Why American Idol Still Commands TV's Biggest Bucks

dailyfinance.com — Despite its woes, Idol remains the most-watched program on television. But perhaps more importantly than audience size, at least to advertisers, is that the median age of an Idol viewer is 44 years old, he points out. When more than half of your viewers are under 44, advertisers pay for that. Oct 19, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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Why American Idol Still Commands TV's Biggest Bucks

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joka86 Oct 19, 2010

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You can lose all your popular stars but still make 500K per commercial spot. Gotta love America.

eatingtheroad Oct 19, 2010

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I don't know what it is but I do really like this show

surferess Oct 19, 2010

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I didn't know Hawaii Five-O, is "the most DVR'd show of all time", did you?

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amyvernon Oct 19, 2010

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I just can't bring myself to watch it.

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surferess Oct 19, 2010

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Why not? That one guy is so hot he is smokin'!

atomic1fire Oct 19, 2010

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The only Over the air shows I really watch pretty much consists of The simpsons, Human target, and The Good Guys,
The rest of it is cable.
American Idol is just one of those shows that's popular because everyone wants to find out the next big thing.
Most of these reality shows are based off shows in other countries.
Sad that there are so few good shows on television now.

digitalmoto Oct 19, 2010

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Haven't watched American Idol in a long time! After maybe the 2nd winner, I stopped watching. Any long term success stories for the winners?

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cyberdactyl Oct 19, 2010

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Well Clay Aiken doesn't have to resort to the Raleigh YMCA locker & bathrooms for one-eyed snake meat now.

roadroller1 Oct 19, 2010

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http://chinaofficechair.jimdo.com/

dcjoedogv2 Oct 19, 2010

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Because people are f**king morons, plain and simple.

enantiodromia Oct 19, 2010

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Because those who whine about their hard earned money are apparently willing to hand it over to the megacorps who helped put them in the unemployment line in the first place?