American Idol Ratings Continue To Plummet

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American Idol Ratings Continue To Plummet

May 11. 2009

Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell

American Idol's Simon Fuller, at truly contemptible man, has been resorting to cheap, gimmick ridden tactics to compensate for the falling ratings of the franchise. Fuller stole the show American Idol from a Texas man and paired it with a string of criminal copyright infringing music that is sure to see him incarcerated.

Employing the same cheap, unwise tactic he did with former artists like the Spice Girls, who fell out of favor with audiences, he has overexposed and over-marketed the show into failure and public aversion. In short, people are sick of it.

The first American Idol Kelly Clarkson

Much like people currently mock and deride the Spice Girls, with music history rubbishing them as a novelty act with no credibility, the same shall be said of American Idol in coming years, but worse, with all associated with it consigned to the annals of entertainment history as foolishness, built on theft, that did not produce anything real or lasting.

No Slowing in Cash Flow for ‘Idol’

Published: May 10, 2009 - LOS ANGELES — Can a television show with a shrinking audience actually. In the case of “American Idol,” the answer is yes, and the manner that the show’s creators are going about it could change the way that producers and broadcast networks think about the longevity of reality television programs...

That is particularly noteworthy given that, according to Nielsen Media Research, the average audience for “American Idol” peaked three years ago, at more than 30 million viewers an episode. This season, each episode is attracting about 25 million viewers an episode...

The revenue and profits of 19 Entertainment have grown even more quickly, according to the financial statements of CKX. Its revenues from “American Idol” alone grew to $96 million last year from $67 million two years earlier, with gross profit margins expanding to 77 percent from 69 percent in that span...

http://www.nytimes.com

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