With ABC’s revival of ‘American Idol’ proving itself quite the consistent ratings winner thanks to its talented hopefuls, revamped format, and judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie, FOX – the show’s former network home – re-entered the reality-singing competition race to face off against the likes of ‘Idol’ and ‘The Voice’ by birthing ‘The Four.’
The series, with a judges’ panel featuring DJ Khaled, Meghan Trainor, and P. Diddy (alongside hostess Fergie), was a consistent ratings draw for the network despite routinely pulling in less than half the viewers of its contemporaries.
While its season 1 finale did manage to court more eyes than its premiere, just four months later its season 2’s premiere (June 7) reported a serious plunge. See the numbers inside:
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‘The Four: Battle for Stardom’ on Thursday night opened Season 2 with just 2.2 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating, down a whole bunch from both its freshman premiere (3.8 mil/1.2, airing in-season in January) and its previous lows (3.3 mil/1.1), while only delivering a little more than half of its February finale numbers (4 mil/1.3). [source]
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Look below to see how the show fared against other shows in its hour:
Lmfao because you all understand tv and this info.
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I don’t but those numbers are way too close to say it bombed.
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That said they should have had a longer season and renewed for January 2019
so wait you don’t think pulling in HALF of already bad numbers is a bomb?
It’s not half. Unless their numbers aren’t wrong. 2.2 doubles is 4.4. Didn’t they say 3.8.
Their rating are down by over 1 million viewers. thats called a bomb sweetie.
Well duh!! This show that doesn’t make sense’
Lets play some basket baaaall
The show is terrible.
The show has a genius concept and the results are immediate which adds to the suspense. My thought is the program would feel more credible with a different panel of judges who show less bias and more expertise. The season should be extended and they need to figure out a way to switch to a live format with maybe four new contestants ready to sing each night.
If the Season 1 Finale was in February why the hell is there already a Season 2 in June is the real question. That’s extremely rushed and unnecessary the show should’ve returned in the Fall. Either way I’d never watch that Revamped American Idol.