Fox Executive Happy With New Idol Season, Says Big Surprise Coming

Last year, American Idol finally showed some imperfection – the ratings machine actually experienced some major drops and, while it remained strong, it didn’t perform as well as it has in the past.  I think that’s probably one good reason why they brought in Kara DioGuardi as a fourth judge.  People needed to see something fresh and, so far, it’s going well.
Fox executive, Mike Darnell (I would have never guessed he was a Fox executive, sat down and talked with Television Week about this eighth season and he had some interesting things to say.  He talked about how Kara is …read more