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Brian Damage · 12-22-2007, 11:11 AM

FOX has unveiled the roll-out schedule for the seventh season of American Idol. As announced, the series bows with a two-night, two hours each, premiere on January 15th and 16th. After that it settles down to its usual one hour episodes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays until the "Hollywood Rounds" on February 12th and 13th, with the Top 24 announced on the 13th. That's one month, ten episodes and 13 hours before we get to the Top 24!

From February 19-March 6 we go to three nights a week with the boys performing on Tuesdays, the girls on Wednesdays and the bottom two voted off each Thursday. And finally on March 11th, after two months on the air, the Top 12 perform and the show really gets going! From there it's two nights a week in the usual format, with extended episodes when FOX wants more ratings (and don't forget Idol Gives Back on April 9). The full schedule breakdown after the jump.

The first month will feature the best and worst of the preliminary auditions held in San Diego, Dallas, Omaha, Atlanta, Charleston, Miami and Philadelphia earlier this year. Admittedly this is the "guilty pleasure" portion of the show, with some of the most amazingly god-awful singers this planet has ever spawned.

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EmoJoe · 12-22-2007, 02:24 PM

theres another Idol Gives Back?! that was the most overly-pompous, not to mention boring thing ever last year, and it helped contribute to the "this show really doesnt give a crap about its contestants this year" theroy.

Karen* · 12-26-2007, 04:07 AM

Idol Gives Back is gonna be its own show this year. The results show will be the next day, so Idol will be on three times that week.

The four weeks of auditions is BS though.

EmoJoe · 12-26-2007, 05:49 PM

isn't that less then last year? or is it more?

Stormtracker TF · 12-28-2007, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Muppet Joe®

isn't that less then last year? or is it more?

I have no idea, but I sure wish they'd cut out most of the crap singers from the Auditions and focus more on Hollywood.

I like the Idol Gives Back idea again this year just because it's for such a good cause, but they need to make it seperate from the results show.

Chocoholic · 12-31-2007, 03:08 PM

I can't wait! I do hope they focus more on the contestants this season.

What are the theme nights this year and who will be the musical mentors?

RoryGilmore · 01-04-2008, 02:24 PM

It seems really drug out

12-22-2007, 11:11 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	FOX details American Idol rollout FOX has unveiled the roll-out schedule for the seventh season of American Idol. As announced, the series bows with a two-night, two hours each, premiere on January 15th and 16th. After that it settles down to its usual one hour episodes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays until the "Hollywood Rounds" on February 12th and 13th, with the Top 24 announced on the 13th. That's one month, ten episodes and 13 hours before we get to the Top 24! From February 19-March 6 we go to three nights a week with the boys performing on Tuesdays, the girls on Wednesdays and the bottom two voted off each Thursday. And finally on March 11th, after two months on the air, the Top 12 perform and the show really gets going! From there it's two nights a week in the usual format, with extended episodes when FOX wants more ratings (and don't forget Idol Gives Back on April 9). The full schedule breakdown after the jump. The first month will feature the best and worst of the preliminary auditions held in San Diego, Dallas, Omaha, Atlanta, Charleston, Miami and Philadelphia earlier this year. Admittedly this is the "guilty pleasure" portion of the show, with some of the most amazingly god-awful singers this planet has ever spawned. http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/12/21/fo...-idol-rollout/
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Karen* paradox. Forum Superstar Join Date: Jan 08, 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 28,365	Idol Gives Back is gonna be its own show this year. The results show will be the next day, so Idol will be on three times that week. The four weeks of auditions is BS though.
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RoryGilmore Always and Forever Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 30, 2004 Location: Wherever he is, that's where I'll be Posts: 6,529	It seems really drug out
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12-26-2007, 05:49 PM	#4
EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	isn't that less then last year? or is it more?

12-31-2007, 03:08 PM	#6
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I can't wait! I do hope they focus more on the contestants this season. What are the theme nights this year and who will be the musical mentors?