Ratings Rat Race: ‘glee’ & ‘community’ Up Big, ‘american Idol’ ‘& “big Bang Theory’ Slip, ’1600 Penn’ & ‘person Of Interest’ Tie

DOMINIC PATTEN, Deadline.com
Fri, 03/08/2013 - 10:11am

Ending its three-night live round, American Idol (3.5/10) pared it down to the final 10 contestants of Season 12 on Thursday. Spilling two minutes over, the scheduled 90-minute live show had a lot of Ryan Seacrest shuttling back and forth to the holding room to bring the lucky ones back on stage.

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