine covers, but the show's   also-rans seem to be holding their own.
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Fox pulled out another  strong week with a pair of two-hour episodes of "American Idol"  that overshadowed the rest of broadcast primetime in the adults  18-49 demographic.
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LOS ANGELES  - "American Idol" remained  the 800-pound gorilla of primetime for Fox on Wednesday, which  helped the network get its new 9 p.m. drama "Point Pleasant"  off to a respectable start.