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" American Idol lost a significant number of viewers on Wednesday night, Nielsen overnight data revealed. Only 15.7m tuned in as the Top 24 began to take shape - down 2.9m week-on-week.  Meanwhile, Idol&amp;#039;s 18-49 adult rating of 5.1 between 8pm and 10pm was down 35% on the equivalent episode last year. Survivor: One World continued to struggle on CBS, falling to another all-time low of 10.3m (2.8). At 9pm, the audience jumped for Criminal Minds (12.6m/3.1), before CSI&amp;#039;s ratings soared to 11.8m (2.8). Modern Family led for ABC with 11.5m (4.7) at 9pm, while Happy Endings climbed to 5.7m (2.5) half-an-hour later, and Before They Were Famous - a 20/20 special - interested 4.8m (1.4) at 10pm. The Alphabet Network&amp;#039;s 8pm duo The Middle (7.5m/2.3) and Suburgatory (6.8m/2.3) each recorded season lows. Elsewhere, Whitney (4.1m/1.5), Are You There, Chelsea? (3.4m/1.3), Rock Center with Brian Williams (2.7m/0.6) and Law &amp;amp;amp; Order: SVU (5.9m/1.6) aired on NBC. The CW&amp;#039;s One Tree Hill grabbed 1.4m (0.7) at 8pm, then 760k (0.3) watched Remodeled. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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