AMERICAN IDOL - IDOL DOMINATES TUESDAY AGAIN

IDOL DOMINATES TUESDAY AGAIN

Performances by the last group of semifinalists on American Idol Tuesday night were watched by roughly the same number of viewers who tuned into the show a week earlier. Nielsen said that 24.2 million viewers tuned in, giving the talent contest a 13.8 rating and a 21 share in its first hour and a 14.7/22 in its second. That was more than the combined numbers of the other major TV networks, as CBS's NCIS, which ordinarily is a potent challenger to Idol at 8 00 p.m., was in rerun mode -- as was The Mentalist at 9 00 p.m. Nevertheless, NCIS posted a decent 8.7/13 and The Mentalist , an identical 8.2/13. ABC, which posted terrific ratings on Tuesday night with a three-hour season finale of The Bachelor , won the 10 00 p.m. time period with The Bachelor After the Final Rose, Part 2, which scored a 7.4/12.

04/03/2009