FOX to tweak Idol’s audition rounds next year

February 25th, 2008 | Category: American Idol

See! All you public who poo-pooed my suggestions on “How to improve the Idol” due to the ratings dip it experienced amidst its premiere and the voting rounds owe me an apology! Executive Vice President of Strategic Program Planning and Research Preston Beckman (do you think he puts all that on his commerce card?) says he wants to look at ways to improve the early rounds considering of “some erosion” before they get to Hollywood week.

Now, Beckman indicated there will be no major changes to the format, considering for the most part its obviously working (even though it’s down, 34.5 million viewers is

still numbers any other show would kill to get), but there will be some tweaks here and they to try and keep you tuned in. What that all translates to is he’s still studying my post to determine how best to implement my proposed changes. It’s encouraging for the show and the state of the industry itself that network executives are starting to listen to me. The more they do, the better off the whole industry will be.