Idol ratings drop -- Did they shoot themselves in the foot in shooting down Haley?

[Tom22]

Idol's sucess or failure can't be looked at by what they do alone.

Whether or not someone prefers or even likes The Voice, you can't argue that at least some people choose one or the other. People only have so much time in their lives.....and most people only have so much interest in a certain type of show.

If 1/3 of potential idol viewers decided that they'd watch The Voice (and maybe the Voice also attracted some people who would have never watched idol) that's pretty sigfificant in terms of total audience before and after The Voice started.

An Even bigger effect of The Voice ... by having mutiple seasons a year they create a fatigue of interest in the whole idea of amateur singing shows.

Again thats not a "I don't".. its just a matter that millions.. even if it is 1/2 of who watch idol its still millions, of people get their fill of the singing and get so much of it they get tired of it.

I know, that if I hadn't watched The Voice throughout the year I'd be so super eager to be watching idol out of a hunger for it.

If the NFL played year round they wouldn't pull the same audiences for each football game either.....(well ok.. I don't think I'd be as interested in the playoffs if there were mutiple seasons a year)