The season premiere of American Idol on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, on FOX 50 delivered a 23.0/31 HH Rtg/Share in the Raleigh-Durham DMA. This is a +36% increase over last year’s season premiere! In fact, this is the highest-rated Idol premiere since 2006.

American Idol continues to perform better in Raleigh-Durham than in the rest of the country. The HH Rating for Tuesday night’s premiere is +25% higher than the metered market average.

Source: NSI 1/12/10

Thanks to FOX 50’s Kevin Kolbe for this capcom story & graphic.