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‘Idol’ planning time is here
For the truly “Idol” obsessed, Fox has announced a schedule for the first part of its seventh season of the blockbuster reality series, starting with the premiere and concluding with performances by the Top 12 contestants.
Mark your calendars accordingly:
“American Idol” returns with a two-night, four-hour extravaganza on Jan. 15 and Jan. 16. The Tuesday-Wednesday schedule featuring those ear-splitting rejects will continue for eight episodes and 10 hours. Lordy. The auditions, which draw wannabes from all over the country, were held last summer in San Diego; Dallas; Omaha, Neb.; Atlanta; Charleston, S.C.; Miami and Philadelphia.
The first “Hollywood Round,” at which point the truly awful allegedly will be gone, is Feb. 12. If you’re like me, this is the point at which you can watch “Idol” without cringing or cursing. The next night the Top 24 will be revealed. On Feb. 19 and Feb. 20, the top dozen guys and the top dozen gals will perform, with the elimination of two men and two women on Feb. 21.
Guys on Tuesdays, gals on Wednesdays and elimination announcements Thursdays will continue until the Top 12 are announced on March 6. All of which means the really talented folks will warble for the first time in a two-hour episode on March 11, with the single-contestant whacking process to begin on March 12.
The finale will air sometime in May. No date yet because Fox will want to drag this out as long as corporately possible with home-town visits and assorted “specials.”
“American Idol” has shown no signs of cooling off in its previous six seasons, and this new season — coming as it does in the midst of a strike-plagued season filled with reruns and uncertainty — could catapult it into the stratosphere.
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By Gordon
December 27, 2007 1:48 PM | Link to this
If nothing else to write about since the strike... I'd be curious to know what new shows will survive, and what has been canceled... There seemed to be a few shows that were on the cusp of cancellation prior to the strike...
Thanks