> The special averaged 13.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen overnights.
> Drudge says Primetime Live won the timeslot over Law & Order and CSI: NY; “25 share for ‘Idol’ results at 9pm ET, 17 share for ABC News ‘Idol’ investigation at 10pm ET.”
> Viewership was “merely decent,” and the numbers were disappointing “considering how much hype there’d been over the sweeps stunt,” Media Life Magazine says. “For a stunt with so much hype, 15 million would have been a more respectable turnout.”
> Elites TV: “It turns out that the secrets weren’t such a secret after all.”
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