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FOX, almost as bad as CBS

Posted on: May 22, 2008 at 11:01 am | Posted under: Television
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Well, I am continuing in the post-Idol blogging here, with a rant from one of my good friends that is super-pissed at FOX.  Given that they couldn’t keep the show within the two hours last night, and he recorded it, he is mad as to how it was cut-off.  Here is his post:

Can someone please tell me…you get 2 hours for the Idol finale. Do you think you could possibly make the announcement before the start of the 3rd hour???? This is exactly what I got on my DVR ( i can’t stay up till 10..that’s just not in my sleeping schedule.) And the winner of American Idol 2008 with 12 million more votes is..
And the DVR stops recording!
Seriously! Really?? You’ve got to be kidding me!

I truly understand Brian’s frustration.  I started my recording around 9:30 and just had it on as background noise.  If it hadn’t been for @iJustine giving us the spoiler of who won, then I would have been pissed about them not keeping the show within the two hours.

Given how FOX can’t keep a show within two hours and how CBS manages to screw-up their Sunday nights during football season, are they even listening to the consumer?  No matter how many times I write and let them know my frustrations over this, they don’t seem to care.  In fact, things just keep getting worse.

I am looking forward to the day of IPTV, but with the way the ISPs have been acting lately, that will get interfered with too.

Cheers!

Battle of the Davids

Posted on: May 20, 2008 at 9:57 pm | Posted under: Entertainment, Television
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Tonight’s final performance episode of American Idol was one of the best that I have seen so far.  Both David Cook and David Archuleta are deserving of being in the final two.  All season long both contestants have performed at a higher caliber than the others and that was evident tonight.

David Cook is amazingly talented and has the voice of this generation, my generation.  His vocal performances are amazing and always manage to surprise me at every show.  He is destined to go far, even if he does not win tomorrow night.  American Idol is about talent, and to put it simply, he has it.

David Archuleta is a very gifted adolescent that has proved himself to be a contender in this competition.  He has a large following of teen & tween girls, and given his age this is no surprise.  I do not see him being able to handle the pressures that will come after this competition is over.  His father is always meddling in what he sings and was even banned by the producers from working with David.  That is saying a lot, given how lenient Nigel Lythgoe is with what happens behind the scenes.  After having dinner with some friends earlier tonight, they said that this whole issue may have ruined things for David.

Now I am one to believe that America’s votes do not have the final say in who is eliminated each week or who will win this season.  If you have watched the show regularly all season, then you will know that certain contestants were eliminated at key times, mostly stemming from controversy with something from their past or behind the scenes.  I have my theories about this, and I may be totally wrong.  Conspiracies are fun :)

Ok, let me wrap this up.  David Cook should be the next American Idol, he is the voice of this generation and has more talent than the competition.  Archuleta doesn’t have the maturity to handle this competition and his family is ruining things for him.

Tomorrow night will reveal our American Idol, and I hope it’s David Cook.

Cheers!