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Season 11 of American Idol got off to a somewhat rocky start as the two-hour premiere failed to live up to last year’s debut.
According to Nielsen live-plus-same day data, the season opener averaged 21.9 million viewers, down 17 percent from the 26.3 million live-plus-same-day viewers who tuned in to last season’s premiere. The show took an even bigger hit in the demo, averaging a 7.4 rating among adults 18-49, down 25 percent from the year-ago 9.8.
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