American Idol's second ABC premiere drops 18% in total viewers

[TMC]

https://deadline.com/2019/03/america...gs-1202568838/

About 8.6 million watched Idol's second season premiere and 17th season overall last night. Idol also fell 26% in the demo compared to last year's premiere, which was on March 11, 2018.

[MA]

Yikes. I can tell that this will be canceled very easily.

[Impressions]

Originally Posted by MA

Yikes. I can tell that this will be canceled very easily.

Highly doubt it. ABC is the lowest performing of the broadcast networks. For them, sadly, this is a hit. They're desperate to bank on this "cash cow" to save their sinking ship.

I personally don't like this iteration of American Idol (but I'll still watch). I think the judges are way too soft on the contestants, and I miss the terribly bad auditions we saw in the original. I also can't stand Katy Perry. She acts downright unprofessional and it's actually kind of embarrassing the types of things she does on this show at sometimes! For me, American Idol died when Simon Cowell left, imo.

[MA]

Originally Posted by Impressions

Highly doubt it. ABC is the lowest performing of the broadcast networks. For them, sadly, this is a hit. They're desperate to bank on this "cash cow" to save their sinking ship.

I personally don't like this iteration of American Idol (but I'll still watch). I think the judges are way too soft on the contestants, and I miss the terribly bad auditions we saw in the original. I also can't stand Katy Perry. She acts downright unprofessional and it's actually kind of embarrassing the types of things she does on this show at sometimes! For me, American Idol died when Simon Cowell left, imo.

They're desperate for just about any new show.

[MIKEPR]

Originally Posted by Impressions

Highly doubt it. ABC is the lowest performing of the broadcast networks. For them, sadly, this is a hit. They're desperate to bank on this "cash cow" to save their sinking ship.

I personally don't like this iteration of American Idol (but I'll still watch). I think the judges are way too soft on the contestants, and I miss the terribly bad auditions we saw in the original. I also can't stand Katy Perry. She acts downright unprofessional and it's actually kind of embarrassing the types of things she does on this show at sometimes! For me, American Idol died when Simon Cowell left, imo.

I doubt they're gonna keep a low rated show on.