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He was a little bit country; she was a little bit country. Scotty McCreery, the 17-year-old from Garner, N.C., won, but the real competition wasn’t between him and fellow Southerner Lauren Alaina, 16, of Rossville, Ga. All along, the contest was between “American Idol” past and “American Idol” present. It turned out that even after 10 seasons, with fewer frills and a different cast of judges, the ratings soared. “American Idol” is indestructible.

Apologies for not filing a rating story earlier, it was a pretty big busy morning in TV news today. With the final ratings for last night in, here are the biggest highlights:
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TV News: 'Modern,' 'Minds' solid opposite the megahit -- ''American Idol'' slipped a bit on Wednesday but still towered over everything else in primetime, lifting Fox to victory on a night when ABC's ''Modern Family'' was the top scripted show in demos.

A slight uptick in the ratings for “American Idol” reverses a trend and makes the show look increasingly like a cultural fixture.

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The spring's first hour-long "American Idol" results show was down, especially with young viewers, but it still coupled with a new episode of "Bones" to give FOX key Thursday night wins, holding off CBS, which also aired a full slate of originals.

Initial ratings show interest is down in "American Idol" and its new team of judges....

Wednesday's finale of "American Idol" handily beat the ratings competition but the audience of 24.2 million was about 15% smaller than last year's.

ABC's comedies soared and CBS' "I Get That A Lot" delivered another decent performance, but "American Idol" did enough to help FOX win on Wednesday night, despite the not-so-impressive sneak launch for "Good Guys."

With its power hitters, "Glee" and "American Idol," at the plate Tuesday night, Fox won the adult 18-49 race for a third consecutive evening, with the former freshman series becoming the top-rated scripted series of the season in the process.