May 6th, 2008Loved this article about American Idol losing the sought-after 18-34 demographic. The average viewer age is now a whithering 42. In my heart, I know I’m still a good person, but the networks stopped loving me 4 years ago when I turned 35. Now I’m good for nothing, save Polident and Levitra commercials.
On a different tangent, I liked this quote by some young buck (16 years old) about the show:
“It’s completely repetitive,” Will said. “It’s the same thing as the year before.”
…Yes, it is. And it’s the same thing as decades before. Like Solid Gold in the ’80s, The Gong Show in the ’70s, and probably countless other talent shows dating back to the dawn of television. Only a 16-year-old would find this fact surprising, I suppose.
