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  1. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Go Directly to NashvilleSomeone gets kicked off, but not before performances by Coldplay and Carrie Underwood.
    By Dave Holmes
  2. last night on late night
    Last Night on Late Night: Jimmy Kimmel Asked Scarlett Johansson to the PromPlus: Chloë Moretz still regrets her first words to Johnny Depp, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
    By Caroline Shin
  3. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Britpop, But Not ReallyWe saw last night’s episode live from the Idoldome and, let us tell you, it’s like a completely different show in there.
    By Dave Holmes
  4. party chat
    Dave Matthews: Idol’s Phillip Phillips Should Take Over My Band“He should kick my ass.”
    By Meg Miller
  5. p.s. 22 chorus
    Watch Carrie Underwood Perform ‘Good Girl’ With the P.S. 22 ChorusAn American Idol in Staten Island. Who could’ve imagined?
    By Eliot Glazer
  6. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The Mercy KillWe will spend the next few weeks in the stage I call The Purging of the People You Knew Couldn’t Win.
    By Dave Holmes
  7. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Crazy Little ThingsOur top six rock the songs of Queen.
    By Dave Holmes
  8. seacrest not out
    American Idol Won’t Lose Ryan SeacrestDespite all his elbow-rubbing with NBC, he’s sticking with Fox’s hit.
    By Zach Dionne
  9. tell-alls
    Simon Cowell Prefers Black Toilet Paper And other fun facts from his unauthorized biography. 
    By Andre Tartar
  10. American Idol Recap: Colton Apologizes to Us AllAlso, thoughts on the destructiveness of LMFAO. 
    By Dave Holmes
  11. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The End Is the BeginningWe weren’t really expecting last night’s Idol to start with a T.S. Eliot quote.
    By Dave Holmes
  12. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Watching From the Sky Does Not Make It BetterJennifer Hudson and James Durbin stop by. No one acknowledges that neither won their seasons.
    By Dave Holmes
  13. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Comments From the Peanut GalleryDave Holmes recaps this week’s episode from a gay bar in New Orleans.
    By Dave Holmes
  14. star wars
    Watch ‘Intergalactic Idol,’ a Star Wars–Meets–American Idol Parody“Who’s the best singer in the federation?” Good question.
    By Eliot Glazer
  15. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Did Anyone Else See That Giant Yawn?And this is why you shouldn’t choose “Master Blaster” as your “Save Me” song.
    By Dave Holmes
  16. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Duets Abound on Eighties NightDid anyone else notice how crazy Ryan Seacrest was acting last night?
    By Dave Holmes
  17. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Accidentally Entertaining The producers, judges, and host of American Idol seem genuinely surprised at how good last night was.
    By Dave Holmes
  18. overnights
    American Idol Recap: How Many Wind Chimes Does Stevie Nicks Have?Tonight’s mentor has become your high school drama teacher.
    By Dave Holmes
  19. overnights
    American Idol Recap: What Exactly Is the Voting Strategy Here?Tonight’s elimination: Some serious bullshit.
    By Dave Holmes
  20. Watch Lana Del Rey Perform on American Idol StageThis time with some smiling.
    By Brett Smiley
  21. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Diddy Explains Your Favorite Billy Joel Cuts“Only the Good Die Young” clearly details “money fallin’ out the sky, big-ass mansions and 767s.”
    By Dave Holmes
  22. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Let’s Ignore the Daughtry FactorWhy does this show pretend early elimination is the end of the line?
    By Dave Holmes
  23. overnights
    American Idol Recap: A Night for Feeling OldIn which will.i.am says “swaggernaut.” Ughhh.
    By Dave Holmes
  24. disqualified
    American Idol Producers Confront Contestant Jermaine Jones About Criminal RecordScolded and sent packing.
    By Brett Smiley
  25. rumors
    Lana Del Rey Hasn’t Given Up on National Television Just YetShe might be headed to Idol.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  26. crimes and misdemeanors
    American Idol Contestant Jermaine Jones Disqualified“Awww I will no longer b on the show,” Jones wrote on Twitter.
    By Brett Smiley
  27. American Idol Recap: One of Them Goes HomeNow let’s spend an hour finding out which child we’re going to humiliate.
    By Dave Holmes
  28. American Idol Recap: The Ballads of Stevie and WhitneyThe top six women have a bare-knuckle throwdown over who gets “I Will Always Love You.”
    By Dave Holmes
  29. breaking
    Kelly Clarkson Joins ABC’s Own Version of IdolAnd so do Lionel Richie and Robin Thicke, in a show that will have them dueting with amateurs. 
    By Josef Adalian
  30. supercut
    Watch the Idol and Voice Judges Describe Everyone As ‘Unique’ and ‘Special’Until they don’t mean anything anymore.
    By Caroline Shin
  31. Modern Family Rules, American Idol DroolsDeal with this, American Idol: when you take into account “time-shifters” (sadly not a time travel term, just a jargony word for people who […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  32. american idol
    Decoding What the American Idol Judges Really MeanCertain compliments actually mean, “You’re terrible.”
    By Kyle Buchanan
  33. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Speeding Up“He’s a handsome guy, but handsome is not enough for American Idol!”
    By Dave Holmes
  34. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Six-Hour WeekLet’s pick the ladies.
    By Dave Holmes
  35. overnights
    American Idol Recap: ‘I Forget That I Am on a Show and Judging Anything’The GOP nominating process is like greased lightning in comparison.
    By Dave Holmes
  36. the end of an era
    Big Bang Theory Beat American Idol Last NightIdol fell to its worst ratings since the show’s first season.
    By Margaret Lyons
  37. overnights
    American Idol Recap: And Then There Were … 25“We watched you very vividly, and it was transcendental.”
    By Dave Holmes
  38. American Idol Recap: The RaptureWe’re almost to the voting. Almost.
    By Dave Holmes
  39. American Idol Recap: On the Set of Elvis PresleyOh, here we go to Vegas.
    By Dave Holmes
  40. overnights
    American Idol Recap: You Ret to Rock?At Group Night.
    By Dave Holmes
  41. ewww
    Steven Tyler vs. Cee Lo: Who Is the Creepier Flirt?Watch the video flirt-off and you be the judge.
    By Jake Moore
  42. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Team TimeIt’s the beginning of Group Week/Day.
    By Dave Holmes
  43. overnights
    American Idol Recap: To Be ContinuedThe Girl Who Fell Off The Stage.
    By Dave Holmes
  44. The Lost Roles of Howard SternYou saw him this past weekend in a Super Bowl commercial, mocking the heroes of the civil rights movement by turning a firehose on a guy […]
    By Bradford Evans
  45. Could NBC Be Ready to Double Down on The Voice?Xtina all year round!
    By Josef Adalian
  46. ratings
    NBC Can Exhale: Smash Didn’t BombIt did fine, while The Voice was huge.
    By Josef Adalian
  47. overnights
    American Idol Recap: The Auditions End in Dave Holmes’s Hometown; It Is Not an HonorYes, there’s an arch in St. Louis. No, you don’t have to keep showing it.
  48. overnights
    American Idol Recap: Welcome to PortlandiaTonight Steven Tyler looks like all of the regular female cast members of Six Feet Under.
    By Dave Holmes
  49. reality bites
    The X Factor Bloodbath Indicates Simon Doesn’t See the Real ProblemBy making the firings public a week before last year’s winner airs her Super Bowl ad, it makes it clear this show is not about the singers.
    By Josef Adalian
  50. overnights
    American Idol Recap: It’s Just So PhenomenonAmerican Idol will suck the life right out of even a happy, music-loving guy.
    By Dave Holmes
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