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Ratings Golden; Night Tops “American Idol”  Truth rating: 10
For the first time in six years, “American Idol” got beat.
According to overnight Nielsen ratings, the Winter Olympics on
NBC destroyed Fox’s talent show colossus head-to-head. In the
hour when the two programs were against each other, 30.1 million
people chose to watch the athletic action in Vancouver, compared
to 18.4 million for “Idol.”  The Olympics became the first show
to beat “American Idol” in the same hour in six years.
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