Ratings: American Idol down 23% from last season

American Idol is still dominating the ratings, but the move to Thursday is affecting the ratings in comparison to last year - down 23%. Idol however is only down 3% from last week's Thursday episode which indicates that the current viewers like what they are watching. Looks like Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez are a success.

There are still a couple of changes ahead for the show, so we'll see how the audience reacts to that.

From TVbytheNumbers:

American Idol easily topped the night with an 7.6 adults 18-49 rating, down 3% vs. last Thursday’s 7.8 rating. Thursdays for Idol are still taking a toll though, that was down 23 percent from the equivalent episode last year (Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 8-9p) that had a 9.9 adults 18-49 rating. Wednesday night’s episode was only down 9% vs. the equivalent Tuesday a year earlier.