American Idol is one of the most popular television shows today, and the most popular reality show. Watching it for the past four seasons diligently, I have become a huge fan of the show. By studying the show, I have observed a lot of what we have discussed in the class. First, it is a primetime show. It starts on at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week, this is a large reason why so many people watch the show. It also does blunting, on ABC Dancing with the Stars competes with American Idol on Tuesday nights, American Idol and Dancing with the Stars are both reality shows relating to music, and have the same target audience. By being on at the same time American Idol sucks in a lot of Dancing with the Stars viewers. American Idol also does a "bridge" They often find reasons to make the show two hours or an hour and a half, by having performers on or having "special" nights in order to raise money or with special themes. This makes the audience not change the channel in the middle of the show. CBS does counter-programming against American Idol, by putting NCIS on at the same time as American Idol, they know they cannot compete with American Idol and its target market, so by putting NCIS on their target market is completely different, along with the interests of the people who watch NCIS.
American Idol also has a lot of "false drama" this season it has been quite obvious from the beginning who the AI producers want in the finale. Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey have been in the last 3 singers each week. American Idol thinks that everyone just wants to see these two perfom, and by putting them last, they create a climax and make everyone wait and watch the rest of the contestants, and creating drama within the last 15 minutes of the show. American Idol is an awesome show that I watch each week, and I think it is because they do all of the things I have listed, and it is being proven to work.
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