Americans’ gold rush helps Olympics beat ‘American Idol’ in ratings
By APThursday, February 18, 2010
Olympics tops ‘American Idol’ in ratings
NEW YORK — Shani Davis, Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White are the true American Idols.
In a startling turnaround from the night before, the Olympics clobbered Fox’s “American Idol” in the ratings Wednesday night. The Nielsen Co. said that during the one hour the two shows competed against one another, the Olympics were seen by 30.1 million people while 18.4 million watched “American Idol.”
It was the first time in six years that anything has beaten the nation’s most popular program head to head in the ratings.
Davis, Vonn and White were all heavily promoted American contenders who won gold medals Wednesday.
On Tuesday, “Idol” beat the Olympics by nearly 4 million viewers.
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Tags: Events, Geography, New York, North America, Shaun white, Sports, United States
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