ABC's 'Cougar Town' Drops Double Digits

10:08 AM PDT 4/21/2011 by Marisa Guthrie

Fox easily wins Wednesday with "American Idol," but ABC’s all-comedy Wednesday is also marked by a regular season low for "Modern Family" and significant second-week decline for "Happy Endings."

Fox easily topped Wednesday with American Idol’s top seven contestants performing for the judges. Idol averaged a 6.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 21.7 million viewers overall for its 90-minute telecast. New comedy Breaking In (2.5, 7.5 million) was down four percent week-to-week. So far this season, Idol is down seven percent in the demo and up a notch (one percent) among total viewers. Fox averaged a 5.8 rating with 18.2 million viewers for the night.