“American Idol” is not having a great time during its reincarnation.
On Sunday night “Idol” was beaten by “NCIS” and its preceding show CBS, “Instinct,” which is brand new but has a great lead-in from “60 Minutes.” The latter news program had 10 million viewers on Sunday might.
“Idol” scores an average 7.2 million viewers, a full million behind “NCIS” and “Instinct.”
Last night, “Idol” fell again when it overlapped with NBC’s “The Voice.” The only good news there is that “The Voice” was down, too, under 10 million viewers to 9.7 million. It’s off about 500,000 viewers.