Comments on: Fox looking to replace American Idol with new singing competition … why? https://cartermatt.com/259656/fox-looking-replace-american-idol-new-singing-competition/ TV News, Interviews, and Reviews Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Matt Carter https://cartermatt.com/259656/fox-looking-replace-american-idol-new-singing-competition/#comment-159793 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:43:00 +0000 http://cartermatt.com/?p=259656#comment-159793 In reply to TiredofTripe.

I considered Idol on the air because it’s coming back & was on at the same time. The Voice may be beyond its peak (true), but it probably has a few years left. Yep, Olate Dogs did win, and we’ve had a few other non-singers win there like Kenichi Ebina and Mat Franco.

The main point of the piece is that unless there’s some huge innovative format, it’s hard to see a singing show work in 2018. Appetite’s just not there.

]]> By: TiredofTripe https://cartermatt.com/259656/fox-looking-replace-american-idol-new-singing-competition/#comment-159792 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:41:00 +0000 http://cartermatt.com/?p=259656#comment-159792 “We’re not even including some of the more familiar series like American Idol, The Voice, or America’s Got Talent because they are still on the air and doing rather well.”

“Idol” is not currently on the air. The ratings, the manipulation, (and the talent) over the last few years kept getting consistently worse.

ABC has now overpaid Katy Perry, which infuriated the egotistical Seacrest.

What will that leave for money for song clearances is another matter.

The ratings for “The Voice” are well below the show’s peak. Viewers are finally learning that the show cares more about the coaches than the contestants.

As for “AGT,” didn’t a dog act win a couple of years ago?

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