Comments on: Updated:American Idol ratings down 10% in overnight ratings

By: dan

dan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:24:32 +0000

I liked the bikini!!!!Everything else is stale–

By: Bruce Stevens

Bruce Stevens — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:24:09 +0000

life has evolved into keeping up and one big appointment. with few exceptions people have had it with appointment entertainment and shows you must watch every week at the same time. i feel they want to turn it on, be entertained and be gone

By: Randall Fuselier

Randall Fuselier — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:15:57 +0000

30 million people watched American Idol?? Wow, but what I would like to
know is what were the other 33 million Obama voters doing last night?

By: lb

lb — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:15:01 +0000

Last season was the best season yet for talent. Some people are never satisfied and expect too much. Idol is far better than all the idiot game shows, the bachelor, biggest loser, on and on. This is the best variety show we have today. Idol gives us a break from all the situation comedies stupid reality shows. Hasn’t anyone noticed the talent and established stars on the show last year? Doesn’t anyone see the growth of people like Carrie Underwood from the beginning to her triumph win. This show is a great success and continues to provide great entertainment.

By: flyover

flyover — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:14:46 +0000

Watching that hack Hannity now. Boy, he’s enlightening…

By: Daystrom

Daystrom — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:13:11 +0000

Dave says:
January 14th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

30 million idiots watching crap like this.
This is 30 million that should not be allowed to vote.

It’s too late, they already voted for B. Hussein Obama.

By: LateGreatUS

LateGreatUS — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:10:28 +0000

And while Rome burned Nero fiddled.

By: bill

bill — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:06:01 +0000

Who cares? It’s TV for the Insane/STUPID anyway! Watch FOX NEWS and learn something! God forbid!!!

By: flyover

flyover — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:05:13 +0000

The amount of snobbery here is unreal… There’s 500 f**king channels to choose from. If you don’t like it, then don’t watch! Go watch some “enlightened” stuff and leave us “lowbrows” alone! We love our show!

By: Suzy

Suzy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:52:48 +0000

This was the first episode I missed since Season 2! I didn’t even know it was on. Even this weekend, the Fox affiliate and FNC was advertising it “coming in January” with no specific date. So unless I look at a TV guide, how was I supposed to know it was even on????

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:32:41 +0000

Hey, I would have watched American Idol if I weren’t already addicted to Biggest Loser. With all the crap on TV, night after night, why place two good shows opposite each other? It is probably a capitalist plot to sell more TiVo’s.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:30:22 +0000

Well Dave you must have made 30 million and 1 who watched since you came on here.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:26:01 +0000

30 million idiots watching crap like this.
This is 30 million that should not be allowed to vote.

By: boonie

boonie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:03:24 +0000

Meet Simon at his winery in San Miguel, California…. He loves everyone.

By: HooHa Daddy

HooHa Daddy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:00:14 +0000

Jason Ellis owns Clay Aiken!

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:58:04 +0000

just kidding tv expert

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:57:24 +0000

Well than “TV expert” isn’t a tv expert but “per-vert”

By: TV Expert

TV Expert — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:53:03 +0000

Just so you all don’t waste your time mis-labeling me, I’ve seen the show twice (both times against my will). I would never watch it again. I clicked the link because of some girl in a skimpy bikini and couldn’t help but spread my anti-AI sentiment after reading your posts.

By: Nivla

Nivla — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:51:21 +0000

The american idol show was awesome. The talented people gave me great entertainment and the good human story at the end was inspirational. I love good stuff… you want poop, read a newspaper or turn on the news. The wacko are funny… Hey we all know people like that …

By: bruce

bruce — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:48:39 +0000

down 10% but still # 1 in its slot? How about the other networks, were they down an equal amount, is viewership of commercial television dropping with cable and fios? these kinds of messages are never given. if there is an equal drop across the board than this show is still popular. I never trust sandalone statistics like these – they can be manipulated so easily

By: TV Expert

TV Expert — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:40:06 +0000

Nielsen gives boxes to what they say is a representative sample of the population. They extrapolate the number of viewers of a show within their sample to the total population. This means nobody actually knows exactly how many viewers any show ever had. So, no, your DVR doesn’t count. That being said, television tastes aside, AI is an affront to music. The only talented person who ever won this show is Leona Lewis, and that was the British version (that ugly opera singer dude was also amazing but I can’t say whether or not he won). We’ve been so collectively dumbed down as a nation that Fox can get away with convincing you that this show is important. In the 90’s it was called Say What Karaoke and it was ironic (we knew the contestants sucked). You should all be ashamed of yourselves for not knowing what cretins you are.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:37:18 +0000

I thought Bikini Girl was hot!

By: Osamba

Osamba — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:28:28 +0000

Well crap, I thought they were gonna have a picture of the chick in the bikini……..

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:25:28 +0000

Ratings are so high and the show so dominant that ratings would have to fall 60-70% for the show to be in trouble. Idol still owns.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:14:55 +0000

30 MILLION people still watched the show.