At the rate "American Idol" is going, in five years, every teenage girl in America who watches TV on Tuesday and Wednesday will be tuning in to the show.
In other words, half that demographic is choosing "Idol" now — out of an average 100 channels per home — and is largely contributing to the average 31.3 million viewers on Tuesday nights and 29.4 million on Wednesdays this season.
Those numbers are up nearly 20 percent from a year ago, making "Idol" one of the few shows in television history to increase its ratings after five seasons...........
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