American Idol Season 8 Ratings Are Down

Big surprise – apparently, the ratings are down for the current season of American Idol. The LA Times is reporting that the show has slipped 8% in total viewers in comparison with last season (which didn’t have the best ratings either) and that it is also down 14% among 18 to 49 year old viewers (not good since advertisers mainly target this group). Even worse – this is the lowest-rated season of American Idol among viewers under 50 since the first season in 2002 (and that was in the summer, a time when you’d expect lower ratings – yikes!).

I know that this extended Hollywood Week format is confusing and frustrating some people (myself included). What do you think – has this season been more boring than the others?

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By zeeme

yeah I agree- why change something that works-this season sucks- bad singers and wierd changes in a program that we were already used to – fatal to a good tv program