On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote:
> After all this talk about making changes on "Idol," Jennifer Lopez is back > on the panel after a year off--joining returnee Keith Urban and JLo is > jazzman Harry Connick, Jr., who has made guest mentor appearances before > (including last May, where he got in a heated, unscripted argument with > Randy Jackson on live TV) and Jackson is not leaving, he's just a mentor: > > > http://www.thewrap.com/jennifer-lopez-harry-connick-jr-officially-named-american-idol-judges/ > > Among the names floating around replacing Dawg, Nicki Minaj and Mariah > Carey as judges were alums Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert > and hitmaker Dr. Luke--Hudson was supposedly a sure thing, but when > Clarkson turned down the offer she dropped out. The strange thing is that > when Fox let showrunners Ken Warwick and Nigel Lythgoe go, their response > to flagging ratings (although still better than the competition) was > initially that they were going to get rid of everyone but Seacrest. It now > looks like the only way they can really revamp the show is by making major > format changes--but do they really want to do that? > AI is hemorrhaging young viewers (average age 51.2 last year, 50.3 the year before, 47.3 the year before that). Adding JLo and HC is not going to help with that core problem - though both add likeability. One of their core problems is that the easiest way to get a younger audience is to pimp the white guys with guitars that appeal to young teenage girls, but are less likely to translate into viable music acts after they are done with the show. AI is not going to get 15M+ viewers each night focusing on the kind of acts that appeal to young adults who are serious about popular music - that would turn off most older adults and young kids. Last season they intentionally stacked the deck in favor of female performers, and I think that hurt them, especially in the last few shows. So I think we will see a return of the young white dream-boats, and what will be new is much less emphasis on greying music legends and songbooks, and an attempt to get more younger, current acts to guest on the show and feature their songs. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
