Ratings: American Idol down 4% from last week, down 12% from last season

As Nigel Lythgoe would say: Down but still #1! Go American Idol! Still the #1 in America.

From TVbytheNumbers:

Led by American Idol’s 7.9 adults 18-49 rating, Fox dominated the night with adults 18-49, and won with total viewers too. That was down 4% from last Wednesday’s episode and down 12% versus a 9.0 adults 18-49 ratings for last year’s equivalent episode of the cycle on Tuesday, February 23 (also a two hour episode).

Survivor was up a tenth from its premiere to a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating

Modern Family was down 5% to a season low 4.1 adults 18-49 rating

CW’s reality Wednesday got off to a slow start as America’s Next Top Model could do no better than a 1.1 rating with adults 18-49 and a 1.8 rating with CW’s target women 18-34, that’s about 14% worse than its fall premiere with women 18-34.