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'Idol' Audience Shrinks
online.wsj.com 3 weeks, 4 days agoThe season premiere of "American Idol" drew about 21.9 million people, down 17% from a year earlier. Among adults age 18 to 49 the ratings decline was nearly 24%. The show, in its 11th season, still trounced everything up against it.
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'American Idol' Ratings Sink In Season 11 Premiere
latimes.com 3 weeks, 5 days agoFox executives predicted last week that "American Idol" would return to lower ratings -- and they were right. "Idol," TV's No. 1 show for years, premiered its 11th season Wednesday night to 21.6 million total viewers, according to Nielsen -- a sharp 17% drop compared with last year and the series' lowest opening since its first season during the summer of 2002. At its 2007 peak, "Idol" opened to 37.4 million viewers. Among young adults, the news was worse. In the crucial adults age 18 to 49 demographic favo


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