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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 9.1/22 | 5.4/14 | 2.6/7 | 1.8/5 | 1.8/4 | 0.4/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 7.7/21 | 3.9/11 | 2.5/7 | 1.1/3 | 1.9/5 | 0.4/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 23.64 | 20.41 | 6.35 | 9.50 | 4.33 | .86 |
With a six year winning streak at stake American Idol kept the streak alive, easily beating out the Olympics every half hour between 8p-10p with both adults 18-49 and total viewers. Between 8pm-10pm Idol averaged a 9.1/22 rating share with adults 18-49 and 24.64 million viewers. During that same period NBC averaged a 5.1/12 rating/share with adults 18-49 and 19.74 million but for the whole night (8p-11p) NBC averaged a 5.4/14 and 20.41 million viewers
Lost held up very well with a 4.5/10 rating/share with adults 18-49 at 9pm against the games, dropping, but not too far, from last week's 4.9/12. Considering that it not only went up against the Olympics, it also took on Idol rather than "Past Life," I'd say that's pretty good despite the consecutive weekly drops from the premiere.
Details:
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| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 8.8/23 | 23.09 |
| NBC | Vancouver Winter Olympics | 4.5/12 | 18.60 | |
| CBS | NCIS (R) | 2.3/6 | 11.56 | |
| ABC | Lost (R) | 1.5/4 | 4.21 | |
| CW | 90210 (R) | 0.4/1 | 0.90 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | American Idol | 9.3/22 | 24.19 |
| NBC | Vancouver Winter Olympics | 5.6/13 | 20.88 | |
| ABC | Lost | 4.5/10 | 9.79 | |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles (R) | 1.8/4 | 9.11 | |
| CW | Melrose Place (R) | 0.4/1 | 0.82 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | Vancouver Winter Olympics | 6.2/17 | 21.76 |
| ABC | The Forgotten | 1.7/5 | 5.05 | |
| CBS | The Good Wife (R) | 1.4/4 | 7.82 |
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Not even close. Big hit for Idol vs last Tuesday though. Next week will be a bit more of a test.
Wow Lost was in THIRD with a 4.5? Now that takes me back some years.
AI destroyed the Olympics in 18-49 surprised viewership wasn’t closer
Very great result for Lost, almost 10 ML and 4.5 against Idol and the Olympics.
can they please pull THE FORGOTTEN after next week. Againts no original dramas it got a 1.7 out of a 4.5. What happens against GOOD WIFE and parenthood? March 1st is 20/20. March 8th and 15th they can run Shark Tank – they have on original left. March 22nd they can do a recap V special. March 28th from 7-11p they can run all 4 V eps.
Nice to see something beat the Winter Olympics for a change.
Lost held up quite nice …. This episode seems to have started giving away some answers and explanations ….
Yes ABC does indeed have a problem when NCIS:LA repeats vs Olympics and Idol are outperforming The Forgotten.
its not a problem just pull FORGOTTEN. its not a surprise. come one who thought it would work
This will be a weekly post: Can we get half hour data on The Forgotten? If it was 1.7 for the hour, I’m thinking 1.4 or 1.5 for the second half hour.
And yes, Lost getting a 4.5 vs. the Olympics and AI is a testament to how devoted their fans are. Too bad for ABC that none of them are showing any allegiance to the rest of the shows introduced since then.
There no hope for The Forgotten… Ouch!
Lost held up fine like i expected it too. the forgotten has to go!
CW repeats werent bad. exactly the same demo for 90210 and melrose place.
I am shocked FlashForward is still around. The show really is not that great and it’s a shame because Christian Slater is a fine actor but he can’t make lemonade out of a lemon.
A few weeks ago there was a “Special” about serialized vs. “thing” of the week style. This data shows you the good side of serialized tv drama. They keep most of their viewers no matter what.
This is whay im not ready to count MP out yet, its repeats have done pretty well meaning that it could have picked up a lot of new viewers when it returns.
Why does everything have to go on hold when the olympics are on, or when its anything at all in America?
It’s bloody annoying
Lot of people watching network tv last night.
Cause there’s this thing called “money”. Networks are trying to make it.
Lindsey Vonn and Apollo Ohno are competing on Wednesday and they’re the big story at the Olympics, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the Winter Olympics defeats American Idol tonight.
Acey the UK also has TV and networks believe it or not and we dont stop all programing for things like the Olympics etc
Considering the Olympics, The Forgotten help up pretty well. It did beat a repeat earning of The Good Wife – something I don’t believe has ever happened before.