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...When the rest of the TV networks have been disparaging reality TV this week, they've really been disparaging Fox, which has come from the ratings basement on the strength of "Joe Millionaire" and "American Idol." Fox, obviously, is not afraid to put reality front and center. Seacrest bragged about ?Idol's? ratings, then introduced "Idol 2" finalists Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, live by satellite from Los Angeles...
...There was a lot of talk today about "The Reality of NBC" - a code phrase which meant, "We don't have a reality smash like 'American Idol,' but our shows get a classier audience anyway." But here's the real reality of NBC. The good news: it still leads the networks in the most important ratings category, viewers aged 18 to 49. The bad news: many of the shows that draw in those viewers - not just the aforementioned Thursday shows but "Law & Order" and "Frasier" - are, collectively, older than the Earth's core. And with "Friends" and "Frasier" most likely...
...would see his own people trying mightily to prove that they are talented and gifted--and that when it comes to doing yo-yo tricks to Walk Like an Egyptian, we are indeed the world's sole superpower. In the wake of Fox's American Idol (which not only dominates the ratings but also put last week's No. 1 single and album on the charts), more than a dozen current or upcoming talent shows offer Americans the chance to sing, dance, joke or pose their way to stardom. We have USA network's Nashville Star (country music...
Many of the Idolettes break from Idol--with its nasty barbs from judge Simon Cowell--through an assertive positivity. They insist, sometimes despite heavy evidence to the contrary, that the contestants are good and gifted enough and that, doggone it, people like them. In this new, post-mean reality, America is Lake Wobegon, and all its residents are above average...
Talented Kid's judges, understandably, wear kid gloves; few contestants score less than a 9.7 out of 10. (American Juniors, Fox's summer Idol follow-up with 6-to-13-year-old singers, will not even have judges, just an audience vote.) But what the Idolettes sometimes don't understand is that Idol's meanness makes the apotheosis of its winner all the sweeter (and thus more marketable). The welcome exception is Born to Diva, a blessedly catty celebration of show-biz egocentrism. Its female belters may not be as talented as Idol's, but they are adept...