Thursday, April 26th, 2007
The mystery of American Idol’s popularity
by Warren
An article in the New York Times (which I picked up in dead-tree form with coffee this morning, an experience New Yorkers regard as normal and mundane but I regard as print-nerd awesome) explains that the reason American Idol is the most popular show on television is the profusion of channels available to the public. SInce the networks face a shrinking market of viewers, they spend less on their programming, but still have the most eyeballs to draw upon.