My arithmetic skills aren't what they used to be, but I think that means that only about 1 in 250 Idol viewers went out and bought the album.

So now you know the company you're in as an "American Idol" viewer.

American Idol had 24.2 million viewers, which means about one in 2,000 Idol viewers bought the album.

Never before had American Idol viewers seen the likes of this guylinered glam wonder, and chances are they never will again.

"American Idol" viewers, Fox executives acknowledge, tend to tune in just for that show, then go their various ways.

Millions of "American Idol" viewers vote, by phone and by text message, for their favorite contestants.

But I think this problem has as much to do with male "Idol" viewers, who seemingly aren't voting at all.

This behavior among female "Idol" viewers really only mirrors real-life fandom among female-versus-male music followers in general.

At 9 p.m. on Fox, an episode of "Bones" again lost a significant portion of "Idol" viewers, bringing in 12.61 million.

The track was written with the help of American Idol viewers throughout Season 11 of the show.