This Doesn’t Bode Very Well For Jordin’s Album Sales, Does It?

noah | May 24, 2007 4:09 am
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According to preliminary Nielsen ratings, about 29.5 million people tuned into last night’s American Idol finale–or about seven million fewer viewers than last year’s finale, and nearly 8.6 million viewers less than the highest-rated Idol finale in history, which crowned Ruben Studdard as the victor in 2003. Fox is claiming that the show’s nine-minute overrun into the 10 p.m. hour will result in the final numbers actually being higher, but we’re not so sure, especially since we’ve gotten at least 10 IMs today complaining about the fact that their DVRs changed the channel at 10 p.m. on the dot. (They were probably just as appalled by the Sgt. Pepper medley as we were.)

‘American Idol’ ratings sing sour note [Reuters via CNNMoney.com] Earlier: Live-Blogging The Finale, Part II: Please Tell Us That We Make You Proud

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