WeekEnder: April 22-28
Saturday, April 28, 2007
You Know It's Sweeps When...
It's May, which means it's time for sweeps stunts! Here's our weekly look at what TV show's are doing to drive up the ratings:
American Idol Gives Back: As Lame As It Gets
American Idol's two-hour special to raise money for the poor was good in concept, but very poor in action. Did Ellen Degeneres really need to co-host the show? Five hours of her mind-numbingly cheesy talk show a week is enough. Not to mention, the show was being promoted as this huge concert event, yet most of the performances weren't even on the Idol stage. Some of them, like the bizarre Celine Dion and Elvis duet, were recorded. While it's great that producers are looking for ideas to keep the show buzzworthy and high in the ratings, Idol should stick to what it's semi-good at: searching for talent. Leave the telethons for Jerry Lewis.
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