Ratings: American Idol up 18% from last year in viewers

OK, I got confused... I made a boo-boo earlier misreading the tweet... doing this again...

American Idol was the #1 show last night! It was up 18% from last year in terms of viewers! This show cannot be stopped!

From FOX_Research:

#AmericanIdol also up +3% in A18-49 vs. last year's Top 5 perf show (6.4 vs. 6.2) // #IDOL

#FOX No. 1 last night in ALL available demos – beat No. 2 CBS by +93% in A18-49 (5.4 vs. 2.8) and +61% in viewers (17.2m vs. 10.7m) // #IDOL

#AmericanIdol posts biggest yr-to-yr perf show gain this ssn, up +18% vs. last year’s Top 5 in viewers (20.6m vs. 17.5m) //