Idol Over Obama, Neighborhood Ball
American Idol beat ABC's coverage of the Neighborhood Ball for Tuesday night's top spot
John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/21/2009 12:28:57 PM
Related: Obama's Inauguration Watched By 29.2% Of Households In Top 56 Markets
It was a battle of American Idols Tuesday night, with Fox's American Idol going up against one of Barack Obama's inaugural balls on ABC.
Fox prevailed, with Idol averaging an 8.9/22 in the 18-49 demo at 8-9 p.m. versus the first hour of ABC's coverage of the Neighborhood Ball (3.5/8), according to Nielsen overnight numbers.
Fox averaged a 6.8/16 to win the night.
ABC and NBC tied for second in the overnights at a 3.4/8, though that will likely be broken when time-shifted viewing is added in later ratings reports.
ABC's top show was the ball at a 3.7/9. It also won the 10-11 p.m. hour with a 2.9/7 for its news special on the inauguration, beating out NBC's inauguration special (2.2/6) as well as The Mentalist on CBS (2.6/7).
NBC benefitted from not having a two-hour Idol to go up against. Its two hours worth of Biggest Loser was up 18% in 18-49's over the week before, averaging a 3.3/8 from 8-10 p.m.
CBS was fourth on the night with a 2.2/5, led by The Mentalist and not attracting much of a crowd to its 9-10 p.m. inauguration special (1.8/4).
The WC was fifth with a .9/2 for 90210 and Privileged.
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The comedy and hope of the Idol contestants were far more inspirational than watching America's favorite conman dance with a woman who "for the first time in her adult life was proud of her country". I'm wondering if Michelle is still thinking in the victim mentality she had the majority of her life
David Martinez - 1/23/2009 11:58:37 PM EST
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