American Idol Wins the Weekly Ratings

As American Idol criss-crosses the country, last week’s audition shows took the top honors in the weekly Nielsen New York ratings. The Wednesday night edition of Idol led the way with an estimated 1.5 million WNYW/Channel 5 fans and a 7.7 rating.

The next night, Idol settled for a second-place finish (1.2 million/6.1).

CBS’ The Big Bang Theory landed at number three for the week (1 million/5.1). Also at the Tiffany Network, 60 Minutes was number five (877,000/4.5), while The Good Wife was sixth (773,000/4.0).

Back to Fox, the new Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch had a fourth-place debut (958,000/4.9).

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