‘Idol’ Ratings Drop, Still Top

The New York Daily News reports an estimated 31.4 million viewers watched the crowning of Fantasia Barrino over Diana DeGarmo on the season finale of ‘American Idol’ Wednesday night. It is a drop in the ratings from last year’s ‘Idol’ showdown – when 33.7 million tuned in to watch Ruben Studdard beat Clay Aiken. But it still made Wednesday night’s show on Fox the fourth-most watched regular series episode of the season.