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  1. shake-ups
    Rumor: Idol Scrapping All Its Judges Next SeasonAnd Nigel Lythgoe, too.
    By Margaret Lyons
  2. upfronts 2013
    Upfronts Pregame Analysis: Fallen Idol, Wounded FoxThe Following was a bloody hit, but it wasn’t enough to make up for American Idol’s downward ratings spiral.
    By Josef Adalian
  3. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Amber AlertDown to three. Finally. Finally, finally, finally.
    By Dave Holmes
  4. overnights
    American Idol Recap: I Can See Clearly NowHarry Connick Jr. was last night’s real winner.
    By Dave Holmes
  5. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The Night Nothing HappenedIf you watched last night’s episode, you were a sucker.
    By Dave Holmes
  6. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The Trouble With GirlsThe judges went all in for one particular contestant on last night’s American Idol.
    By Dave Holmes
  7. foiled plots
    Idol Tried to Oust Mariah, Reinstate J.LoTo counter flagging ratings.
    By Zach Dionne
  8. overnights
    American Idol Recap: You Go, GirlWith appearances by Fantasia and Paula Abdul.
    By Dave Holmes
  9. overnights
    American Idol Recap: All the Real GirlsWe are down to the first all-female top five in the show’s history.
    By Dave Holmes
  10. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Free at LazJimmy Iovine really gave it to Lazaro last night, huh?
    By Dave Holmes
  11. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Glitter in the AirLadies and gentlemen, the songs of Burt Bacharach.
    By Dave Holmes
  12. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Rock-and-Roll HomicideCan we get some more Jimmy Iovine up in here please?
    By Dave Holmes
  13. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Bropocalypse NowThe results shows have basically turned into an hour-long variety show in which the action takes place in the last fifteen seconds.
    By Dave Holmes
  14. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Hasn’t Detroit Suffered Enough?Man, those group numbers are just the worst.
    By Dave Holmes
  15. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Lost BoysIs Lazaro our new Sanjaya?
    By Dave Holmes
  16. overnights
    American Idol Recap: HelpCan we please retire Beatles Night before an entire generation grows up thinking this is how Beatles songs sound?
    By Dave Holmes
  17. reality tv
    Why Broadcast Networks Can’t (or Won’t) Make a New Reality HitWhile cable has plenty of new hits, the networks’ biggest hits (Survivor, American Idol, The Bachelor) started during the Bush administration.
    By Josef Adalian
  18. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The First of the Gang to DieThe thing with Idol is just when you write it off as a bloated waste of time and effort, it comes back with a nice, tight hour of television.
    By Dave Holmes
  19. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The Competition Starts NOW?If the competition starts now, what the hell have we been doing for the last eight weeks?
    By Dave Holmes
  20. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Ryan Seacrest’s Long Halftime WalkThe long, cold march to Idol’s top ten men and top ten women ended last night.
    By Dave Holmes
  21. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Go Away, Boys, You Bother MeLast night, we spent two hours on ten guys a whole network is actively rooting against.
    By Dave Holmes
  22. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Supervote for the WorstYou guys! After only seven weeks of this show, it’s time for us to start voting.
    By Dave Holmes
  23. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The Boys Who Fell to EarthWhere’s Zoanette? Where’s Zoanette? Where’s Zoanette?
    By Dave Holmes
  24. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Zo My Freaking GodIn which Zoanette does “Circle of Life” from The Lion King and it’s wonderfully bananas.
    By Dave Holmes
  25. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The Boys With the Thorns in Their SidesHave we mentioned that Idol producers would like you to choose a lady this year? Because they really would.
    By Dave Holmes
  26. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Sudden Death Takes ForeverIt’s a sudden death round, wherein ten women will sing and five will go home.
    By Dave Holmes
  27. overnights
    American Idol: Manic Pixie Dream ContestantsBoy oh boy is American Idol desperate for a girl to win this year.
    By Dave Holmes
  28. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Somebodies That We Used to KnowHollywood Week continues! Or, really: Hollywood Week stops, rewinds, and replays last week’s episodes.
    By Dave Holmes
  29. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Darling NickiSeason twelve of American Idol would be lost without Nicki Minaj.
    By Dave Holmes
  30. overnights
    Idol Recap: Hollywhatever Week on Something-IdolAt this time every year, American Idol stops meandering and just takes off. It’s Hollywood Week!
    By Dave Holmes
  31. false idols
    Nicki Minaj Advises Lil Wayne to Avoid American Idol“She always tells me, ‘You don’t wanna watch that, you’re not going to be into it.’”
    By Zach Dionne
  32. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Oklahoma City Is BurningThis audition cycle is finally over. That’s it! Nine hours that felt like a lifetime.
    By Dave Holmes
  33. overnights
    American Idol Recap: You’ve Got Me Feeling EmotionsThis episode made us feel lots of things. Some good, most not.
    By Dave Holmes
  34. overnights
    American Idol Recap: #idolaccidentallyinspireOne-hour episodes are immeasurably more palatable.
    By Dave Holmes
  35. overnights
    American Idol Recap: In Defense of Nicki MinajIdol never met a potentially interesting moment it couldn’t neuter with endless padding.
    By Dave Holmes
  36. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Please, Sir, May I Have Some Less?Boy, this “feud”! It is imitation beef. It is beef by-product.
    By Dave Holmes
  37. american idol
    Mariah and Nicki Didn’t Boost Idol’s RatingsThe show had its smallest opening-night audience since 2002.
    By Josef Adalian
  38. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The Battle of Who Could Care LessIt’s all frightfully tiresome.
    By Dave Holmes
  39. cat fights
    Nicki Minaj–Mariah Carey Feud Moments on IdolThe claws were out.
    By Caroline Shin
  40. your tv ratings explained
    Fox Really Needs You to Watch American Idol This SeasonThe network is hurting at the start of 2013.
    By Josef Adalian
  41. picking sides
    In Support of Nicki Minaj and Idol FeudsYelling is good television. And Nicki was provoked.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  42. last night on late night
    Nicki Minaj on Leno: Mariah Carey Feud Just Goes ‘Rrreowww’Plus: Charlie Sheen didn’t fail to entertain, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
    By Caroline Shin
  43. tca press tour 2013
    Mariah and Nicki Confirm Their Idol Feud by Feuding in Front of ReportersBut really, Nicki would rather talk about her sex tape.
    By Denise Martin
  44. true confessions
    Vulture Writers Confess Their Pop-Culture Blind SpotsHonesty time: Which writer has never seen a Star Wars movie? And which runs the other way when Hobbits approach?
    By Vulture Editors
  45. beef
    Steven Tyler and Nicki Minaj Will Now Have BeefIt got messy fast.
    By Zach Dionne
  46. chat room
    Phillip Phillips on American Idol’s Girl Vote“That’s kind of a sad thing, that it’s about looks.”
    By Patti Greco
  47. last night on late night
    Last Night on Late Night: Did Jeff Goldblum Cop a Feel of Conan?Plus: Christina Aguilera doesn’t like underwear, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
    By Caroline Shin
  48. beef
    President Obama Believes a Nicki-Mariah Peace Treaty Can Happen in Our TimeBut he’s kind of siding with Mariah.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  49. quotables
    Uh-oh, Stevie Nicks Has Some Thoughts About the Nicki-Mariah FeudThey involve the word strangled.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  50. struggle face
    Barbara Walters Didn’t Have Nicki’s NumberStruggle Face continued.
    By Amanda Dobbins
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