THIS is AMERICAN IDOL!

<i><b>THIS</b> is AMERICAN IDOL!</i>

IDOL IS BACK!!!

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Idol In A Weird New World

Holy Cow Little Tasters! I thought we were done with Idol and just like in the Godfather, they pull us back in LOL.


Tonight we begin the new incarnation of American Idol with judges Katy Perry, Lionel Ritchie and Luke Bryan. I have to admit, I have no idea who Luke Bryan is, but he's apparently new and big enough to anchor the "country" side of the weird hydra we will se every week along with a solid pop star from maybe five years ago going through a journey of buzz-haired reinvention (Katy) and an old standard to give us sense of pop music royalty I guess (Lionel).


We're not in Kansas anymore as we'll be seeing the ABC logo every 12 seconds this go-round instead of the familiar FOX chyron in the corner. And Fox is pulling a stunt to battle Idol in the ratings tonight, by throwing an old interview with OJ Simpson from the "if" I did it era where he basically confesses to killing Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman, as if we all didn't know it already. I guess if you don't have a DVR you will be in a pickle, so Fox is counting on those over 50+ Trump supporters to go for mayhem over a glorified karaoke competition.

What is even more bizarre about it, speaking of the Trump era we now live in, is that the world is WAY different from those long ago days of 2016 when we were last here with the show. Here in the midst of the #metoo movement we have allegations against La Seacrest, which caused him to get some shade at the Academy Awards red carpet, and Katy Perry apparently killed a nun? We are living in strange times, Little tasters!


http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/11/abcs-american-idol-premiere-soured-by-perry-seacrest-scandals.html

So buckle up, and we will try to get in updates when we can. Now that we have Sling we will be watching this on the ABC app, as we cut the cord since Idol was last a thing, in those simpler bygone days. We live in the future LOL! We hope some of you are still out there ready to share your thoughts and occasional snark with us.

THIS is American Idol! (trying to imagine somebody other than Ryan saying it, after he gets kicked to the curb... maybe Dunkleman?)




1 comment:

Rubbertoe said...

Love it.....it feels strangely familiar but also different. I had no idea who the Luke guy is before this show...but I kinda like him. I wasn't so sure about these judges, but in just a couple weeks they have grown on me. There seems to be some good talent.....so lets see what happens. The last season was so disappointing with the shortened season and then the guy who won it. I hope that ABC can restore a little glamour to it.!