January 21, 2006

  • "American Idol" returns to record season debut."

    "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 35 million people watched
    "American Idol" return to the Fox television network, the
    biggest audience yet for a season premiere of the hit talent
    show, Nielsen Media Research said on Wednesday."

    Oh Snap, seriously?!! I can recognize American Idol to be cheap
    fun entertainment (I stress the "cheap" part), but does this many
    people really really really enjoy this show? What does that say about
    the TV audience, or America in general? "Throw your brain out the
    window and just enjoy it" must be the mentality that people have. Or
    maybe, people are just suckers to seeing people humiliate themselves,
    and/or are really drawn to this overblown karaoke competition just as
    they would for a basketball/football game. People complain that TV is
    just an "idiot box," and yet shows like American Idol gets 35 million
    people watching.

    A show like this simply doesn't deserve this kind of success,
    especially when there are such quality TV programming out there that
    get cancelled because of low ratings (maybe they were "too good" for
    the TV audience). The CDs sold to the public that were spawned from
    American Idol doesn't even reflect the number of viewers who were
    supporting the show (besides Kelly Clarkson's CDs ).

    So what gives America?! What gives?!

    p.s. It's American Idol's fault for making a no-talent hack like Ryan Seacrest actually be successful.