Over 55 million people watched American Idol 2 last week???

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1

Does this show play in countries other than the US because that’s like 1/5 of the population. I thought 10 mil was huge.

2

Yes, it does, but I don’t think those numbers include that. However, I’m not sure the 55 million is right either. Where did you get that number? Was it a combination of the Tuesday and Wednesday viewership numbers? Because if so, then it’s not correct to say that 55 million people watched. Odds are, a lot of those were the same people watching both nights.

3

They said it on the commercial so your right, it probably was combined. Still, 27.5 million is huge.

4

Oh, it’s absolutely huge. They expected big numbers, but nothing like this. The Tuesday premiere was larger than the first finale!

5

Well, i didn’t see a minute of the first series, but my girlfriend made me tape it for her and we watched the first two episodes of this one.

And it’s like a train wreck - you can’t take your eyes away in case something even worse comes along. But now i’ve had my fix, i won’t be following it for the rest of the season. It was only the early, woeful contestants that i really wanted to see, because i like watching people cry or get angry as their dreams are smashed to smithereens. :smiley:

6

That’s what I said last season. Now I’m an AI junkie. You poor, poor man. Your Tuesday and Wednesday nights have just been planned out for you for the next 3 months, and you don’t even realize it yet. :slight_smile:

Happy

7

According to the estimates over at Nielsen, 26.50 million watched on Tuesday, and 24.91 watched on Wednesday. That’s a combined estimate of over 50 million people for the two-day finale, so that’s not far off. (Of course, that’s nothing compared to the Super Bowl’s 88 million viewers.)

8

Oh I’m a junkie. I may miss The Osbournes, or forget that The Surreal Life is on, but I NEVER miss American Idol. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I’m in front of a TV, and I don’t care which one it is.

ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC!

9

Actually, even I watched a bit - as there was nothing on any other channel except a documentary on the history of cheese.

I won’t make that mistake again.