'American Idol' Season 11 on FOX HD - Page 3

We're in mid-season form now. Save some of the vitriol for later.

The Big Bang Theory beat Idol last night. Does that mean people will stop writing those "it's still number 1" comments?

Hilarious that Fox is so terrified about the ratings that they have Nielsen do the rush job to go from down 28% to down 27%.

Perhaps, it will stop people from posting nonstop about their ratings.

Net - Show - 18-49 Rating - 18-49 Share - Viewers Live+SD (million)

8:00PM
FOX - American Idol - 5.6 - 15 - 17.738
CBS - The Big Bang Theory - 5.2 - 14 - 15.711

Where I'm from, 5.6 is more than 5.2.

So, you don't think this is a story worth reporting?

1. It was down 27% from last season's Thursday premiere.
2. Worse, it was down 20% from Wednesday night. So, no comeback due to people forgetting to watch it on Wednesday night.
3. It was beaten, or at best tied by The Big Bang Theory. And the ratings are only going to get worse, probably much worse after the auditions and with The Voice debuting soon. The story will continue.
3. Remember last year, and all of those people give credit to Jennifer and Lopez and Steven Tyler for the alleged gains/non-drop in ratings? Remember Simon Who? What are those people saying now?
4. What about those people who thought that having three (actually four including America's Got Talent) singing shows on tv wouldn't affect the ratings much?
5. How much is the ratings fall due to last year's Nashville Star? I doubt that I'm the only one who was turned off by move which allowed country music to dominate the show.
6. How many people were turned off by the incompetent judging, including the Pia fiasco where J-Lo and Randy Jackson had the gall to blame the audience for what happened, even though they were the ones who used the save on that girl with weak voice whose name is long forgotten?
7. How much are Fox and/or Simon Fuller regretting the raises that were given to J-Lo and Steven Tyler for this season? Huge raises for a huge drop in the ratings?

Uhh, look again. Ratings change every thirty minutes. Take a look at Idol's ratings for the first 30 minutes. At the very least The Big Bang Theory tied with 5.2. But the afternoon ratings adjustment could push The Big Bang Theory ahead. Regardless, you know as well as I do that Idol's ratings fall after the audition weeks. Things are only going to get worse for Idol.

I'm going to have to keep posting about the ratings if people keep posting misleading comparisons like this.

Nope. Just like all of the other garbage. You watch a show if you enjoy it. If not, just like the Forum there are plenty of other alternatives. If one wishes to harp (of which who doesn't at times) once is more than enough.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...s-high/117069/

Those are just a small part of the auditions. I like the rest because you get to see how difficult it is to sing well. There are many borderline contestants that have some talent that could blossom later on in the competition. You get to know a little about them before the true madness starts.

Also, the judges during the auditions actually judge the performances to some degree. Once AI chose its best last season, the judges (except for Randy) went into autopilot and rarely criticized even the worst performances. They sounded more like agents than judges. Lopez was in tears once because she had no choice but to say something bad. That's when I gave up last season.

Don't you have your own thread dedicated to this that you can post this in? I don't think anyone else is ever bothered by this at all.

I'm glad American Idol is back. X Factor was so horrible that I've learned to appreciate this show.

I suppose for those who have no interest in the entertainment businesses the ratings have little value other than an indication of possible cancellation. However as AI became to be known as a black hole for ratings, its eventual and not unexpected decline is significant to many. DWTS, while never matching AI's ratings in the key demographic, still began to beat it in total viewers a couple seasons ago, which is even more significant considering it airs two seasons a year and has completed more than AI. Though both shows are in decline, so is broadcast network television in general. What is surprising is how well the live competition genre has held up for so long, especially as more shows were added, though some were notable spectacular failures (such as "The One" on ABC).

For those that care, from tvbythenumbers:

NBC should put The Voice up against American Idol instead of against Dancing With the Stars.

But after watching the show Smash, it looks like NBC might have a good one-two punch with Voice followed by Smash (Monday or Tuesdays, I think).

Wrong. Right here in this thread forum member "Joeforsale" responded: "I completely agree with you. They should just make it silent instead of that annoying "bleep". And excessive cursing shows a limited vocabulary to express one's self."

They're just words. How offensive they are is directly proportional to how much you let them bother you.

I stated early I misunderstood because the language is not offensive to OP, it's the beep. Either let them cuss or just leave it silent.

Vote for the worse now has the final top 24 posted.

I think this is the earliest in any Idol season that I'm starting to feel like its unwatchable. These audition shows are horrendous. I think I'll try again whenever they get to hollywood.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...p-well/117257/

Wow, those are pretty huge numbers for an episode of a show that got delayed.

I don't think it's been that bad. It's seems like they've focused more on talented auditions than the freak shows they've thrown at us in the past. Those are less fun without Simon glaring in disbelief anyway. Maybe they're saving them for later auditions.

My only complaint is that they're not just letting some mediocre ones get through, but they're acting very impressed by them. At least Simon would admit that he just likes the person, "and I think Americker will like you."

I know once real competition starts, the "judges" will turn back into promoters and I'll find something else to watch.

Could have been the lead in from the game. I watch AI for the first time in a couple of years last night. I was hoping that it would help me to sleep after such an exciting game. I was right.

It depends upon your perspective. The last half hour of the game did a 21.0 and 55 million viewers. Then the post game show did 13.3 and 34 million viewers. Then Idol was down to 7.9 19.8 million viewers. Good or bad? I don't know. I don't know what kind of a ratings hold the network expects in a situation like that. I would expect though that the ratings were probably bad on the East Coast due to the late start, and great on the West Coast. It'll be interesting to compare the numbers for The Voice after the Super Bowl.

Special Sunday 'American Idol' Gets a Tuesday Encore

Written By Robert Seidman
January 23rd, 2012

Because Sunday's special telecast of American Idol did not start until almost 11:00p, Fox will air an encore of it on Tuesday to ensure those who missed it because their DVRs only recorded a few minutes of it get another chance. The repeat telecast will replace the originally scheduled Glee repeat.

via Fox:

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LISTINGS RECAP
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Tuesday, January 24 - BY TIME ZONE

Eastern Time Zone:
8:00pm American Idol (R) (OTO) (AUDITIONS #3: SAN DIEGO)
*9:00pm-cc NEWS SPECIAL: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS + REPUBLICAN RESPONSE (O) (OTO) (LIVE) (approx. 90 min)

Central Time Zone:
7:00pm American Idol (R) (OTO) (AUDITIONS #3: SAN DIEGO)
*8:00pm-cc NEWS SPECIAL: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS + REPUBLICAN RESPONSE (O) (OTO) (LIVE) (approx. 90 min)

Mountain Time Zone:
*7:00pm-cc NEWS SPECIAL: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS + REPUBLICAN RESPONSE (O) (OTO) (LIVE) (approx. 90 min)
*approx. 8:30pm American Idol (R) (OTO) (AUDITIONS #3: SAN DIEGO)

Pacific Time Zone:
*6:00pm-cc NEWS SPECIAL: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS + REPUBLICAN RESPONSE (O) (OTO) (LIVE) (approx. 90 min)
*approx. 7:30pm LOCAL PROGRAMMING
8:00pm American Idol (R) (OTO) (AUDITIONS #3: SAN DIEGO)
*9:00p LOCAL PROGRAMMING

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...encore/117329/

The rerun led on Tuesday with a 3.3 rating and had 9.51 million viewers.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...nch-up/117553/