Desertwind
Head of the Day Shift
AMERICAN IDOL returns on 1-19~
"IDOL" is like an old lady, says ex. producer Ken Warwick, "but the old girl's still got a lot of life left in her"
Idol is not only sliding from Tuesday and Wednesday nights to Wednesday and Thursday nights ths season, it's also moving into the future with a major reboot. Simon Cowell and Kara DioGuardi are out, and Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler are in. Contestants can ow be as young as 15. Rather than use CD-plugging performers as mentors, the show is going with the likes of record-company exec. Kimmy Iovine and heavy-weight producer Timbaland. And the judges table, too, will have "a different feel", says Mike Darnell, FOX's head of alternative programming" [The criticism] "is coming from an artist's perspective, a different place from that of a record executive, which was Simon's role. People will just have to come and see".~
Tv Guide, issue Jan.3-9~
"IDOL" is like an old lady, says ex. producer Ken Warwick, "but the old girl's still got a lot of life left in her"
Idol is not only sliding from Tuesday and Wednesday nights to Wednesday and Thursday nights ths season, it's also moving into the future with a major reboot. Simon Cowell and Kara DioGuardi are out, and Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler are in. Contestants can ow be as young as 15. Rather than use CD-plugging performers as mentors, the show is going with the likes of record-company exec. Kimmy Iovine and heavy-weight producer Timbaland. And the judges table, too, will have "a different feel", says Mike Darnell, FOX's head of alternative programming" [The criticism] "is coming from an artist's perspective, a different place from that of a record executive, which was Simon's role. People will just have to come and see".~
Tv Guide, issue Jan.3-9~