Fox President Kevin Reilly: "You Will See Some Fine Tuning"

Posted by thefunnystone on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 9:15 AM EDT
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American Idol is desperately in need of an overhaul after last season attempted to kill off the franchise. It seems Fox President Kevin Reilly knows this. He issued a statement at a Television Critics' Association event that people don't really need to watch weeks of bad auditions anymore. He said that "now, everyone knows the format... They say, ‘let’s get to the legitimate competition.’ I think you will see some fine tuning." Reilly also promised half-hour results shows. We'll believe it when we set it. Less intelligent, Executive Idiot Nigel Lythgoe went on record to say that "I don’t believe the ratings dipped for American Idol", blaming the whole thing on the Writer's Strike. Isn't it funny how just a few months ago, Nigel was saying that it was because the contestants were boring (the correct answer)? We blame it on Nigel's shit show, but then again, it wouldn't be as much fun to mock the show if the executive producer was intelligent and thought-provoking, now would it? Keep up the bad work, Nigel!


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jasoncastro
Posted: 7/15/2008 at 10:16 AM Reply with quote
Location: California

I hope they make the results shows 30 minutes long, but I really truly hope they keep the sucky auditions in. If they take them out I might not even watch this season.
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sunshine8503
Posted: 7/15/2008 at 11:15 AM Reply with quote
Suck it, Bitches! Location: Self-important hypocrite & sadistic net nerd

The sucky auditions are one of many things that sucks about this show. There obviously fake and none of them are funny.
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jasoncastro
Posted: 7/15/2008 at 11:44 AM Reply with quote
Location: California

I think they're entertaining to watch.

But I don't want to randomly start watching it at the top 24. More plants will get it. Actually, the whole thing might be plants.
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Aggrieved
Posted: 7/15/2008 at 3:07 PM Reply with quote
Location: Flying the coop

Ratings dropped because of the writer's strike, even though American Idol is a largely unscripted (allegedly) show that was offering fresh content against a bunch of shows in reruns. Sure, Nigel. How about the fact that the show is so homogenized that it doesn't allow for singers with personalities to emerge, leaving viewers with 12 different flavors of vanilla every year. How about judges who have been phoning it in for about 4 years now. How about an insistence on making contestants sing music that hasn't been popular for 20-30 years.

No, it was definitely the writer's strike. Of course.
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