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'Idol' Ratings Hitting Sour Note

Viewership declines suggest beginning of end for juggernaut

By Jim O'Neill, Newser User

Posted Apr 21, 2008 8:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ratings monster “American Idol” is showing viewership cracks in its seventh season, and rival networks are circling, hoping to steal some of the more than 20 million viewers who tune into the Fox hit each week, reports the Los Angles Times. “Idol” viewership... Read full story »

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