'American Idol,' 'Loser' Continue Solid Performances

FOX's American IdolAnother Tuesday, another "American Idol" win.

Fox was down almost half a rating point for the night to a Nielsen preliminary 6.0/16 among 18-49 viewers, from a 6.4/16 the week before. It was also down some in 18-34 viewers -- a 4.4/13 from a 4.8/14.

The minor rating slippage resulted from "Idol" dipping to an 8.0/22 from an 8.2/23 from the week before. Still, "Idol" easily dominated the competition, as it always does.

One sliver of good news comes from NBC, where "The Biggest Loser: Couples" continues some solid numbers, averaging a 3.8/9 for its two-hour episode. NBC was the only network up week-to-week, with a 3.4/9 from a 3.3/9.

ABC didn't have a good time of it. "Dancing with the Stars: Results" was down to a 3.0/8 from a 3.4/8 the week before. Then its new drama-comedy "The Unusuals" went lower, to a 1.8/5 from its previous outing. All this brought ABC to a 1.9/5, off its 2.2/6 from the week before.

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CBS didn't have much to cheer about either, earning a 2.4/6 -- down some from a week ago. But again, the repeats of its dramas, "The Mentalist" and "NCIS," scored well -- both earned around a 2.8/7.

CW witnessed slightly better results for "Reaper" -- up 10% to a 1.0/3 among 18-49 viewers. But its "90210" was off 10% to a 1.1/3 versus the week before. In its more core audience, the 18-34 demos, "Reaper" came in at 0.9/3, while "90210" earned a 1.4/4.

CW averaged a 1.0/3 for 18-49 viewers and a 1.1/3 for 18-34 viewers. Univision was at a 1.6/4 for 18-49 viewers and a 1.7/5 among 18-34 viewers.

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