On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]>wrote:
> Looks like Abdul is out, too. Who's left in? Simon? Deadline Nikki lays it > all at his feet. > http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/paula-abdul-wont-return-to-x-factor/ > To my everlasting and well deserved shame, I have to admit that I actually am familiar with the show, and the names of the people mentioned in the story. I think Finke is stretching it a bit to describe the first season's ratings as "so-so". They were lower than predicted, but the show was still a winner for Fox. I don't really know what these kinds of shows are trying to be - it did seem clear that the host was not working at all. They Pussycat singer, who I had not heard of before I saw her on this show, is pretty (or rather, has one very appealing physical feature) but even in a context in which obnoxious personality is apparently a job requirement, she redlined the scale. Abdul lives on the red line of obnoxiousness, but I don't think that is what got her canned here. Having her with Cowell wound up not rekindling the chemistry from Idol, but reminding people every week that they were not watching Idol. I don't know how this show has worked in GB, but the example from the NBC singing show (the one that will start again after the Super Bowl, I forget the name now) and to some extent even Idol seems to suggest that these shows benefit from having a few judges who can actually still sing themselves, and perform top selling songs of their own. Will not at all be surprised to see one and maybe two female diva types on this show. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
