JohnGavin wrote:
> On May 13, 5:40 pm, Taylor <lukebenw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Idol is Tanking
>> Filed under: TV News > American Idol
>>
>> http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/DavidArchuleta/
>>
>> All good things come to an end!
>>
>> According to a new re****t, last Tuesday night's American Idol only
>> reeled in 21.25 million viewers — good but not Idol good.
>>
>> Apparently, the show has not been that 'low' since its second season
>> in 2003.
>>
>> What's the deal?!
>>
>> It's just not been their season!
>>
>> Dancing with the Stars is creeping up and could take away Idol's king
>> of the TV jungle crown. Dancing has averaged 21.67 million viewers on
>> Monday nights this season, and the distance between the two appears to
>> be getting smaller.
>>
>> Fire Paula and shake things up for next season!
>>
>> This trend (below) needs to end.
>>
>> Fox must not be pleased!
>>
>> AMERICAN IDOL 2008 Ratings
>> (Tuesday night performance shows)
>>
>> 33.24 million (Jan. 15)
>> 29.05 million (Jan. 22)
>> 28.07 million (Jan. 29)
>> 27.79 million (Feb. 05)
>> 29.87 million (Feb. 12)
>> 28.84 million (Feb. 19)
>> 28.45 million (Feb. 26)
>> 28.22 million (Mar. 04)
>> 29.33 million (Mar. 11)
>> 27.00 million (Mar. 18)
>> 24.38 million (Mar. 25)
>> 25.19 million (Apr. 01)
>> 24.00 million (Apr. 08)
>> 22.97 million (Apr. 15)
>> 24.00 million (Apr. 22)
>> 24.44 million (Apr. 29)
>> 21.25 million (May 06)
>>
>> [Image via WENN.]
>>
>> Posted: May 13, 2008 at 2:00 pm
>
> As each week brought an elimination, it concurrently lost fans of
> those contestants - it's the nature of the show. Add to that the
> across the boards rating losses for all TV shows.
>
> The innovations for next year will all be designed to keep audiences
> interested and sustain a higher level of viewer****p. How about a
> week, somewhere in the middle of the season, where viewers can vote on
> who they would like to bring back (I think somebody suggested this).
And instead of coming down to a 2 contestant finally, make it 3 on the
final round.
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