With another season of America’s favorite past time already under way (laughing at people that have less talent than us and then spitefully voting against people who have more talent than us), Fox will inevitably hit an out of the park ratings home run… again. The question stands: what could the producers of Idol put on our televisions that would garner MORE ratings? My guess is absolutely nothing (almost).
And believe me, they’ve already tried to throw us under the bus. A new “emmy nominated” host AND less audition footage? How dare you, Fox. But like Farrah Fawcett in the Burning Bed, we just can’t say no to a bad, bad thing. Here are some possible scenarios in which the ratings may actually go up for Idol this season.
Star Wars reference? OH YES.
And the final possibility…
*Author’s Note: Not to scale, this photo features Rick Astely standing on a box
Tags: American Idol, Bespin Cloud City, Ratings, Season 8
Lifting Fog 
January 28, 2009 at 4:48 pm |
I think the judges’ panel could be considerably improved just by removing two — any two — of the current four, and replacing them with O’Reilly and Olbermann. Especially now that all that Nov. 4th and Jan. 20th stuff is behind us.
January 31, 2009 at 2:13 am |
Ryan Seacrest could transform into a taco that poops ice cream.
February 10, 2009 at 3:59 pm |
For a second I thought those were Astley’s hands on Ryan and Simon. And really, for as much soul as the man has, I wouldn’t be surprised if Astley had black hands.