Last night's broadcast of Fox's American Idol 6 auditions from Seattle, WA saw some of the worst contestants ever to try out for the reality competition, but it still delivered the smash-hit reality show's highest rated Wednesday premiere numbers ever among total viewers and the Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 demographics.
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The episode scored a 15.4/36 rating/share among Adults 18-49, a 14.2/37 rating/share among Adults 18-34 and a 13.2/36 rating/share among Teens. Compared to last year's Wednesday premiere of Idol 5 on January 18, last night's episode of Idol 6 was up 18% among Adults 18-49, 15% among Adults 18-34, 9% among Teens and 17% in total viewers (36.9 million vs. 31.6 million).
Similar to Tuesday night's premiere, last night's two-hour Idol also outperformed the total programming of the four other network broadcasters in the 8PM to 10PM ET/PT time period, outdelivering CBS, ABC, NBC and The CW's combined ratings by 79% among Adults 18-49 (a 15.4/36 rating/share vs. a combined 8.6/20 rating/share), 109% among Adults 18-34 (14.2/37 vs. 6.8/18) and 164% among Teens (13.2/36 vs. 5/14), as well as by 36% in combined viewership (36.9 million vs. 27.2 million).
The two-night four hour premiere format has become an Idol fixture in recent years and continues to show nearly mind-blowing growth. Compared to last year with Idol 5, this week's sixth season Tuesday/Wednesday premiere was up 8% among Adults 18-49, 4% among Adults 18-34, 3% among Teens and 9% among total viewers (37.2 million vs. 34.2 million).
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