Ellen DeGeneres, who makes her “Idol” debut next Tuesday, told ET: “I had one idea of Simon when I came in, and it’s changed. He’s actually meaner than I thought. … It’s hard to listen to him tell people things and me not to go, ‘You poor thing!’”

I know that’s hardly news but there isn’t much today. Just cobbled together this:

-Ratings Tuesday night held steady from a week ago at 24.4 million and an 8.9 18-49 ratings. A year ago, the show drew 26.3 million and a 9.9 rating. So it’s down about 10 percent across the board. Overall, this season to date, the show is down about 4 percent.

-Top Idol album this week is Carrie Underwood’s “Play On,” with 18K sold and 1.263 million total, according to USA Today. Adam Lambert’s album is down a bit to 15K sold last week and 492,000 total. Daughtry sold 9K and is at 916K. He’s going to need another big radio hit to even hit one million.

-On the mediabase24/7 top 40 charts, Kris Allen finally breaks into the top 20 with “Live Like We’re …

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