5.16.14 Adam News and Info
May 16, 2014 22:47:21 GMT -5
Post by Craazyforadam on May 16, 2014 22:47:21 GMT -5
Sure, for many people, performing on that show would be very strategically important, and idol is smaller, but by no means dead. 7 million is still a mighty audience. But in Adam's particular situation right now, it just does not matter. It will matter again, when he has something to promote, for example. For Queen, I don't see how it would ever matter anymore, certainly not for this upcoming tour.
Re idol in general:
First of all, Idol is smaller, because all of TV has gotten smaller. Many of us have switched to online media for our entertainment, in the younger generation even more so. That is a loss that all are experiencing, not only idol.
But Idol got the worst media narrative, because by the time this general viewer decline happened across TV, idol was already a mature show, measured in success by seasons 5-7, where it was at its peak (30 million viewers). From there it was a long fall down to today's ratings, which are overall comparable to the Voice, btw....not tons and tons lower than the Voice, which is often the impression the media tries to give.
The others shows (xfactor, voice) came along, when this overall viewer decline had already started, so they never started as high as idol did. Then, in addition, anything new is cool for the first few rounds, and so people were up'ing each other in how much they now loved the new show, rather than the old. Add to that the saturation of having multiple shows, managerial mistakes that idol certainly did make, and last but not least, the unfortunate situation that the Voice pulls its strongest ratings at the beginning of any season, while idol gets them towards the end (top 3 ratings this week were 25 % up for AI13!). All this means that every beginning of the idol season, you get a bias in the media that results in a storyline, that tends to pull idol down.
None of this is the fault of the judges, which this year were finally better again. The only thing, the judges do have some ownership in, is that this year was cast so boringly. Harry needs to learn that this is not high school anymore. I think, in that part they can and need to improve, also improve to withstand comparison to the Voice. But otherwise, the overall decline in viewership is everywhere, it has just hit idol the hardest, because when you are on top, you have a long way to go down.
At this reduced level, I think that idol can stabilize and will compete quite successfully with the Voice, which is now starting to age a bit as well. I expect the narrative to change a little, over the next few years.
If idol does a bit better in its casting, then I think their ratings will even go back up again, not to golden day levels, but I think it has a chance to reestablish itself as the leading show, because it deserves to be that. From a conceptional standpoint, it is the better show.
Re idol in general:
First of all, Idol is smaller, because all of TV has gotten smaller. Many of us have switched to online media for our entertainment, in the younger generation even more so. That is a loss that all are experiencing, not only idol.
But Idol got the worst media narrative, because by the time this general viewer decline happened across TV, idol was already a mature show, measured in success by seasons 5-7, where it was at its peak (30 million viewers). From there it was a long fall down to today's ratings, which are overall comparable to the Voice, btw....not tons and tons lower than the Voice, which is often the impression the media tries to give.
The others shows (xfactor, voice) came along, when this overall viewer decline had already started, so they never started as high as idol did. Then, in addition, anything new is cool for the first few rounds, and so people were up'ing each other in how much they now loved the new show, rather than the old. Add to that the saturation of having multiple shows, managerial mistakes that idol certainly did make, and last but not least, the unfortunate situation that the Voice pulls its strongest ratings at the beginning of any season, while idol gets them towards the end (top 3 ratings this week were 25 % up for AI13!). All this means that every beginning of the idol season, you get a bias in the media that results in a storyline, that tends to pull idol down.
None of this is the fault of the judges, which this year were finally better again. The only thing, the judges do have some ownership in, is that this year was cast so boringly. Harry needs to learn that this is not high school anymore. I think, in that part they can and need to improve, also improve to withstand comparison to the Voice. But otherwise, the overall decline in viewership is everywhere, it has just hit idol the hardest, because when you are on top, you have a long way to go down.
At this reduced level, I think that idol can stabilize and will compete quite successfully with the Voice, which is now starting to age a bit as well. I expect the narrative to change a little, over the next few years.
If idol does a bit better in its casting, then I think their ratings will even go back up again, not to golden day levels, but I think it has a chance to reestablish itself as the leading show, because it deserves to be that. From a conceptional standpoint, it is the better show.