Digital Musings of Tabitha Hawk

Simon Cowell told TMZ earlier this week that he wanted to beat American Idol in the ratings department. But he's got a ways to go before that's going to happen. About 12.5 million viewers tuned into the debut of Simon's much-hyped X Factor Wednesday night. That's not even half the audience of Idol's season 10 premiere in January. The good news is that The X Factor gave FOX its most-watched fall series in five years.