American Idol Notches highest ratings of season 21, The Masked Singer 9 ends steady
The penultimate episode of American Idol season 21 on ABC notched its highest ratings in the key 18-49 demo of the season on Sunday for the week 5/14/23-5/20/23. However, the Monday clip show earned the lowest numbers of the season. Clip shows don’t generally garner big numbers. But considering ABC scheduled the clip show right after Jeopardy Masters, the HIGHEST rated show of the night (0.66, 5.8M), it’s hard to imagine ABC not being disappointed in those numbers. Idol lost almost half of Jeopardy’s lead in.
Meanwhile, over on NBC, The Voice–which went live for the first time this season–tied with FOX’s 911 for second highest demo of the night at 0.55. And it came very close to Jeopardy in terms of overall viewers. The key demo numbers were also the highest for the show since March 29.
Next up for American Idol and The Voice are their season finales. The Masked Singer season 9 finale aired on FOX on March 16 earning the show’s highest ratings since April 5.
ratings via showbuzzdaily.com
American Idol Season 21 Ratings
| Air Date | 18-49 Demo | Viewers |
| Sun Feb 19 | 0.61 | 5.3M |
| Sun Feb 26 | 0.73 | 5.2M |
| Sun Mar 5 | 0.72 | 5.6M |
| Sun Mar 12 | 0.60 | 3.3M |
| Sun Mar 19 | 0.59 | 4.8M |
| Sun Mar 26 | 0.65 | 5.3M |
| Sun Apr 2 | 0.65 | 5.1M |
| Mon Apr 3 | 0.53 | 4.4M |
| Sun Apr 9 | 0.51 | 4.6M |
| Mon Apr 10 | 0.56 | 4.5M |
| Sun Apr 16 | 0.64 | 5.4M |
| Mon Apr 17 | 0.53 | 4.4M |
| Sun Apr 23 | 0.68 | 5.3M |
| Mon Apr 24 | 0.61 | 4.9M |
| Sun Apr 30 | 0.74 | 5.9M |
| Mon May 1 | 0.58 | 5.4M |
| Sun May 7 | 0.77 | 6.1M |
| Sun May 14 | 0.92 | 6.3M |
| Mon May 15 | 0.33 | 2.7M |
The Voice Season 23 Ratings
| Air Date | 18-49 Demo | Viewers |
| Mon Mar 6 | 0.69 | 6.4M |
| Tue Mar 7 | 0.50 | 5.1M |
| Mon Mar 13 | 0.74 | 7M |
| Tue Mar 14 | 0.50 | 5M |
| Mon Mar 20 | 0.64 | 6.5M |
| Tue Mar 21 | 0.46 | 5.3M |
| Mon Mar 29 | 0.60 | 6.3M |
| Tue Mar 30 | 0.50 | 5.2M |
| Mon Apr 3 | 0.54 | 5.4M |
| Tue Apr 4 | 0.43 | 4.4M |
| Mon Apr 10 | 0.44 | 4M |
| Mon Apr 17 | 0.45 | 5.4M |
| Mon Apr 24 | 0.47 | 5.2M |
| Mon May 1 | 0.42 | 4.9M |
| Mon May 8 | 0.50 | 5.5M |
| Mon May 15 | 0.55 | 5.6M |
The Masked Singer 9 Ratings
| Air Date | 18-49 Demo | Viewers |
| Wed Feb 15 | 0.63 | 3.7M |
| Wed Feb 22 | 0.61 | 3.8M |
| Wed Mar 1 | 0.55 | 3.7M |
| Wed Mar 8 | 0.65 | 4M |
| Wed Mar 15 | 0.68 | 4M |
| Wed Mar 22 | 0.54 | 3.68M |
| Wed Mar 29 | 0.65 | 3.9M |
| Wed Apr 5 | 0.60 | 3.7M |
| Wed Apr 12 | 0.51 | 3.8M |
| Wed Apr 19 | 0.48 | 3.4M |
| Wed Apr 26 | 0.53 | 3.4M |
| Wed May 3 | 0.52 | 5.9M |
| Wed May 10 | 0.49 | 3.5M |
| Wed May 16 | 0.55 (Finale) | 3.7M |
