Comments on: Ratings News: The Final Numbers

By: emptyhd009

emptyhd009 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:06:50 +0000

OF COURSE THE RATINGS ARE DOWN, SEASON 5 WAS THE BEST AND THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYTHING CLOSE TO IT. AMERICAN IDOL IS OVER!!!!!!!!

By: t2

t2 — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:02:27 +0000

I blame the ratings on two things:
1. The “who cares who wins” attitude” displayed not only by the contestants but also, unfortunately by TPTB this year.
2. Somehow, between the auditions and the semis, someone sucked the personality out of the contestants. Really, Chris Sligh was really funny, and then he wasn’t. Jordin was a vivacious youngster, and then she wasn’t. Lakisha was gonna take the world by storm, and then she wasn’t. What happened? I don’t know, but the personality fairy visited AI this year and took back all of his gifts…

By: jpfan

jpfan — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:44:10 +0000

I don’t think that billion dollar buy out will be good news for this show. More guest stars, more tie-ins, more Elvis could be the future.

I’m hoping this year’s non-focus on the kids was the result of a rather boring bunch. They’ll need more rags to riches stories next year, more drama to keep viewers interested. I still think the bigger problem is that winning Idol no longer means anything. So Jordin won. Big Woot. What’s she getting that Blake and possibly Melinda won’t be getting either. Where’s the drama when winning means so little most of the people this year didn’t even want to win.

By: Ladybug

Ladybug — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:23:40 +0000

What went wrong? That answer is an entirely different post. LetÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just say, TPTB needs to bring the focus back on what makes the show irresistable TVÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’the kidsÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’their backstories and their struggle to advance in the competition.

Agreed. However, I still contend that the mostly generic and, to me, boring, crop of contestants this year offered less than compelling TV viewing.

If we get some excitement back in who is competing, then I expect ratings may improve again because the show will simply be more entertaining to watch.

By: Lisa B

Lisa B — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:25:43 +0000

Cheeky adjusting the ratings for the over run, so they gain from people turning on for the advertised programme.

Makes you wonder if the over run was a deliberate ploy. :wink1_tb:

Yes please TPTB focus on the idols in future not promoting the lastest album/single/film release, though I suspect we will be treated to even more ‘advertising and tie ins’ with the new buy out by Fuller.

By: longsong

longsong — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:11:28 +0000

I was going to make a comment after reading your entire post, but you said it for me:

But, the high ratings early on followed by precipitous drops, indicated that something else was going on. What went wrong? That answer is an entirely different post. LetÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just say, TPTB needs to bring the focus back on what makes the show irresistable TVÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’the kidsÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’their backstories and their struggle to advance in the competition.

Yep, that’s it! Keeping my fingers crossed for next year…