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"Idol" Has Monday Blahs
If last week's dreary men's competition on American Idol put the judges to sleep, viewers weren't far behind.
The ballad-heavy episode dropped Idol to its worst outing of the season. Granted, "worst" is a relative term where the Fox singing competition is concerned--the show was watched by 23.5 million, good for sixth place in the TV week ended Sunday, per Nielsen Media Research.
The other Idols did their thing. Tuesday's installment featuring the more upbeat female semifinalists led the franchise (second place, 28.3 million viewers), followed by Wednesday's dragged-out results episode (fifth place, 26.7 million).
Last week was the first time Idol aired on three consecutive nights this season. It also was the first time Monday was used to showcase a key competition round.
The Monday telecast will disappear once the 12 finalists have been determined. Judging by last night's revved-up men's round, the Michael Bolton ballads already have disappeared.
Elsewhere:
ABC's Academy Awards telecast (first place, 42.1 million) was the most watched show among 18-to-49-year-old viewers, African-American viewers, Hispanic viewers and people who agree with Chris Rock and think that Jude Law is overexposed. Oprah, Oscars. Oscars, Oprah. Monday's award-show wrap, taped at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, brought the daytime queen her best overnight numbers of the season. Barbara Walters' annual Oscar-night interview special, with Jamie Foxx, Will Ferrell and Teri Hatcher, had 12.5 million (21st place) on Kleenex watch. NBC's Must-See Thursday has been reduced to this: Two shows in the top 20 (ER, 12th place, 16 million; The Apprentice, 16th place, 14.2 million) and two shows in the top 30 (Joey, 32nd place, 10 million; Will & Grace, 34th place, 9.9 million). Peter Jennings' quest to go where no network anchor has gone before, ABC News' UFO: Seeing Is Believing, beamed aboard 11.6 million (23rd place), or more than three times as many geeks as UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise (96th place, 3 million). The next-to-last chance to see Dennis Franz's bottom on ABC's NYPD Blue enticed 10.6 million (28th place). At this rate, NBC's The West Wing (33rd place, 9.9 million) may need a filibuster to make it to a seventh season. CBS' One Day at a Time Reunion was a smallish affair (41st place, 9.3 million), but the chicken salad was lovely. The two-hour finale of Bravo's Project Runway strutted its stuff before 2 million--season-best numbers for the cable network.Overall, the Academy Awards led ABC to victory among total viewers, averaging 14 million. The Idol-ized Fox (12.1 million viewers) took the flag in the 18-49 race and preemptively declared itself undisputed king of the February sweeps, the all-important ratings period that ends Wednesday.
CBS ran third in viewers for the week (11.8 million); NBC was a distant fourth (10.1 million).
The WB stayed ahead of UPN, 3.5 million to 3.3 million.
Here's a rundown of the 10 most watched prime-time shows for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research:
1. 77th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 42.1 million viewers
2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 28.3 million viewers
3. CSI, CBS, 28.1 million viewers
4. Oscar Countdown 2005, ABC, 27.7 million viewers
5. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 26.7 million viewers
6. American Idol (Monday), Fox, 23.5 million viewers
7. Survivor: Palau, CBS, 21.6 million viewers
8. Without a Trace, CBS, 21.4 million viewers
9. Lost, ABC, 19.49 million viewers
10. CSI: Miami, CBS, 19.48 million viewers
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