TV Media Weekly
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March 10 - 16, 2018
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By Andrew Warren
TV Media
Can't keep it down: Turns
out the juggernaut wasn't slain
after all — it was just looking
for a new home, and now it's fi-
nally all settled in. After nearly
two years off the air, "American
Idol" stages a triumphant return
to television on Sunday, March
11.
Don't look for the singing com-
petition — which reigned for eight
consecutive years as the most
watched show in America — on
Fox, its old home network. "Idol's"
new home is on ABC, but despite
the change of scenery, Ryan
Seacrest's ("Live with Kelly and
Ryan") familiar face is still around
to greet audiences. The well-
known personality hosted all 15
previous seasons, and he's made
the move to the new network to
return to the role that made him a
household name.
Seacrest will be the only famil-
iar face greeting audiences on
March 11, though, with an all-
new judging panel taking its
seats. It's star power galore with
these judges: pop rock superstar
Katy Perry, country singer Luke
Bryan and soul artist Lionel
Richie make up the trio passing
judgment and giving advice to
the aspiring singers.
After several seasons of declin-
ing ratings, Fox canceled the series
in 2016, but it didn't take long be-
fore ABC snatched it up. In addition
to the new judges, there may be
some other small changes to the
revived series, but the core "Ameri-
can Idol" formula is expected to
stay more or less the same. At the
start of each season, thousands of
talented (and many not-so-talent-
ed) amateur singers with dreams
of stardom audition in cities
around the country, with the judg-
ing panel choosing who has the
right combination of vocal talent,
stage presence and charisma to be
potential stars.
The judges gradually whittle
down the contestants over the
next few weeks, until a group of
semifinalists emerges, kicking off
the real competition — the live
episodes. Each of the semifinal-
ists performs live each week, and
viewers at home then get to vote
for their favorites, with the con-
testant receiving the fewest
votes being removed from the
competition.
With a recording contract up for
grabs, not to mention the instant
name recognition and built-in fan
base that winning a contest of this
scale can bring, the stakes are as
high as they've ever been in
"American Idol." The singing com-
petition returns to television on its
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