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    Finale Ratings: DWTS and Idol Split Tuesday Win While Hitting Lows, Glee Up But Down

    By Matt Webb Mitovich | TVLine.com – Wed, May 23, 2012 9:19 AM PDT

    The Dancing With the Stars Season 14 finale led Tuesday in total viewers this week, while American Idol‘s Season 11 performance finale drew the night’s best demo rating.

    Both reality contests were down sharply from a year ago, however, hitting all-time demo lows for a finale/performance finale, respectively.

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    Dancing With the Stars, with 17.5 million viewers and a 3.2 rating, hit season highs but was down 17 and 29 percent from its May 2011 coronation ceremony. Also, it got bested in its first hour (where it scored a 2.9 rating) by America’s Got Talent (9.3 mil/3.2).

    Idol, meanwhile, drew 14.4 mil and a 4.2, down 33 and 28 percent year-over-year.

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    The night’s other big finale, Glee (7.7 mil/3.0), rose 20 percent to hit a 13-week demo high, but was down 35 percent from its Season 2 capper. It, too, was edged out in the demo by AGT.

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    Lastly — no, really — The CW’s L.A. Complex played to 448,000 people this week (down 15 percent) while scoring a 0.2 rating.


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