'Idol' Finale Ratings About Even With Last Season's

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The "American Idol" seventh season finale last night (May 21) managed to essentially match last year's performance, with the coronation of David Cook watched by an estimated 31.7 million viewers. [link]

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“Idol” Ratings on Par; Cook Tops iTunes Charts; Disney Details
Published 5/22/2008 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... Despite a season-long ratings drop, last night’s season-ending episode of American Idol kept pace with last season’s finale as 31.7 million viewers tuned in to watch the final round of Archuleta vs. Cook. Meanwhile, David Cook is already enjoying his victory lap on iTunes where his first post-Idol single “The Time of My Life” has already rocketed to the number one position on their Top Songs list. Collective Soul have a debt to pay to Cook as their “The World I Know,” the last song Cook performed on Tuesday night, ...

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