{"id":156217,"date":"2018-03-13T01:05:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T05:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=156217"},"modified":"2018-03-13T01:05:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T05:05:56","slug":"revamped-american-idol-reaches-more-than-10-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/13\/revamped-american-idol-reaches-more-than-10-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Revamped ‘American Idol’ reaches more than 10 million"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nielsen company said Monday that the 10.34 million who watched the return of \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d represented ABC’s biggest Sunday night audience with regular series programming since 2012. (Photo:<\/a> American Idol\/Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK – The revamped \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d had a strong debut on ABC, reaching more than 10 million viewers and shrugging off Fox’s attempt to blunt the premiere’s impact with its special on O.J. Simpson.<\/p>\n

The Nielsen company said Monday that the 10.34 million who watched the return of \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d represented ABC’s biggest Sunday night audience with regular series programming since 2012.<\/p>\n

Fox’s presentation of a 2006 Simpson interview, during which he speculated about how he might have killed his former wife, was watched by 4.4 million people. That was a distant echo of the sensational interest the Simpson case drew two decades ago.<\/p>\n

There was bad blood when Fox ended \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d two years ago, with producers wanting to continue the show. Scheduling the Simpson special at the same time as the \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d debut was widely seen as Fox’s attempt to prevent its former headlining series from getting off to a fast start for ABC.<\/p>\n

The \u201cIdol\u201d opening numbers were better than all but two of the telecasts during Fox’s final season of the show, including the Jan. 6, 2016 season opener, which was seen by 11 million people, Nielsen said. The average viewership for Fox’s final season was 9.4 million viewers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIdol\u201d was a sensation in the 2000s for Fox, creating stars and drawing viewership numbers that television networks can only dream of these days. One of the stars launched by \u201cIdol,\u201d Kelly Clarkson, is now a panelist on NBC’s \u201cThe Voice.\u201d That music competition show began its new season last month with an episode viewed by 12.3 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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