Brent88
11-17-2004, 03:23 PM
FOX Sets January 'American Idol' Schedule
(Wednesday, November 17 09:10 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) All of this talk of FOX's June schedule and FOX's September schedule and FOX's November schedule appears to have been moot, as the network is in the midst of its annual slide into fourth place. FOX's only truly important season begins on Tuesday, January 18 with the long anticipated (by FOX, at least) premiere of the fourth installment of "American Idol."
The new "Idol" season can't come soon enough for FOX, plagued with one big, fat, obnoxious disappointment after another. The talent show's two-hour premiere will air on Jan. 18 and will begin a month-long overview of the audition process, highlighting the events leading up to the show's first live episode on Tuesday, Feb. 22.
Over three consecutive Tuesdays (Jan. 18 and 25 and Feb. 1) and three consecutive Wednesdays (Jan. 19 and 26 and Feb. 2), "American Idol" will offer the standard audition episodes from Cleveland, St. Louis, Washington, DC, New Orleans, Orlando, Las Vegas and San Francisco. Viewers will get their first glimpses of the season's most talented performers, but they'll also get to watch a slew of horrible auditions and listen to the usual litany of hilarious abuse from the judges. Who cares about meeting the next Kelly Clarkson when you can meet the next William Hung?
As a rule, the Tuesday episodes will start at 8 p.m. ET and the Wednesday episodes will begin at 9 p.m., but since FOX has been known to extend, expand and juggle "Idol" coverage, always check your local listings.
On Feb. 8 and 9 and then Feb. 15 and 16, clips from the already completed semifinal phase will lead into the first part of the Round of 32, when viewers finally get the chance to vote for their favorites.
Judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson will return, as will dapper host Ryan Seacrest.
Last season, which ended with Fantasia Barrino topping Diana DeGarmo for the crown, the Tuesday performance episodes of "Idol" averaged nearly 25.8 million viewers per week and the Wednesday results shows averaged nearly 23.6 million. Both numbers were well up from the audience for the show's second season, though the audience failed to increase on a week-to-week basis as it did in the period leading up to the showdown between Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken. In addition, sales of the Barrino and DeGarmo singles were acceptable, but softer than the results for previous "Idol" singles.
(Wednesday, November 17 09:10 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) All of this talk of FOX's June schedule and FOX's September schedule and FOX's November schedule appears to have been moot, as the network is in the midst of its annual slide into fourth place. FOX's only truly important season begins on Tuesday, January 18 with the long anticipated (by FOX, at least) premiere of the fourth installment of "American Idol."
The new "Idol" season can't come soon enough for FOX, plagued with one big, fat, obnoxious disappointment after another. The talent show's two-hour premiere will air on Jan. 18 and will begin a month-long overview of the audition process, highlighting the events leading up to the show's first live episode on Tuesday, Feb. 22.
Over three consecutive Tuesdays (Jan. 18 and 25 and Feb. 1) and three consecutive Wednesdays (Jan. 19 and 26 and Feb. 2), "American Idol" will offer the standard audition episodes from Cleveland, St. Louis, Washington, DC, New Orleans, Orlando, Las Vegas and San Francisco. Viewers will get their first glimpses of the season's most talented performers, but they'll also get to watch a slew of horrible auditions and listen to the usual litany of hilarious abuse from the judges. Who cares about meeting the next Kelly Clarkson when you can meet the next William Hung?
As a rule, the Tuesday episodes will start at 8 p.m. ET and the Wednesday episodes will begin at 9 p.m., but since FOX has been known to extend, expand and juggle "Idol" coverage, always check your local listings.
On Feb. 8 and 9 and then Feb. 15 and 16, clips from the already completed semifinal phase will lead into the first part of the Round of 32, when viewers finally get the chance to vote for their favorites.
Judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson will return, as will dapper host Ryan Seacrest.
Last season, which ended with Fantasia Barrino topping Diana DeGarmo for the crown, the Tuesday performance episodes of "Idol" averaged nearly 25.8 million viewers per week and the Wednesday results shows averaged nearly 23.6 million. Both numbers were well up from the audience for the show's second season, though the audience failed to increase on a week-to-week basis as it did in the period leading up to the showdown between Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken. In addition, sales of the Barrino and DeGarmo singles were acceptable, but softer than the results for previous "Idol" singles.