IDOL, SEASON FINALES TOPS ON THURSDAY

The penultimate results episode of this season’s American Idol attracted 21.16 million viewers Thursday night. The Fox talent show easily outdistanced every other show in the Nielsen ratings for the night, but some season finales on CBS also drew impressive numbers. At 8:00 p.m., the season finale of The Big Bang Theory posted 11.12 million [...]

AEROSMITH’S BIGGEST HIT? PERRY BUMPS TYLER INTO CROWD

Although officially Fox is saying that the new judging panel for American Idol won’t be announced until mid-September, E! Entertainment’s Ted Casablanca reported today (Wednesday) that at least one judge has been signed — Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler. Moreover, the gossip columnist suggested, Tyler apparently signed for far less than the reported $10 million per [...]

ELLEN OUSTS HERSELF FROM IDOL

Delivering an appraisal of her performance on American Idol that was harsher than any she has delivered to a contestant, Ellen DeGeneres announced Thursday that she is quitting America’s most-watched TV series. “A couple of months ago, I let Fox and the American Idol producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for [...]