how long will American Idol runs as highest rated show last?
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how long will American Idol run as highest rated show last?
hasn`t it been number 1 rated for 5 straight years? fickle american public still loves it. I still watch it.
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I think the best thing they do is that they still treat it like an event. With those kind of ratings I could definitely see the pressure to try to do it twice a year. By holding it until every January it allows the build up, and it also gives the public some time off from the show.
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Originally Posted by bloopbleep
hasn`t it been number 1 rated for 5 straight years? fickle american public still loves it. I still watch it.
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Originally Posted by mwbmis
I think the best thing they do is that they still treat it like an event. With those kind of ratings I could definitely see the pressure to try to do it twice a year. By holding it until every January it allows the build up, and it also gives the public some time off from the show.
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But none of them have any reason to leave. They have nothing better to go to (nor will they ever).
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Originally Posted by Seantn
But none of them have any reason to leave. They have nothing better to go to (nor will they ever).
But the other poster is correct - this show is a hit until Simon leaves it. He IS the show, regardless of what anyone says.
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The show is contracted through season 9. Simon mentioned in an Entertainment Weekly interview that he will probably leave after that. He says he thinks the American public will probably be sick and tired him and the show by then.
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Originally Posted by DJariya
The show is contracted through season 9. Simon mentioned in an Entertainment Weekly interview that he will probably leave after that. He says he thinks the American public will probably be sick and tired him and the show by then.
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Originally Posted by dick_grayson
it'll probably end the day I die considering I find it completely worthless
The ratings for AI were slipping a bit at the start of this season, but it seems like it's crawling back up into the 30+m's again.
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Originally Posted by rabbit77
That's because there's no better gig out there.
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Originally Posted by Groucho
No shit. Sit behind a table, sip a Coke, and tell people who suck that they suck. There's not a person in the world who couldn't do it.
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Originally Posted by Groucho
No shit. Sit behind a table, sip a Coke, and tell people who suck that they suck. There's not a person in the world who couldn't do it.
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Originally Posted by riley_dude
I would have thought people would have gotten tired of this novelty by now but I was wrong. That this passes as Entertainment says a lot about people as a whole.
I'm sick and tired os people who act like this is a brand-new scourge they have to deal with.
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What really set AI apart and makes me disgusted that people like this crap are the auditions. If they cut the audition part and made the show just about the talent contest, I wouldn't feel nearly as angry about it. In that case, it would be Nashville Star or Star Search.
I hope the ratings are down for that part. The most offensive part is that if you want to do terrible people pretending they have talent, it has been done so much better in the past (see: Barris, Chuck).
I hope the ratings are down for that part. The most offensive part is that if you want to do terrible people pretending they have talent, it has been done so much better in the past (see: Barris, Chuck).
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Originally Posted by DRG
Agree with this. I think of how NBC practically killed the Apprentice by scheduling 3 editions (2 Trump and 1 Martha Stewart) in the same year, with two of them running at the same time on back-to-back days. I've always been surprised Fox avoided this temptation, although it maybe have been as much 19 Entertainment/Simon Fuller/etc.
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I can see it going for a while longer. Fox knows the drill, so I don't think they're likely to drill this thing into the ground by over-programming it all over the place. They make a ton of $ and have huge ratings: why fuck with that? I know, I know... it's Fox. But, still, they seem to get it so far.
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Ratings may fall again. Dancing will take some of its audience next month. And if I'm not mistaken, ratings are better for auditions than afterwards anyway.
I think some people are getting tired of it. I'll just take myself for example. A few years ago, I couldn't wait until the show aired. The novelty has worn off. Nothing has changed much in all these seasons. Now, I've skipped the auditions entirely and see the same stuff from the singers and the judges the past couple of nights. If things don't pick up, I'm tuning off. I think it was that kind of indifference that caused AI to take a little hit.
I think some people are getting tired of it. I'll just take myself for example. A few years ago, I couldn't wait until the show aired. The novelty has worn off. Nothing has changed much in all these seasons. Now, I've skipped the auditions entirely and see the same stuff from the singers and the judges the past couple of nights. If things don't pick up, I'm tuning off. I think it was that kind of indifference that caused AI to take a little hit.
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It would've been nice if American Idol took some chances and kept Josiah Leming (British sounding kid). I just listened to some of his songs on his myspace, and even though I wasn't a fan of his audition - that kid has talent. He puts real emotion into his songs. I think we're seeing boring cookie cutter singers this year. That may hurt the ratings in the long run. We'll see how it turns out.
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I never really watched Ai untill last season. I would pay attention at the final 2 in the previous seasons, but never followed an entire season till last year. I think there are more people like me who just gave up hating on this show and started enjoying it for what it is, a yearly pop culture event.