Tonight: “American Idol” Returns
By Rodd • Jan 15th, 2008 • Category: 2 Column LEFT, American Idol, Fox, Reality
Fox’s glorified karaoke show returns tonight with producers promising fewer annoying mentors and more annoying contestants.
Once again, “Idol” is expected to decimate all competition. But by how much? Reality shows tend to have a ratings pattern that goes – in professional network executive lingo-speak — up, up, up and then down, down, down.
“Idol” went up, up, up and then last year went down for the first time. So will this year the decline continue?
It doesn’t even come close to mattering.
Some ratings softening for “Idol” is like Bill Gates getting a parking ticket. “Idol” has enough ratings to spare, enough to throw a party for its friends and to pass out Nielsen points in a big bowl on the coffee table.
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