Ratings: 'American Idol' has lowest rated season premiere ever - 1/16/2014
The premiere of American Idol XIII Season 13 had a 4.6 adult rating -- the show's lowest rated premiere ever, even lower than Season 1 which aired in the summer and with no buzz. The Season 1 premiere had a 4.8 rating.
Last night's premiere had 15 million viewers.
FOX can still be happy however that it was the #1 show of the night and the most watched on broadcast, but we'll have to wait later for the final numbers since Wednesday was also the premiere of Duck Dynasty on A&E and we expect those numbers to be huge.
Update: American Idol beat Duck Dynasty in the demo.
For comparison, The Voice debuted at 5.1 during last fall's premiere.
| Time | Network | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 p.m. | FOX | American Idol | 4.6 | 13 | 14.68 |
| ABC | The Middle | 1.8 | 6 | 7.47 | |
| NBC | Revolution | 1.3 | 4 | 4.91 | |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men - R | 1.2 | 4 | 5.48 | |
| CW | Arrow | 0.9 | 3 | 2.49 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | ABC | Suburgatory -P | 1.6 | 5 | 5.27 |
| CBS | The Millers - R | 1.1 | 3 | 4.95 | |
| 9:00 p.m. | ABC | Modern Family | 3.2 | 9 | 9.1 |
| CBS | Criminal Minds | 2.4 | 7 | 10.47 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 1.5 | 4 | 5.46 | |
| CW | The Tomorrow People | 0.6 | 2 | 1.59 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | ABC | Super Fun Night | 1.6 | 4 | 4.62 |
| 10:00 p.m. | CBS | CSI | 2 | 6 | 10.26 |
| NBC | Chicago PD | 1.5 | 4 | 5.54 | |
| ABC | Nashville | 1.3 | 4 | 5.05 |
Via TVbytheNumbers