Ratings: American Idol rises, but not enough to beat The Voice

Update: American Idol has been adjusted up to 5.7 adult rating and 18.7 million viewers

American Idol was the #1 show last night with a 5.6 adult rating, up 12% from last week. This however was not enough to beat The Voice for this week's #1 program which had a 6.2 on Monday.

After flirting with ratings in the 4's and low 5's two weeks ago, I have a feeling that Idol may be back to it's old form of solid ratings. The judges pick on the results later (blatantly copied from The X Factor) may just be enough of a twist to beat The Big Bang Theory tonight. How long Idol can sustain interest with weekly twists is uncertain, but the past two nights have shown that the unexpected (as well as repeats from the competition) keeps viewers glued to the TV.

Also, 18.5 million viewers watched last night. Steven Tyler obviously doesn't follow the ratings because he thinks American Idol has 40 million viewers.

The numbers:

From FOX_Research:

#FOX was No. 1 last night in Adults 18-49 (5.6/15), Adults 18-34 (4.0/13), Total Viewers (18.5 million) and all demos #AmericanIdol

@AmericanIdol was the top program of the night in Adults 18-49 (5.6/15), Adults 18-34 (4.0/13), Total Viewers (18.5 million) and all demos

Versus last week, #AmericanIdol was up +12% among A18-49 (5.6 vs 5.0), +18% in A18-34 (4.0 vs 3.4) & +8% in Total Viewers (18.5m vs 17.2m)

From TVbytheNumbers:

With ABC's comedy block mostly in repeats Fox easily won the night as American Idol rose 12% (0.6) with adults 18-49 to a 5.6 rating.

CBS came in second for the night as Survivor rose 0.3 from last week to a season high 3.2 adults 18-49 rating at 8pm. CBS was in repeats the remainder of the night.

ABC was all repeats except for Happy Endings and the debut of Revenge for Real. Without an original Modern Family in front of it Happy Endings slumped 26% (0.7) from last week falling to a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating (the Modern Family repeat before it drew a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating). The debut of Revenge for Real at 10pm drew a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating.