AMERICAN IDOL - ANOTHER WEDNESDAY, ANOTHER WIN FOR IDOL

If it's Wednesday, it must be another winning night for Fox. With American Idol scoring a 14.3 rating and a 22 share in the 9:00 p.m. hour, the network easily dominated the ratings for the night. Nevertheless, the Idol ratings were down by more than 25 percent from the comparable night a year ago. CBS's Criminal Minds provided solid competition with an 8.7/13. Earlier in the 8:00 p.m. hour, the competition between two game shows, NBC's Deal or No Deal and CBS's The Price Is R ight, was fairly close, with Deal posting a 5.4/9 and Price, a 5.1/8. CBS took over the lead at 10:00 with a 7.8/12 for CSI:NY.

01/05/2008