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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

American Idol returns

idollogo American Idol returns tonight, but you already knew that. The story this year is the changes producers have made to the successful format. The biggest change is the addition of Kara DioGuardi as new judge.  As the LA Times writes, the show is “tinkering with the hit’s delicate formula to fend off staleness…but that is a risky maneuver.”

Here a round up of stories about the new season:

New York Times: “More Hope, and Less Humiliation.”

Washington Post: Introducing Kara. And the New York Post’s angle.

The “real” rules of Idol auditions.

Six reasons the show will suck… and six causes for hope.

AdAge has the Top 10 reasons to despise Idol.

And finally, here are the 5 Top Idol cliches.

American Idol airs on Fox at 8 ET/7CT on Fox, but you knew that.

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