Features
Thursday, August 9 2012
Idol Innovation: An Interview With Casey Abrams
Casey Abrams didn’t win American Idol during the show’s tenth-season run, but he revived the idea that the show could be more than simply a staging-ground for cookie-cutter, by-the-numbers pop drivel.
Tuesday, January 4 2011
The Guilty Pleasure Television of 2010
As if it wasn't already a lamentable leisure time suck, here are ten more reasons why TV rules our daily routine - perhaps more than it should.
Reviews
Thursday, May 27 2010
'American Idol': Doesn't America Have Better Taste Than This?
If you still need proof that American Idol lacks any and all credibility, Lee Dewyze's win over Crystal Bowersox would be Exhibit A.
Tuesday, January 22 2008
American Idol
The transvestite sequence? Considering that not one of the cross-dressers -- save the belly-dancer -- was shown giving a full audition, I'd say it put another notch in the Idol-goes-too-far column.
Tuesday, May 31 2005
American Idol
How did a longhaired 29-year-old rocker in vinyl pants make it to the Idol finale stage? Was somebody reading my dream journal?
Sunday, January 1 1995
American Idol
When the potential Idol whined he was Season Five's Aiken, Simon Cowell responded acerbically, 'But Clay Aiken could sing.' With this one line, he perfectly encapsulated the problem with Idol.
Blogs
Friday, September 21 2012
Catching Up with Former American Idols: Season Ten
It was the year Idol went country, but what happened to all of the top five?
Wednesday, May 2 2012
Catching Up with Former American Idols: Season Three
Despite a record-breaking amount of phone-in votes, American Idol’s third season is most notable for who didn’t get enough votes. A look back at Season Three’s most-loved contestants and what they are currently up to.
Wednesday, April 11 2012
Catching Up with Former American Idols: Season One
A look back at American Idol Season One’s most-loved contestants and what they're currently up to.
Thursday, May 27 2010
American Idol: The Season Finale
Season 9 comes to end as a sweet, shy kid from Chicago takes the crown. But it was Crystal Bowersox who kept American Idol from going down in flames.
Wednesday, May 19 2010
American Idol: The Top Three
It's been a maligned season, but as we chug toward next week's finale, it could be an epic showdown as good as any in Idol history.
News
Monday, May 7 2012
Despite ‘Voice’ challenge, ‘American Idol’ is still music show to beat
CHICAGO — Despite mounting evidence that it had been eclipsed by “The Voice” in the network television sing-off sweepstakes earlier this year, “American Idol” remains…
Monday, February 6 2012
‘American Idol’ vs. ‘The Voice’: Who wins the battle rounds?
Well, it had to happen sometime. Now in its 11th season, the prime-time juggernaut known as “American Idol” has become a little less juggernaut-y. Early…
Friday, February 3 2012
Declining ratings a sour note for ‘American Idol’
PHILADELPHIA — TV shows live by the numbers and they die by the numbers. At the moment, “American Idol” is being gashed with the Nielsen…
Thursday, February 2 2012
‘American Idol’s’ powerful voice shows signs of cracking
LOS ANGELES — Long the nation’s most popular television series, “American Idol” has suddenly started to hit some flat notes — and it’s threatening the…
Tuesday, January 17 2012
‘American Idol’ returns, but this time there’s a ‘Voice’ coming from t
LOS ANGELES — The current “American Idol” team will maintain its softer and gentler approach for Season 11 — unless you mention any other singing…
