尼尔森媒体研究机构称，上周二晚，福克斯电视网的当红选秀比赛《美国偶像》的收视率击败了同期直播的冬奥会节目，观众人数分别是2700万和1600万。

Fox's phenomenally successful contest crushed the Olympics in head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.

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当然，公关机构是花钱占用运动员的时间，但是，5千万电视观众和报纸读者却不知内情。

The public relations agency bought the athletes' time, of course, but the 50 million television viewers and newspaper readers didn't know that.

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