Report: Idol to end after S15

[john]

It seems as though it took Michael Slezak a wee bit longer to come out of his fetal position and collect his thoughts for this article than he estimated yesterday. None the less, it's posted:

American Idol: How Fox Failed Its Golden Goose — and Why Now Is the Perfect Time to Pull the Plug


THEY FORGOT TO INVEST IN THEIR WINNERS | Idol‘s one unwavering advantage over The Voice was the fact that it had multiple graduates achieve enormous (or at least pretty solid) post-show success. (Heck, even the all-too-often maligned Ruben Studdard, Kris Allen and David Cook scored sizable hits on the Billboard’s Hot 100.) Debut discs by Candice and Caleb, however, (both released in 2014) received the promotional equivalent of being strapped to a rickety canoe and dumped in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. OK, so maybe Interscope didn’t truly believe in the Season 12 and 13 victors, but 19 Entertainment’s failure to champion its champions was another signal to the Idoloonie Nation that
committing to the time-consuming Idol process wouldn’t result in any real payoff.

for complete article go here: http://http://tvline.com/2015/05/12/amer...5-reasons/

Here is the link...
http://tvline.com/2015/05/12/american-id...5-reasons/