This is a follow up to the February 28, 2018 article "Hypocrite Carrie Underwood Calls For An End To Slavery But She And Her Bosses Simon Cowell, Simon Fuller And Rupert Murdoch Behave Like Slavetraders Behind The Scenes" and the March 9, 2018 item "Ryan Seacrest's Academy Awards Red Carpet Show Took A Massive Ratings Nosedive In The Wake Of Sexual Assault Allegations From His Stylist."

 The ABC network's reboot of the inauthentic karaoke television talent show "American Idol" has flopped. In week one the reboot received weak ratings. During week two the show experienced a ratings plunge of 24 percent, on top of what was already bad ratings. ABC should not have bought the rights to show. It has turned into a big ratings dud and is getting no buzz on social networking.

March 19, 2018 8:22am PT by Michael O'Connell -The second Sunday of ABC's new spin on the singing show slips 24 percent week over week on a night with two Big Four premieres. After ceding a lot of ground to The Voice during its second episode this past Monday, American Idol's second go on ABC took a significant drop from its launch a week ago on the new network.

The second Sunday outing of ABC's new take on the former Fox series averaged 7.7 million viewers and a 1.8 rating among adults 18-49 — post-premiere slips of a respective 26 and 24 percent. Compared to its first Monday outing, the show was down incrementally among viewers but steady in the demo. The first episode of American Idol posted decent time-shifting growth, climbing to a 2.7 rating in the key demo and 11.8 million viewers with three days of extra viewing...

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